Queen Elizabeth I's rule is bing openly challenged by King Phillip II of Spain, who wants to restore England to Catholicism.Elizabeth is preparing to defend her empire and go to war . But she is struggling to balance her royal duties with her unexpected feelings for Sir Walter Raleigh.But she is still the forbidden Queen who has pledged her body and soul to her people and her country.In a bid to keep raleigh close Elizabeth urges her favourite lady in waiting Bess to befriend him. But she is then forced to watch their growing intimacy.The Golden Age is the sequel to 1998's Elizabethand stars Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen and Samantha Morton. View our Elizabeth:TheGolden Age gallery.