Date: 2009-11-23 03:03 am (UTC)
For example, while he considered Elizabeth I to be a great monarch, "the way she is presented as some sort of female icon is ludicrous".
During Victorian times her conduct was regarded as "perfectly deplorable", he added.


So basically what Starkey's trying to say here is that Liz was a human being with power yet also flawed, who made an impact in history? Kinda like her father maybe?
Also, Victorians, really? What didn't they find deplorable where women were concerned?
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