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Peter Stafel

Peter Stafel

Tudor historian specializing in Mary I and royal iconography; independent scholar with a PhD from University of Kent.

Jun 17, 2026

The Tudor Chest Podcast

The Tudor Chest Podcast

The Relationship between Mary and Elizabeth, the Tudor princesses, with Dr Peter Stiffell

Jun 17 · 59m

Adam Pennington
Adam PenningtonHOST
23:56
What do we know of the personal relationship between Mary and Elizabeth during their brother's reign? Yeah,
Peter Stafel
Peter StafelGUEST
24:01
again, it's...
Peter Stafel
Peter StafelGUEST
24:03
Obviously, they're living apart at this point.
Peter Stafel
Peter StafelGUEST
24:05
I mean, they're obviously very friendly.
Peter Stafel
Peter StafelGUEST
24:08
They go to court quite often.
Peter Stafel
Peter StafelGUEST
24:11
Obviously, that changes as the reign progresses.
Peter Stafel
Peter StafelGUEST
24:14
But I do find that becoming Elizabeth, again, did it very well because Mary is top dog in that.

14 MINS LATER

Adam Pennington
Adam PenningtonHOST
38:11
In your opinion, is there convincing evidence linking Elizabeth to the conspiracy?

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