Elizabeth: The Golden Age her sister and successor, Elizabeth I, to marry him, but she would not agree. Phillip decided to take revenge. With the Pope's blessing, he launched the Spanish Armada to attack England, Protestantism, and Elizabeth herself. Sir Walter Raleigh, whom the Queen loved, married Elizabeth Throckmorton, a ward of Elizabeth's court, after learning she was carrying his child. Elizabeth I had both of them arrested, imprisoned in the Tower of London, and some time later released them. This representation of a historical period is heavily fictionalised for the purposes of entertainment. The film's lead Cate Blanchett was reported as saying: "It's
Elizabeth Kata Elizabeth Kata Elizabeth Colina Katayama (; 9 October 19124 September 1998) was an Australian writer under the pseudonym Elizabeth Kata, best known for "Be Ready with Bells and Drums" (1961), which was made into the award-winning film "A Patch of Blue" (1965). She was born of Scottish parents in Sydney in 1912. After marrying the Japanese pianist Shinshiro Katayama in 1937, she lived for ten years in Japan. During the last years of World War II she was interned at the mountain resort village of Karuizawa, Nagano. She returned to Australia in 1947 with her baby son, battling the Australian