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[I] would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married

Quote byElizabeth I of England · 1533–1603

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Statement to the envoy of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg while discussing a proposal of marriage to the duke's son, Christoph. (26 January 1563), quoted by J. Horace Round in "A Visit to Queen Elizabeth," The Nineteenth Century magazine (October 1896).

English (original)

[I] would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

— Elizabeth I of England

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