My point was they were always marrying their children off to one another to cement alliances.
And I remember a reference by the Earl of Essex, Liz’s young gigilo, to her “crooked carcass.”
Are you sure?
I may be wrong (again), but don’t they allow first cousin marriage in England today?
She did, however, have small pox, which is why she painted her face heavily with a lead based foundation, making her visage a ghostly white.