Factual error: In the beginning of the film, a variety of different suitors are presented to Elizabeth. Amongst them are Eric XIV of Sweden, reportedly "still madly in love [with her]". Even though he was born the same year as Elizabeth; when this film takes place, in 1585, he had already been dead for 8 years.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Samantha Morton, Jordi Mollà, Laurence Fox, Aimee King
Factual error: When one of Mary Stuart's correspondents writes her a note, he uses a quill and ink. Immediately following, he folds it up without sanding the wet ink. The writing would have been smeared so badly that it would be unreadable.
Factual error: Mary, Queen of Scots is depicted with a Scottish accent. However, Mary was raised in France from a young age and thus would speak with a French accent instead.
Sir Amyas Paulet: The Queen orders these measures for your protection.
Mary Stuart: The Queen? I am a queen. They call her The Virgin Queen. Why is that, sir? Can it be that no man will have her?
Queen Elizabeth I: May we have wisdom not to fear shadows in the night, and courage when the day of danger truly dawns.
Queen Elizabeth I: My bitches wear my collars.
