Why did Queen Elizabeth I have such a manly voice?

She had extremely long, slender hands and fingers. Her eye-color is not definitively known, but from portraits they appear to have been brown, or golden-brown. In old age, her voice was reported as high and shrill. read more

When Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne talkies hadn't been invented so all the films of her have since been overdubbed. A male actors voice was used to do this because of the overt sexist nature of the film industry in the early 17th Century. read more

(Elizabeth to the Lord Mayor and people of London on the eve of her Coronation) This judgement I have of you, that you will not be corrupted by any manner of gifts, and that you will be faithful to the State; and that without respect of any private will, you will give me the counsel you think best. read more

Queen Elizabeth I – Tudor Queen. Elizabeth Tudor is considered by many to be the greatest monarch in English history. When she became queen in 1558, she was twenty-five years old, a survivor of scandal and danger, and considered illegitimate by most Europeans. read more