♪♪ -Elizabeth's navy of commandeered ships stalked the Armada up the English Channel for eight days. But as the Spanish reached Calais, there was still no sign of their 26,000 invasion troops ...

The Armada portrait famously commemorates the most prolific conflict in Queen Elizabeth I's reign, the failed invasion of England by the Spanish Armada in 1588. Three different versions of the ...

The Spanish Armada posed an existential threat to Elizabeth Tudor’s reign and had been feared for decades. But when the Spanish launched the actual invasion, delivery from the threat seemed ...

After Elizabeth’s famous speech to her men, he sailed “fireships” into the Armada’s midst. These were obsolete ships deliberately torched in the hope of setting light to the Spanish galleons.

The threat of invasion by Spain loomed large for much of Elizabeth I's reign, culminating in the launch of the Armada in 1588. The failure of this attack enhanced the queen's popularity with her ...

A portrait of Elizabeth I has become public property, after an appeal helped raise £10.3m to buy it. The Armada portrait, thought to have been painted in 1590, was being sold by descendants of ...

In Armada, Elizabeth is portrayed at her darkest hour. She was at her most vulnerable and dealing with getting old. She was 54, but looked much older than that.

One of the most famous portraits in British history will be owned by the public for the first time after a fundraising campaign raised more than £10m to purchase it. The Armada portrait of Queen ...

After what the Heritage Lottery Fund has described as one of the most successful funding campaigns ever, one of three versions of the 1590 “Armada portrait” has been acquired by the Art Fund for ...

The Spanish Armada posed an existential threat to Elizabeth Tudor’s reign and had been feared for decades. But when the Spanish launched the actual invasion, delivery from the threat seemed ...