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Why did Queen Elizabeth give her first speech in 1558?

From the beginning, then, Elizabeth was careful to assure her subjects that she had been legitimately granted the right to rule and that, as queen, she would unite the country and govern it wisely. In her first speech as queen, given on November 20, 1558, at Hatfield Palace just days after Mary's death, Elizabeth emphasized two important points.

Why did Elizabeth deliver the 'one mistress' line?

After a few days, Elizabeth summoned Leicester where the two had a severe argument before the gathered court, during which time Elizabeth delivered the famous ‘one mistress’ line. God’s death, my Lord, I have wished you well, but my favor is not so locked up for you that others shall not participate thereof.

Why did Elizabeth protest her innocence?

Throughout the unhappy years of Mary’s childless reign, with its burning of Protestants and its military disasters, Elizabeth had continually to protest her innocence, affirm her unwavering loyalty, and proclaim her pious abhorrence of heresy.

Why did Queen Elizabeth write a letter to Edward VI?

Probably written in 1553, when the future Queen of England was 20 years old, Elizabeth’s letter reveals the personal costs behind the power struggles of the troubled Tudor dynasty. She tells her young half-brother, Edward VI, how she had tried to visit him during what would prove his final illness, but had been turned away.