The Private Lives Of Elizabeth & Essex

TCM – Friday 8 June, 8.30pm

Oscar winning romantic drama that centered on the tempestuous and fatal relationship between Elizabeth I and Robert Devereaux, 2nd Earl of Essex. After triumph against the Spanish at Cadiz, Essex returns home to an aging Queen who awaits him with love but also with fear because Essex’s new found popularity fuels a deeper ambition.

Stars Bette Davis, Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland

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