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The Secret Life of Mary the Queen
Queen Elizabeth offered Mary a new husband to replace her dead one. Robert Dudley was the Earl of Leicester, but he used to be a commoner and he might have been involved in the death of his first wife. Instead Mary's next husband was to be Lord Dudley. He wanted to marry Mary so he could be king. Even with good friends asking for their throne when they're done with it, it's a big ask. It's a crown, it's not like borrowing a pencil sharpener.