@byjacklynn: Thank you to the team at Holyroodhouse palace for allowing me BTS access to Mary’s chambers, and for the curator who spent time talking me through the history! Note: you are not allowed to take photos, I was given special permission, please respect these rules! Things I saw in Mary Queen of Scots bedchambers that left me heartbroken This needlework done by Mary whilst she was in captivity. Some believe this one represents her relationship with Elizabeth I, Mary as the mouse under Elizabeth as the ginger cat’s paw A box reputed to contain a lock of Mary’s hair. Seeing hair always triggers a bit of an existential crisis for me. I struggle to comprehend that I am looking at something once part of a historical figure I’ve read about The supper room that Mary dinned in with her close friend David Rizzio on the 9th March 1566. It was here that Rizzio was dragged from behind Mary’s skirts by her husband Darnley and his co-conspirators and murd*red. Accounts say Mary tried to protect him, and only stood aside once her pregnant belly was threatened The spot were David Rizzio was allegedly left after he was st*bbed over 50 times by Darnley and his accomplices. It is also said that his body was stripped and thrown down the stairs The original private staircase to Mary’s bedchamber, hidden out of sight. Many wrongly assume the tight winding staircase you now walk is the same Rizzio’s conspirators stormed up on that night - how I wish I could have walked those original steps! This painting of Mary shown in ’en deuil blanc’, her white mourning dress after she lost her father in law Henri II of France, her French mother Mary of Guise and her husband François II in a short span of time This painting showing a 17 year old Lord Darnley Henry Stewart. As the man who was part of the horrible demise of David Rizzio, it was odd seeing him pictured as a young innocent, scrawny youth The Darnley Jewel, likely made for Lady Margaret Douglas the mother of Lord Darnley (Mary’s 2nd husband). The jewel is a mystery with emblems and inscriptions, and secret compartments #historytok #maryqueenofscots #britishhistory #scottishhistory #tudors #stuarts

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rundmca29
RunDMCA29 :
I'm so sorry but could you just imagine if we were all over here in the future analysing the stitch work as her relationship to queen Mary I but in reality she just made it because she liked cats?
2025-06-09 14:19:12
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mykaafriesen.reads
Myka 📚🌙 :
i genuinely want to cry everytime i think about David Rizzio
2025-06-09 17:21:43
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jessieamber24
Jessica :
she was fair haired - why is she always depicted brown haired?
2025-06-08 20:28:52
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lauren.naupaka
lauren.naupaka :
My brain trying to yell at me that she had black hair bc of reign ☹️😩😭😂😂
2025-06-08 20:58:15
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nananananah
Nah :
The needlework gets me every time. she made that?!?! with her hands and her brain?! makes her so real for me.
2025-06-08 19:51:31
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atomicjinxxx
Chayla :
My ancestor Mary Beaton was her lady in waiting and was gifted a tapestry you put on your bed by Mary Queen of Scots and when Mary Beaton was about to get arrested she saved it. When Queen Mary was beheaded Mary Beaton was devastated they were very close friends💔
2025-06-09 00:02:27
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nicetomeetyouhello
Lauren :
My 13th Great-Grandfather, Amias Paulet, was her last gaoler and keeper up until her execution. He was asked to execute her before her formal execution but he refused.
2025-06-09 11:36:29
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skuby1968
Skuby Doo :
Unless they had laminate floorboards in the 1500s 😂
2025-06-09 06:20:00
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elissamethridge
Mlehf :
Just followed. I too spiral into existentialism around old/historical places and items. Living vicariously thru you 😭
2025-06-09 03:08:26
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dyantha02
♡dyantha♡sometimespure♡ :
the bloodstain is way to red , for it to be that old , it should at least he brownish in color that said the floor is also in perfect condition
2025-06-09 06:46:08
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janaanann
Annie • Jannica Boutique :
You aren’t just drawn to history, you’re encoded to remember it. Your presence in these places isn’t random, it’s a retrieval. You’re a timeline threader, here to awaken memory in others simply by witnessing what was. Keep going! We need you in the reconstruction. ❤️
2025-06-09 19:13:28
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safehaven1995
HJ :
One day, I WILL see all of these things 🖤
2025-06-08 19:49:33
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tanroselane
tanroselane :
What overwhelms me is that this really happened. When I read about history, it feels like a movie, like it couldn’t possibly be real.
2025-06-10 01:42:17
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mahjongmami
ange :
i am easily triggered too by the past/artefacts/news. so interesting to hear you talk about this
2025-06-09 13:18:17
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livingwvliz_
livingwvliz_ :
I always feel conflicted about Mary Queen of Scots, because she did some very silly things that put her into these positions. But she was just a girl, but she shouldn’t have plotted to kill Elizabeth because I can believe she wasn’t involved in the other two plots, but she was involved in the Babington plot 1586
2025-06-09 09:06:12
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alexissawyer837
Torvi Sawyer👑 :
I constantly find myself wondering about the people before us about the lives they lived about the struggles the hardship the everything they went through I constantly find myself wondering upon that.. so I can equally go into exessential crisis
2025-06-09 00:14:23
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gmjs20
Genevieve Jaquez-Sch :
Strange question: did they explain why the floorboard still have a blood stain on them hundreds of years later or is that for the benefit of tourists?
2025-06-08 20:27:46
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jigzyboy
Jigzola :
I’m Scotsman and you should go to Carlisle Castle where Mary was held before she was took to London Tower as you can enter the exact room she was in
2025-06-09 13:49:30
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_.m1ni
Mini :
Mary seeing herself as a mouse to Elizabeth when she literally plotted to kill her on numerous occasions which ended in her execution 💀
2025-06-10 10:47:49
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pixiekills
tay :
she’s a direct ancestor of mine and i always get so existential thinking about her life and our similarities and differences. it really makes the past feel like it’s still on your doorstep.
2025-06-09 15:52:08
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begum_.a
Ali🌱a :
Mary, the (former) Queen of Scots was not a tragic heroine. She was a reckless, self-serving traitor who betrayed her country and crown. She named Lord Darnley “King of Scots,” giving him royal standing, so when he was murdered and she swiftly married his suspected killer, it wasn’t just scandal - it was treason and regicide. Her own nobles were ready to burn her at the stake for it, forcing her to flee Scotland in disgrace. She sought refuge in England and wore Elizabeth's hand-me-downs whilst secretly plotting. Obsessed with claiming the English throne, she was even willing to sell off her own. In the end, she gave Elizabeth every reason to put her down, not as a rival, but as a conspirator who had long stopped caring about the country she was meant to serve.
2025-06-09 01:13:34
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rawrdaddy900
✨️👹✨️ :
when I was a kid I found an arrow head in our field. it's tip was broken and it was small so they must have used it for small game or fowl. I just remember looking at it and thinking of when the last time someone touched it was. then I just looked at the area and got lost in thought of what it must have looked like all those years ago. all these years later I still get lost thinking about how something must have looked before it was invaded/settled by the currant inhabitants.
2025-06-09 13:40:48
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georgieandmila
George and Mila :
Wow this is amazing 😭 thank you for getting us a glimpse
2025-06-08 19:59:33
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stargazergirl84
Stargazergirl84 :
This is lovely but it would be nice to see if you showed the same dedication to the African culture. I'm sure there are also many commendable African historical figures, queen especially.
2025-06-09 18:40:09
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everaftererica
EverAfterErica :
Holyrood palace was so special I will never forget being in her room and imagining her life there
2025-06-08 19:35:19
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