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…showed last 75 words of 1481 total…own as the Virgin Queen. Her affections, however, were bestowed on a succession of favorites, notably Robert Dudley and Sir Walter Raleigh' (Smith 38). Queen Elizabeth was an extremely independent woman and turned a country of many problems into a prosperous one. She was very selective and never married, making the successor to the throne James I, Elizabeth's cousin's son. Elizabeth's background was definitely the reason for her style of writing. She was a remarkable woman.