The most notorious royal to spend time there was Mary, Queen of Scots, great-granddaughter of ... and writing her will. She was beheaded on a scaffold in the Great Hall of the castle.

A historic cathedral where Mary Queen of Scots and Catherine of Aragon were buried is facing going part-time unless it can raise £300,000 by Easter. Peterborough Cathedral declared it is 'in ...

The pure silver object is on display just a few miles from Dundrennan Abbey, where Mary spent her last hours on Scottish soil ...

The king was a man with an upbringing almost as dysfunctional as it is possible to imagine, his father murdered when he was young, his mother—Mary, Queen of Scots—beheaded by her cousin Elizabeth.

Vreda Esther Mary Lascelles often wore the Diamond Belt Tiara, which is part of a sizeable collection belonging to the ...

You probably get a few of these things each week in the mail. And some of them actually do a good job of obscuring the ...

All of this angered Philip; he was also horrified by the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, in February 1587. In 1588, Philip sent a large number of ships, known as an Armada, to invade England.

Mary Queen of Scots. In reaction to these plots, Elizabeth punished the English Catholic community. Large fines were placed on the heads of Catholic households for not attending church.

These factors – combined with the presence of Mary, Queen of Scots in England in 1568 ... On August 22, 1572, Percy was beheaded at a public execution, after he refused to accept an offer to renounce ...

2. Denmark’s King Frederik X was proclaimed monarch on January 14, but in which country was his wife Queen Mary born? 3. Passengers of which airline had a dramatic flight when a door-sized panel ...