"This is a truly exciting discovery… We have broken secret codes from kings and queens previously, and they're very ...

Mary, Queen of Scots, with her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley A drawing produced for William Cecil, the chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I, following the murder of Lord Darnley.

Lost Letters by Mary, Queen of Scots, Uncovered by Amateur Code Breakers. The messages, written while she was imprisoned by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, were mistakenly listed as Italian texts in ...

In 1587, after enduring 19 years of imprisonment for allegedly helping hatch a plan to murder her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded. She was only 44.

Letters signed by Mary, Queen of Scots and her husband Lord Darnley urging a Highland family to keep the peace in and around Inverness are to be auctioned later. They were written almost 500 years ...

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.

Secret, coded letters penned by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I have been uncovered by a multidisciplinary team of international codebreakers.

A trio of codebreakers has found and deciphered a treasure trove of lost letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots. The letters, written in an elaborate cipher, reveal more about Mary Stuart’s ...

Mary, Queen of Scots, fled Scotland after being forced to abdicate in 1567 but then spent 19 years as a prisoner in England. Credit... Gustavo Tomsich/Corbis, via Getty Images.

On the 436th anniversary of her execution, a team of international codebreakers has uncovered some of the secret, coded letters written by Mary Stuart (aka Mary, Queen of Scots) while she was ...