Did Queen Elizabeth the 1st ever been molested/raped by Thomas Seymour?
He certainly took a lot of liberties with her. He would come into her bedroom in the morning, before she was dressed, still in his dressing gown and slippers, which was not usual behaviour for a gentleman in those days. He would smack and tickle her, and behave in a very familiar fashion. Eventually Elizabeth’s governess, Kat Ashley, was disturbed enough about it to speak to Syemour’s wife, the Queen Dowager Katherine about it, and after that she chaperoned her husband when he visited elizabeth in the mornings. In the spring of 1548 ‘the Queen, suspecting the often access of the Admiral to the Lady Elizabeth’s grace, came suddenly upon them, when they were alone (he having her in his arms). Wherefore the Queen fell out, both with the Lord Admiral and with her grace also.’ Elizabeth was hastily sent away to avoid a public scandal. She went to stay with Sir Anthony and Lady Denny, old and trusted friends of the royal family, at their house at Ceshunt. Whether they actually had sex is not
