I really don't know the specifics of how closely guarded the Queen's secrets would have been in that particular domain. I realize that she would have been closely guarded, but would English society at the time been so "puritanical" (I know, but I couldn't think of a better word) at the time that that sort of thing would have been completely unacceptable? I'm guess that with her feud with Mary, she probably would have been constantly in physical and political danger, so that would add to any scrutiny. I'm asking because I have always assumed that she did whatever she wanted, but the more I think about it, it probably would have been extremely difficult to do anything that she wanted...