{"id":216832,"date":"2026-06-11T21:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216832\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T21:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:39:15","slug":"pennsylvania-renaissance-faire-announces-new-queen-elizabeth-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/216832\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire announces new Queen Elizabeth I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire announces new Queen Elizabeth I<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSALES ASSOCIATES, ASSISTANT MANAGERS, AND STORE MANAGERS, AND IT\u2019S BEEN A SEARCH SIX MONTHS IN THE MAKING. BUT TONIGHT, THE PENNSYLVANIA RENAISSANCE FAIRE HAS ITS NEW QUEEN. SO MEET EILEEN ERNEST, THE NEXT QUEEN ELIZABETH THE FIRST BEFORE BECOMING THE NEWEST MONARCH. SHE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN THE RENAISSANCE FAIRE CIRCUIT, REENACTING VARIOUS ROLES SUCH AS THE WAILING BANSHEE. I BET SHE KILLED IT DOING THAT ONE. NOW, THE 46TH ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA RENAISSANCE FAIRE RUNS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM AUGUST 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 25TH IN MANHEIM. CANNOT WAIT TO MEET HER. NO, ABSOLUTELY. HAVE TO ASK HER TO DO IT. NO, IT\u2019S\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire announces new Queen Elizabeth I<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769026991_958_wgal.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WGAL logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:13 PM EDT Jun 11, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire has named Eileen Earnest as its new Queen Elizabeth I after a six-month search.  Earnest, who has spent several years in the Renaissance faire circuit, has portrayed various roles, including a &#8220;wailing banshee.&#8221;  The 46th annual Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire will take place in Manheim on Saturdays and Sundays from August 15 through October 25.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire has named Eileen Earnest as its new Queen Elizabeth I after a six-month search.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"the pennsylvania renaissance faire has named eileen earnest as its new queen elizabeth i after a six-month search.\" title=\"The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire has named Eileen Earnest as its new Queen Elizabeth I after a six-month search.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d5871ae7-ebe2-4b86-9048-6d6f90ae5013.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tHearst OwnedWGAL\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEileen Earnest<\/p>\n<p>Earnest, who has spent several years in the Renaissance faire circuit, has portrayed various roles, including a &#8220;wailing banshee.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>The 46th annual Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire will take place in Manheim on Saturdays and Sundays from August 15 through October 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire announces new Queen Elizabeth I SALES ASSOCIATES, ASSISTANT MANAGERS, AND STORE MANAGERS, AND IT\u2019S BEEN&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[94806,28,30,29,42629,94807],"class_list":["post-216832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-eileen-earnest","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-renaissance-faire","tag-queen-elizabeth-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}