In 1587 Francis Drake 'singed the King of Spain's beard' in the harbour of which city?
Francis Drake north at Roanoke which he replenished and also took back with him all of the original colonists before Sir Richard Greynvile arrived with supplies and more colonists. He finally reached England on 22 July, when he sailed into Portsmouth, England to a hero's welcome. Angered by these acts, Philip II ordered a planned invasion of England. In another pre-emptive strike, Drake "singed the beard of the King of Spain" in 1587 by sailing a fleet into Cadiz and also Corunna, two of Spain's main ports, and occupied the harbours. He destroyed 37 naval and merchant ships. The attack delayed the
The Queen of Spain's Beard The Queen of Spain's Beard "The Queen of Spain's Beard" is the fourth episode of the BBC historical sitcom "The Black Adder", the first serial in the "Blackadder" series. Set in late 15th-century England, the episode parodies the practice of political marriages between the royal houses of Europe which characterised European politics during the Middle Ages. Its bawdy humour also deals with taboos surrounding premarital sex, gay stereotypes and the practice of child marriage. The title of the episode is a play on the words attributed to Sir Francis Drake who "singed the beard of the King of Spain" when