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I don't think think there is any need for this, really. |
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I must say that I agree with Jenny Wormauld. Even if Mary didn't have any involvement in Darnley's murder, the evidence is rather incriminating. I also agree that she really wanted to be Queen of England and she didn't seem to have much time for Scotland. I think that I'm fairly unbiased with my very Scottish ancestry! Also it's madness to bring this up at a time of great economic crisis! |
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Well, James plonked her into Westminster, & even tho he wasn't much of a son LOL methinks family had their say in it. How many postmortem trips do MQOS require here? James already moved her once from Peterborough. O speaking of Peterborough....did Mary ever nudge Catherine of Aragon out of there? |
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TYVM Wonder why Mary never had her relocated as James did to MQOS? |
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I'm surprised James bothered at all, considering how close he & Mummy were ROFL I would've thought Mary would've hopped right to it & had her sainted mother honored as rightful Queen of England & daughter of Spain to sort of further legitimicize her own reign. Perhaps the brouhaha over her marriage to Philip was enough Spanishness? |
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I have read (somewhere??) that one of Mary Tudor's first Acts of Parliament was to re-legitimize herself, by revalidating her parent's marriage! She acted like a true Tudor there, remaking history to suit herself! I also read that Elizabeth considered doing the same thing, but was advised by Throckmorton to let it go. After all, if Elizabeth declared her mother posthumously innocent, what does that make her father? No, better to keep reminding her people that she was truly Harry's daughter and rarely speak of her mother. Another question, since we're talking about re-burying folk - why didn't James I/VI rebury his sainted father?? The last we hear of Darnley is being painted on that banner, showing Darnley with a halo and the infant James begging for divine justice. You'd think that James would want everyone to know that he honored Darnley as his father, since there was some sniggering about his paternity. (who was it that snarked that James was as wise as Solomon, no suprise because David was his father)? |
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I'd imagine Darnley's somewhere in Edinburgh atm? |
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Keep her at Westminister, I'm sure she'd rather be in England that Scotland, the country she wasn't too fond of after the courts of France. As well, the Scots weren't too happy with her either, why should they want her back now? |
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Darnley was barely what, 20, 21 when he died? Good grief, how early did he have to start out & how much did he get around to get to end-stage syph so fast? |
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<still pondering the syph question> Well, look at how smarmy Henry VII was, dating his reign from the day BEFORE Bosworth so that everyone who fought for Richard III could be declared traitors. |
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