Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 ...

On the death of James V in 1542, the six-day old Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland. Henry VIII of England wanted her to marry his son and set about trying to make this happen. However ...

Mary Stuart was born on 8 December 1542 at Linlithgow ... she was just six days old and she suddenly found herself to be the Queen of Scotland. Due to her being very much a baby at the time ...

Mary Stuart was born at Linlithgow Palace in 1542, the only legitimate child of King James V. She became Queen of Scots at only six days old following the death of her father, but spent most of ...

Work is under way to try and save an ancient sycamore tree in Glasgow after it was destroyed by Storm Eowyn. Half of the ...