The royal court

• Not just government - ladies in waiting, servants, advisors, in total 500 people - peripatetic - moved around with her
• Centre of political power and source of trends and fashion
• Not a place, but people that moved around with Elizabeth in her progresses - never stayed in one place for longer than two weeks
• Privy chamber was private rooms, looked after by ladies in waiting, usually from wealthy families and kept her informed on what happened at court. There were often entertainments, such as feasts, dances, plays and hunting expeditions