The Stewarts formed one of the most enduring and turbulent royal dynasties in Scottish history. Through war, policy and ...

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 ...

Conscious of the benefits of an alliance with France, the Scots betrothed the young queen to Francis, the four-year-old heir to the French crown, and sent Mary to be raised at the court of Henry II.

The letter is on the move as part of the National Library of Scotland’s centenary celebrations. Written six hours before she was led to her death, the last letter penned by Mary Queen of Scots is now ...

The Queen Mother bought the Castle of Mey in Northern Scotland shortly after the death of her husband in 1952 and it is rumoured that she only paid less than £100 for it ...

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

WHAT is Glasgow’s relationship with the Crown? Queen Victoria was a royal ... James VI and I, son of Mary, Queen of Scots, made his first return to Scotland since he became King of England ...

She became Queen of Scots at only six days old following the ... but was imprisoned and forced to give up her crown in favour of her one-year-old son, James VI. She fled to England to find the ...

Ben Loyal is often known as the ‘Queen of Scottish Mountains ... top at 765m and is just one of the five rocky tops that crown the ridge. This circular route takes in all five castellations.