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Catherine Parr, Thomas Seymour and the Young Elizabeth
History remembers her as the sensible one. The survivor. The wife who outlived Henry VIII and had the good sense to stay out of trouble.
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Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk: The Marriage Proposal That Led to Tower Hill
The most powerful nobleman in England raised a reasonable proposal with the Queen's own council. Elizabeth did not find it reasonable. She found it useful, which is a different thing entirely.