By the end of her reign, Mary I’s relationship with her half-sister and successor, Elizabeth, was at an all-time low. But had the Tudor siblings always been such bitter enemies? Nicola Tallis reveals how the duo’s bond was both broken and strengthened by events beyond their control
Neice and heir to King Henry VIII, Lady Margaret Douglas almost suffered the same fate as Anne Boleyn, when her scandalous affair with Thomas Howard was discovered.
The Virgin Queen lionised her “dearest father” in public, despite a childhood in which she was made illegitimate and neglected by Henry VIII. Yet, writes Tracy Borman, examine what Elizabeth did – as opposed to what she said – and it’s evident that her sympathies lay with her mother, Anne Boleyn.
Time has eradicated all evidence of Mary Queen of Scots’ second husband Lord Darnley’s murder in 1567, and the University of Edinburgh covers the site.