Queen Mary of Denmark’s dainty necklace has stolen the spotlight in new official portraits released by the Danish palace. The ...

Queen Mary, 52, took the throne alongside her husband, King Frederik, following the surprise abdication of Frederik’s mother, ...

In 1553, Elizabeth's older half-sister Mary became queen. Mary was determined to re-establish Catholicism in England and viewed the Protestant Elizabeth as a direct threat. Elizabeth was briefly ...

Mary was also queen of France for a year from 1559. As a great-granddaughter of Henry VII, she had a strong claim to the crown of England, recognised in particular by Catholics. However ...

I. Elizabeth I saw Mary, Queen of Scots as a threat and was keen to keep her under observation in England. Sir John Neale describes the agony of Elizabeth I as she is forced to decide the fate of ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown ...