The Protestants are not the only ones in danger. Many are horrified but they are unable to stop her and thus it is that Mary comes to acquire a new name, "Bloody Mary." Mary is determined that England will once more be a catholic country and if English men and women have to die by fire to achieve this aim she is willing to persevere. Initially Mary is supported and loved by the people, but she soon becomes unpopular. This lesson came to be an especially important one when her sister Mary comes to the throne. She learned at a very early age that it was best to keep herself separate from the politics and intriguing that was rife in the palace. At the king's death there is a power struggle which Elizabeth does her best to stay away from. Edward was never able to really take the reigns of government into his hands as he was always by greedy, powerful, and ambitious men who had their own agendas. Still a young man he dies a mere six years after coming to throne. Unfortunately the young King Edward does not thrive and soon is racked with consumption. Luckily the 'affair' does not progress and Elizabeth is soon learning how to live, and enjoy living, quietly in the country with her tutors and her ladies-in-waiting. The man is none other than the new and very handsome husband of the dowager queen, Thomas Seymour.
Being young, quiet lovely, high-spirited, and a very normal young woman in some ways, Elizabeth falls in love for the first time. It is at this time, early in her brother's reign that Elizabeth has some trouble staying out of trouble. All she can do is to sit and wait to see what happens. Then she and her sister Mary will be even further from the throne than they are now. After all, her little brother is now king and surely he will grow, prosper, and have children. Third in line for the throne she does not think much about the possibility of becoming queen.
Her father, the great and sometimes terrifying Henry VIII, has died and she does not know what is to become of her.
Elizabeth is in a very difficult position.
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