Help! Where did Queen Elizabeth 1 live?
Queen Elizabeth I lived in England and had many royal residences. She would take turn living in these difference places throughout the year depending on the season and festival. Once a year the Queen would often go on a progress to the southern counties, but most of the time, she resided in one of the great royal palaces; Whitehall, Hampton Court, Greenwich, Richmond, Westminster, St James, Windsor Castle, and towards the end of her reign, Nonsuch. The Queen would usually retire to Whitehall for Christmas, and after a few weeks would move on to another palace such as Richmond or Greenwich before moving to Windsor for Easter and the Maundy ceremony that the Queen participated in every year. St George’s Day was also celebrated at Windsor. It was important that the court moved after a few weeks as the palaces needed to be “aired and sweetened”. Sewerage facilities were primitive and unless the palaces were cleaned after several weeks, it would become an unhygienic and unpleasant place to
