Good but Historically inaccurate

Rating: Null/10 (27 October 1998)

I enjoyed this film, the acting was brilliant, the costume was rich, but I was a little confused. Henry VIII left a son to reign after him before Mary, but there was no mention of him. Elizabeth's death warrant was signed while she was in the tower - but not by the Queen, this was not mentioned.
Henry Darnley had a wife who 'fell' to her death, was this the wife that was mentioned in the film? or did they mean his second wife? The death of his first wife was certainly not mentioned. The Duke of Alencon was a prospective husband for Elizabeth long after the Norfolk plots had been discovered. The Duke of Norfolk plotted to marry Mary Queen of Scots, Mary of Guise her mother had been dead for some time, the historic inaccuracies go on. It makes it very difficult to see how old Elizabeth is supposed to be.
Also I don't like the way the film makes out Elizabeth to be very naive on her ascension to the throne, after surviving her brother's reign and her sister's reign, and being highly educated it's very probable that she was most apt and qualified to be a very succesful Queen, which is what she achieved.