True!
Queen Elizabeth called Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, her "eyes"; Sir William Cecil was her "spirit"; Sir Robert Cecil was her "pigmy" or "elf"; Sir Christopher Hatton was her "mutton" or "lids"; and Sir Francis Walsingham was her "moor". The Queen even nicknamed her political suitor, Francis, Duke of Alencon. She called him her "frog"!
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