Have you seen Elizabeth - The Golden Age ?

My brilliant, sweet, awsome readers...I've chosen to write this article, based on one scene captured from the absolutly genious and interesting movie Elizabeth - The Golden Age (if you haven't seen it yet, you better go buy some popcorn and watch it!).

In my last article, I've already introduced you to queen Elizabeth I's troubled love life . In this movie, it is pretty clear everything i have told you, and it is so, so, so, so catchy! <3

The scene I am going to discuss with you happens when the queen finds out that Raleigh, the man she was in love with, had secretly married Bess (that b*tch!), the queen's beloved ward and confidant.

The wacky scene happens due to previous events:

* basically, Walter Raleigh had arrived from the New World and had been presented to the virgin, (who was stunning in a yellow dress, btw) offering her some potatoes (how romantic is that?!) and gold (getting better...), which she refused.

* Elizabeth I was immediatly attracted to Raleigh and all his exploration stories in the New World. Delighted, the queen asks Bess to watch him. What Elizabeth didn't know was that she also felt attracted to him.

* Raleigh begun having a close relationship with the queen and she has misunderstood his feelings for her - while Elizabeth actually loved Raleigh, he loved her as his queen, I mean, he admired her with all his heart. How harsh was it to be a queen, han?! Poor Elizabeth...

* after a secret, funny night with Raleigh, Bess gets pregnant and the only way to minimize the "damage" is to get married (in secret, of course!).

And now comes the part I will discuss and which I would like you to comment on, giving me your opinion:

             The queen finds out Bess's pregnancy and confronts her. The scene is violent, and happens in a huuuuuge room, which makes an echo that increases it's depth. Bess is dreesed in white and the virgin wears a heavy-blue dress, contrasting with the vivid colors she wore in the beginnin' of the movie. Bess confesses her pregnancy and secret marriage with «HIM» . Btw, this was one aspect that I found interesting in this scene: the tension was so harsh, that Raleighs's name hasn't been said - the queen asked Bess if the baby was «his» and Beth confirmed that it was her «husband's»...
              Now, my question is: who the hell is the "friend" thas betrays someone (which only happened to be the queen of England) like that? I was completely shocked, and you? What would you do if one of your bff betrayed you like that?!

Plz, do not be gentle in your answers!

I leave you with this brief video that shows the evolution of Elizabeth and Bess's relationship.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHRaymAwNo&feature=related
Ps - watch the end carefully - after everything that has happened, Elizabeth forgives Bess and gives her child her blessing...what a woman!

XOXO, Oh My Gossip!

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