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She never accepted it, humiliating Leicester in public: " my open and great disgraces delivered from her Majesty's mouth ".
In 1583 she informed ambassadors that Lettice Dudley was " a she-wolf " and her husband a " traitor " and " a cuckold ".
Even her movements could pose a political problem, as Francis Walsingham explained: " I see not her Majesty disposed to use the services of my Lord of Leicester.
" The Earl stood by his wife, asking his colleagues to intercede for her ; there was no hope: " She Queen doth take every occasion by my marriage to withdraw any good from me ", Leicester wrote still after seven years of marriage.
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