Carebears_suck: All eyes were on here as she descended the spiral staircase, ermine robe trailing behind her. No mere servant would dare touch the skirts of the holy queen on her coronation. She lifted her proud chin high, red hair flaming, surveying all that was now hers. At last, after 21 yrs. of grappling with her siblings for the throne, it was hers. None stood in her way. Even now, as the anointment was done with, and the bishop gently placed the magnificent crown on her head, she heard the cries that stirred her blood, "Long live Elizabeth the first!" But after the glory of the coronation, then she had to prove herself a worthy ruler as well as a pretty figurehead.