The Scottish queen, Mary Stuart, spends her youth in France. She is also to wear the French crown, but married young, her ailing husband dies. Mary returns alone to war-wound Scotland. At the same time, Elizabeth becomes Queen of England. To Mary, she is like a sister to whom she can confide. She marries again and gives birth to an heir to the throne. Her husband, Lord Darnley, turns out to be an imbecile. When Mary finds her great love in the Earl of Bothwell, she lets Darnley assassinate and marries Bothwell horrified the nobles and the people withdraw their allegiance from her
A queen who has lost three kingdoms. A wife who has lost three husbands. A woman who lost her head.
The Scottish queen, Mary Stuart, spends her youth in France. She is also to wear the French crown, but married young, her ailing husband dies. Mary returns alone to war-wound Scotland. At the same time, Elizabeth becomes Queen of England. To Mary, she is like a sister to whom she can confide. She marries again and gives birth to an heir to the throne. Her husband, Lord Darnley, turns out to be an imbecile. When Mary finds her great love in the Earl of Bothwell, she lets Darnley assassinate and marries Bothwell horrified the nobles and the people withdraw their allegiance from her