Mary, Queen of Scots
In Our Time
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The Ushers' Cry Mate Wait for the Queen of England
Mary of Gies has a very, very good education, but also Mary has a sense of fun. One of her favourite things is sort of going into the kitchen and making Queensland marmalade,. She likes riding, you know, she's a cultured woman. But the key thing about the time in France is this Franco-British policy. When we move on and Elizabeth becomes Queen in 1558, the uncles do something that determines what is going to happen in terms of Anglo-Marian relations. They quarter the arms of England, France and Scotland on their crockery. This is deliberately provocative to establish Mary’s claim as the great grand-daughter of Henry VII,
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