Obviously, Queen Elizabeth had an interest to be Protestant. By Catholic law, Henry VIII was still married to Katherine when Liz was born so that makes her a bastard to all Catholics and therefore illegitimate.
What if (by brain fart probably) she tries to reconcile the English church with the Roman Catholic church?In effect, this is undermining her own authority.
The Catholics support Mary, Queen of Scots as the rightful heir. Let's suppose Mary (14 years old?)'s first instruction to her English supporters is to appoint Elizabeth as "regent of England" and her supporters are not to defy her regent unless Elizabeth stops the reconciliation or Mary revokes the position. In other words "stop revolting." Mary then proceeds to do nothing active to help or hurt her cousin and focuses on trying to keep the Scottish rural aristocracy as pro-Catholic as possible.
So how many weeks before someone throws a palace coup? In TTL, you have a self-admitted bastard on the throne. That's not going to last long.
What if (by brain fart probably) she tries to reconcile the English church with the Roman Catholic church?In effect, this is undermining her own authority.
The Catholics support Mary, Queen of Scots as the rightful heir. Let's suppose Mary (14 years old?)'s first instruction to her English supporters is to appoint Elizabeth as "regent of England" and her supporters are not to defy her regent unless Elizabeth stops the reconciliation or Mary revokes the position. In other words "stop revolting." Mary then proceeds to do nothing active to help or hurt her cousin and focuses on trying to keep the Scottish rural aristocracy as pro-Catholic as possible.
So how many weeks before someone throws a palace coup? In TTL, you have a self-admitted bastard on the throne. That's not going to last long.