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It stars Cate Blanchett in the title role and is a loose but fact-based portrayal of events during the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth I , forming a sequel to Kapur's film Elizabeth. Guy Hendrix Dyas was the film's production designer and co-visual effects supervisor, and the costumes were created by Alexandra Byrne. The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and various locations around the United Kingdom.

It opened in wide release in the United States on 12 October , premiered in London on 23 October , and opened wide on 2 November throughout the rest of the UK and Republic of Ireland. Seeing that the Catholic plots against Queen Elizabeth 's life that occurred from the s onwards had all failed, Pope Sixtus V approached King Philip, who had amassed the most significant naval force in all of Europe and convinced the king to use this naval force to invade and re-Catholicize England.

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By doing so, Philip, with the pope's blessing, would overthrow Elizabeth and take control of England. Philip agrees and plots to take over England and make his daughter, Isabella , the Queen of England in Elizabeth's place. Meanwhile, Elizabeth is being pressured by her advisor, Francis Walsingham , to marry; if Elizabeth dies childless, the throne will pass to her first cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots , who is Catholic.

English explorer Walter Raleigh is presented at court, having returned from the New World. Queen Elizabeth is attracted to Raleigh, enthralled by his tales of exploration, and asks Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton , her most favoured lady-in-waiting , to observe him. Bess also finds Raleigh attractive and they begin a secret affair.

With tensions strained between England and Spain, Elizabeth seeks guidance from her astrologer, Dr.