Did Dudley and Elizabeth conspire to murder his wife so that they could be together?
By piecing together the staircase in question using old evidence, modern crime scene investigation sheds new light on the age old mystery and suggests that Amy did not die accidentally.
Peter Bleksley - Retired detective from the Metropolitan Police
Peter Bleksley is an investigative writer and broadcaster, speaker, and television consultant. He specialises in crime, policing, the criminal justice system, and the impact on society they have. His current work draws upon vast experience gained from a twenty year career as a police detective when he specialized in international and organized crime. Peter will draw on his vast experience to re-analyse the evidence in the death of Amy Robsart to get closer to the truth of what happened that fateful day.
Rose Drew - Physical anthropolgist from the University of York
Rose is a physical anthropologist and works with human skeletal material from archaeological contexts. She specializes in bio mechanical bone changes and has studies and catalogued vast collections of human skeletal remains. Rose is attached to a variety of projects including a researching post at York University and is currently serving on the Human Remains Research Committee for the Mary Rose Trust.
Sarah Gristwood - Historian specialising in the Elizabethan period
Sarah Gristwood is a former freelance journalist, now an acclaimed biographer. Since leaving Oxford University she has written for The Times, Guardian, Independent, Evening Standard. She recently published Elizabeth & Leicester, a detailed account of the relationship between the queen Elizabeth and Robert Dudley.
Elizabeth I
Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. She never married although her public life was filled with rumors and scandal.
Amy Dudley
The first wife of Lord Robert Dudley, favourite of Elizabeth I of England. She is primarily known for her death by falling down a flight of stairs, the circumstances of which have often been regarded as suspicious.
Robert Dudley
Rober Dudly, 1st Earl of Leicester. An English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I from her first year on the throne until his death
William Cecil
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley was an English statesman and the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.
In 1562 Queen Elizabeth almost died of Smallpox and was left with scars on her face. She covered these were the heavy white make-up which was fashionable at the time
She was a gifted scholar and an accomplished linguist with the ability to speak several languages including Latin, Greek, French, Spanish and Welsh
Queen Elizabeth adopted a moderate religious policy. The Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity (1559), the introduction of the Prayer Book of 1559, and the Thirty-Nine Articles (1563) were all Protestant in doctrine. Although Protestant she preserved many traditional Catholic ceremonies and adopted a tolerant approach towards them.
Queen Elizabeth I was considered one of the greatest rulers of England. During her reign England experienced a golden age and she was wildly supported by the public.
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