PAGE E1GgT THE GUARDIAN, cHARucxr'rr:1sowN " JUNE 1, 1953 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Four eigning Queens Had Consorts 
     
    
   
   
    
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     SECOND EARL OP ESSEX 
     
     first Queen Elizabeth of England. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Nea1'ly All Were Strong 
     
    
   
   
    
     Iflllf qum-us rt-ipm-:1 in l'..n;.-Imul Imlare the m'ct!ssr'nn (II 
     
    

    
     I. I..nI:rlIr II. .411 murriml e.n'vpl Elizubelll I. so slmuhl 
     
    

    
     lhe l)uIm ul lftlinlmrglr xv:-k pr:-rt-(Irnls for the conduct 
     
    

    
     ul 1: rnnxnrl he has Ilm iirm nl four prmlercnxtrrs to guide 
     
    

    
     him. ll ill: Ihr ru-I-pliun of Queen xlnnl.-'.t Iruslmml, I'rr'nre 
     
    

    
     l.'mnr;u: oI l)('nIImrk. all were-. mm: nl robust rlmrarler who 
     
    

    
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     EARL OF LEICESTER (l532el588) was a man of princely tastes. Though he never married nl Loin-.m-r and E at ldbling impression oi his personality behind 'hl1'I1- MGTTIUQG W05 hC1PPY- 
     
    

    
     Elizabeth I he was regarded as one oi two men who were close to her. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     WILLIAM III (I650-l70I.) was husband at Mary and shared her throne but also was king KING PHILIP ll 01' SPAIN wae married to Bloody Mary. ALBERT PRINCE CONSORT bf VICTORIA is regarded as the classic example 010 59"”, 
     
     in hit own right. He was invited over irom Holland to take throne. later launched the Spanish Armada oi 1588. He came iron the German princely iamlly oi Cobourg. was handsome. 
     
    
   
   
    
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