On Saturday, the Mary, Queen of Scots Society is holding its annual gathering in Kirkcudbright Galleries from 11.30am until 3.30pm. The first speaker is Jenn Scott of the Stewart Society on ...

The rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots (1973) made its London debut at ENO’s Coliseum. The Opera followed Mary’s ...

Mary, Queen of Scots spent almost 20 years in captivity. She was held in various locations across Britain from 1568 until her execution on February 8 1587. As I explain in my new book, ...

Lost Letters by Mary, Queen of Scots, Uncovered by Amateur Code Breakers. The messages, written while she was imprisoned by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, were mistakenly listed as Italian texts in ...

A trio of codebreakers has found and deciphered a treasure trove of lost letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots. The letters, written in an elaborate cipher, reveal more about Mary Stuart’s ...

Mary, Queen of Scots, used an intricate spiral letter-lock for her final letter (to King Henri III of France) on the eve of her execution for treason in February 1587. A 1574 letter from Mary also ...

Related: Mary, Queen of Scots' rosary beads stolen in English castle heist Using computer techniques as well as manually comparing text written in other historical manuscripts, the researchers ...

Mary Queen of Scots expert John Guy, who wrote the 2004 biography of Mary Queen of Scots, said this is the most significant find about Mary for a century. He said: “This discovery is a literary ...

Secret, coded letters penned by Mary Queen of Scots while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I have been uncovered by a multidisciplinary team of international codebreakers.

Mary, Queen of Scots used a “spiral locking” technique to seal the last letter she wrote before her execution, indicating that she wanted the contents to remain secret, according to research ...