In Suspicious Circumstances

A Place of Execution (5x6)

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Gossip has often linked the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I romantically to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Inconveniently, he has a wife, Amy Robsart, often left at home while he attends on the queen at court. In 1560, she is found dead with her neck broken: is this an accident, suicide, or something more sinister?