Mary, Queen of Scots: The Deadly Palace Intrigue (Episode 4) 🔪

This is episode 4 in our ongoing series on Mary, Queen of Scots, episode 5 is here: https://youtu.be/RX5NRwjmf-Y

Where was Mary Queen of Scots - Elizabeth I’s most famous rival - born, and who were her parents? What was the nature of the turbulent politically and religiously divided world she was born into? How did she become a queen at only one week old, and betrothed to a French Prince at five? Why was it so dangerous to be a Scottish monarch in the 16th century? And, was she really the rightful heir to the English throne….?


Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the early life of one of history’s most famous women: the brave, charming, famously glamorous but also tragic; Mary Queen of Scots.

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00:00 - Mary Queen of Scots rides into battle with pistols drawn
01:05 - Randolph’s conflicted letter: smitten by Mary, repelled by Darnley
02:43 - Mary marries Darnley and proclaims him King
05:03 - Has Mary declared war on Elizabeth by marrying Darnley?
08:14 - Mary recruits Bothwell, Scotland’s most dangerous man
12:00 - Mary’s army ride: steel cap, pistols, warhorse, triumph
13:53 - ‘Chaseabout Raid’
15:10 - Pregnancy strengthens Mary’s pro-Catholic lean
16:15 - Mary declares herself Queen of England at banquet
19:01 - Darnley conspires with Moray, pledges to restore Protestantism
20:51 - David Rizzio emerges as perfect scapegoat
27:09 - Rizzio is stabbed
31:37 - Mary berated by Darnley in front of armoured lords
35:00 - Warlock Ruffen wheezes through the drama
36:54 - Mary's next move...
43:48 - Mary regains control, reconciles Moray and Bothwell
48:50 - Mary gives birth to James VI and I in Edinburgh Castle
50:03 - Elizabeth devastated: ‘I am but barren stock’

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