学者克洛达·墨菲通过分析超过500封伊丽莎白一世的信件，揭示了一个鲜为人知的历史真相——这位都铎王后最具分量的书信并非完全出自她手笔1。包括首席秘书弗朗西斯·沃尔辛厄姆在内的男性秘书对女王的信件进行了精心编辑，甚至刻意强化了其中表达的情感1。其中，1586年2月10日致罗伯特·达德利的著名信件仅以秘书弗朗西斯·迈尔斯的笔迹保存至今1。
沃尔辛厄姆对致苏格兰摄政王玛丽·斯图亚特的信件进行了特别的处理1。1584年5月致绍兹伯里伯爵乔治·塔尔博特的信件经其手写修改，强化而非缓和了对玛丽及其子詹姆士六世的批评1。墨菲的研究表明，沃尔辛厄姆通过刻画愤怒的伊丽莎白形象，意在表明与英国政府对抗毫无出路；而通过构建怀旧的伊丽莎白形象，则旨在说服玛丽英国女王的恩宠仍可获得1。这些精心设计的修改最终目的在于操纵玛丽对与伊丽莎白关系的认知，推动其配合英国政府的利益1。
Scholar Claudia Murphy has uncovered evidence that male secretaries, including chief secretary Francis Walsingham, carefully edited and intensified the emotional tone of Queen Elizabeth I's correspondence.1 Through analysis of over 500 letters from the Tudor monarch, Murphy's research demonstrates that these secretaries were not merely transcribing the queen's words but actively shaping their impact.1
Most notably, Walsingham modified a May 1584 letter to the Earl of Shrewsbury, George Talbot, regarding Mary Queen of Scots, strengthening rather than moderating its criticism of Mary and her son James VI.1 A famous February 10, 1586 letter to Robert Dudley survives only in secretary Francis Miles's handwriting.1 According to Murphy's findings, Walsingham employed strategic emotional framing in his revisions: he portrayed an angry Elizabeth to convince Mary that refusing cooperation with the English government was futile, while simultaneously constructing a nostalgic Elizabeth to suggest the Scottish queen could still win back her royal favor.1 Mary Stuart had fled to England in 1567 and remained imprisoned for 19 years before her execution for treason in 1587.1
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