Robert Hardy credited as playing...
Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester)
- Queen Elizabeth I: I thought that if all other men deserted me, you would not.
- Robert Dudley: I would die for you!
- Queen Elizabeth I: What is that to do with it?
- Queen Elizabeth I: You are welcomed back to court, my Lord. You see? Your policy has triumphed. What advice would you have for me now?
- Robert Dudley: I would not dare to offer you advice, my Queen.
- Queen Elizabeth I: Why not?
- Robert Dudley: The philosophers teach us that beauty is wisdom, and so you are the wisest woman in the world.
- Queen Elizabeth I: You must not speak to me like that. It is not fit. You are a married man, and I... we will deal more honestly with each other from now on.
- [Glares sharply at Dudley]