Elizabeth had many lovers - MYTH
Famously, Elizabeth lived and died as the 'Virgin Queen', resistant to being married off and obviously childless.
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However, Elizabeth had many favorites and close friends who were men, including Robert Dudley, Walter Raleigh, Francis Drake, and Robert Devereux, as well as many prominent suitors, including many of the crown rulers of Europe and their heirs.
We may never know if Elizabeth had non-platonic relationships with any of them, although no evidence has ever conclusively proven that she took lovers or companions before or after taking the crown.
Elizabeth loved a sweet - FACT
Elizabeth had a notoriously sweet tooth, and had a particular taste for candied violets. Eventually, the sugar cane caused many of her teeth to go black.
Elizabeth was declared illegitimate - FACT
Her father Henry VIII declared Elizabeth to be illegitimate and she only returned to the line of succession under the king's Third Succession Act in 1543.
Elizabeth spoke and read at least seven languages - FACT
Supposedly, Elizabeth spoke five languages fluently by the age of eleven, and continued to learn bits of other languages, including German, as she grew older. Before long she could speak or read English, Welsh, Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, and Italian.
Elizabeth nearly married Thomas Seymour - FACT
Thomas Seymour, the husband of her father Henry VIII's final wife, Catherine Parr, and the uncle of her younger half-brother, Edward VI, was executed for attempting to get the young Elizabeth to marry him.