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Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded for treason in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle in England by order of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, on this day in history, Feb. 8, 1587. The Queen of Scotland ...

Anna Groundwater, a curator at National Museums Scotland, talked about the particular appeal of pieces related to Mary, Queen of Scots. By Susanne Fowler The messages, written while she was imprisoned ...

Researchers have cracked the code used to write a collection of "lost" letters once owned by Mary, Queen of Scots. Penned between 1578 and 1584 with a "sophisticated cipher system" that involved a mix ...

In the dead of night on Feb. 8, 1587, Mary Queen of Scots wrote to France’s King Henri III, brother of her first husband: “Tonight, after dinner, I have been advised of my sentence: I am to be ...

An international team of codebreakers said Wednesday they have found and deciphered the long-lost secret letters of 16th-century monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, one of the most argued-over figures in ...

The ill-fated royal carried the beads to her execution. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The prayer beads of infamous 16th-century ...

Mary, Queen of Scots used a “spiral locking” technique to seal the last letter she wrote before her execution, indicating that she wanted the contents to remain secret, according to research published ...

Over 50 encrypted letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, have been deciphered, revealing the ill-fated monarch’s meditations on a wide variety of subjects. A team of international code-breakers ...

A Mary Queen of Scots fan who bought three of her letters for £35,000 hoped to put them on display. John White, 61, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, said he had "been fascinated by the royal since ...

Making its ENO premiere, this critically acclaimed modern opera set 500 years ago tells the story that still resonates today. With hostile forces on every side, Mary I of Scotland attempts to secure a ...