Muna Kukadzi 1603, kufa kwaCatherine Carey, Countess weNottingham, muzukuru wehama yake uye shamwari yepedyo Lady Knollys, kwakauya sekurohwa kwakanyanya. Muna Kurume, Elizabeth akarwara uye akaramba ari "akagadzikana uye asingabvisike kusuwa", uye akagara asina kufamba pamushini kwemaawa. Robert Cecil paakamuudza kuti aifanira kuenda kunorara, akapopota achiti: "Haufanire kunge uri izwi rekushandisa kumachinda, murume mudiki". Akafa musi wa24 Kurume 1603 kuRichmond Palace, pakati pechipiri nechitatu mangwanani. Maawa mashoma gare gare, Cecil nedare vakagadza zvirongwa zvavo mukufamba kwemazuva ano uye vakazivisa kufa kwaMambo James.
Richmond Palace