Fifty-four years ago today, Mary Queen Of Scots arrived at the Odeon Leicester Square for the Royal Film Performance... #MaryQueenOfScots #1970s #film #films #CharlesJarrott #VanessaRedgrave #GlendaJackson #PatrickMcGoohan #TimothyDalton #NigelDavenport #TrevorHoward #DanielMassey #IanHolm
"Long live the King!"
๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ #OTD in #History 24 March 1603, the crowns of England and Scotland became joined as #KingJamesVI of Scotland also became #JamesI of England, succeeding #QueenElizabethI to the throne, who had of course executed his mother, #MaryQueenOfScots.
#happybirthday #timothydalton #actor #TheLivingDaylights #LicencetoKill #MaryQueenofScots #Agatha #FlashGordon #TheRocketeer #JaneEyre #LooneyTunes #BackinAction #TheBeauticianandtheBeast #Cleopatra #HotFuzz #TheTourist #PennyDreadful #DoomPatrol #TheCrown #ToyStory3 #Secretofthewings
Anyone struggling with it all, some light refreshment from #michellegomez and the #Psychob*tches and to be honest the last 10 seconds feel like my response to most of the news each day
#Maryqueenofscots
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#OTD 18 Mar 1561
#MaryofGuise the Regent & mother of #MaryQueenofScots was sent secretly to France for burial at Saint Pierre de Reims, where her sister Renรฉe was abbess - 10 months after her death
She died on 11 Jun 1560 of dropsy & lay in state for months
#Scottishhistory
#Frenchhistory
Films watched this year: 91 #yearofmovies #dvd #dvdcollection #maryqueenofscots
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Adrian Lester, Jack Lowden, Martin Compston, Joe Alwyn, David Tennant & Guy Pearce
Categories: Drama, History, #booktofilm
Written by: John Guy
Directed by: Josie Rourke
Did you know Mary Queen of Scots came to the throne at 6 days old!
#DidYouKnow #History #Facts #MaryQueenOfScots #Scotland
Blown away by my visit to the Perth Museum today perthmuseum.co.uk With the rare opportunity to see #TheLastLetter, #StoneofDestiny, special #Pictish stones and more. #MaryQueenOfScots #InMyEndIsMyBeginning #ScottishHeritage #ScottishIdentity #Independence (Photo cred for The Stone, Perth Museum.)
#DavidRizzio was murdered #OnThisDay in 1566 on the orders of Henry, Lord Darnley โ king consort of #Scotland โ precipitating his assassination with the probable connivance of his wife, #MaryQueenOfScots โ which in turn precipitated her downfall...
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#OTD 9 Mar 1566
#DavidRizzio musician & secretary to #MaryQueenofScots was murdered in front of her
Pregnant, she narrowly escaped harm in the frenzied stabbing by a gang of Lairds led by her jealous husband #HenryDarnley
His body then thrown down the staircase at Holyrood Palace
#History
๐จ THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS๐จ Mary didnโt marry because she was weak โ she married to rule. ๐๐ฅ @drlindaporter.bsky.social breaks this myth apart on History Rage. Power, gender and monarchy collide.
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#WomenInHistory #MaryQueenOfScots #History #Podcast
On the 8th of March in 1566, the plot against David Rizzio was reaching its final hours. His murder inside Holyroodhouse the next night changed the course of Mary Queen of Scots reign.
#OTD #History #MaryQueenOfScots #DavidRizzio #ScotlandHistory
#OTD
9th March 1566
David Rizzio, private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots was assassinated in front of her. He suffered an alleged 56 stab wounds before his body was thrown down the main staircase at Holyrood Palace.
#DavidRizzio #MaryQueenofScots #Scotland #Stuarts #History
Went to #ScottishBallet #MaryQueenOfScots @sadlerswells.bsky.social last night. Partner said this is the best piece of dance he's ever seen with me, probably because it's a subject he's interested in & it was also a very dramatic, modern piece with a fabulous new score & some stunning choreography.
๐จ THIS WEEK ON PATREON & APPLE ๐จ Bad marriage or smart politics at the time? ๐๐ @drlindaporter.bsky.social explains why Mary, Queen of Scotsโ choices made sense in dynastic terms โ even if history judged them harshly.
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#RoyalHistory #MaryQueenOfScots ๐
๐จ THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE ๐จ Stop judging #MaryQueenOfScots by Elizabethโs rulebook. ๐๐ @drlindaporter.bsky.social explains why comparing these two queens is far more misleading than enlightening. Time to rethink.
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#TudorHistory #WomenInPower
๐จ THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS๐จ Was #MaryQueenOfScots doomed by circumstances rather than stupidity? ๐๐ฅ @drlindaporter.bsky.social makes the case that not everything was within Maryโs control. History is messier than myth.
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#WomenInHistory ๐
#ThrowbackThursday
Letter from King Franรงois II of France to Antoine de Noailles
Blois
4th November 1559
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#Letter #KingFranรงoisIIofFrance #AntoinedeNoailles #MaryQueenofScots #ValoisAngoulรชme #Stuarts #Scotland #France #History
๐จ THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS๐จ History needs context โ not hindsight. ๐๐ @drlindaporter.bsky.social shows how misunderstanding Mary, Queen of Scotsโ situation leads to deeply flawed judgments.
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#MaryQueenOfScots #HistoryPodcast #WomenInHistory ๐ฅ
๐จ THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE ๐จ Forget the caricature. โ๐ @drlindaporter.bsky.social challenges the myth of Mary, Queen of Scots as naรฏve or disconnected from Scotland. The reality is far more complex.
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#MaryQueenOfScots #HistoryMyths #WomenInHistory ๐
๐จ THIS WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS ๐จ Is Mary, Queen of Scots judged unfairly โ even today? ๐๐ฅ @drlindaporter.bsky.social challenges the harsh narratives that refuse to let Mary escape condemnation. Time to rethink the story.
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#MaryQueenOfScots #History #Podcast
๐จ TOMORROW FOR SUBSCRIBERS๐จ
History treats powerful women differently. ๐โ๏ธ @drlindaporter.bsky.social challenges how Mary, Queen of Scots has been judged, exposing double standards and lazy comparisons with Elizabeth I.
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#MaryQueenOfScots
๐จ NEXT WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS๐จWas Mary, Queen of Scots really a failure? ๐๐ฅ @drlindaporter.bsky.social takes apart the myths, exposing how politics, trauma and double standards shaped Maryโs fate.
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#MaryQueenOfScots #HistoryPodcast
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20/09/13 DERBYSHIRE, Buxton. A plaque on the side of the Old Hall commemorating Mary, Queen of Scots.
#Buxton #Derbyshire #MaryQueenofScots #plaque #history #streetphotography
Picture of the tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey
I've felt drawn to Scotland for years but tell me why I felt overcome at Queen Mary's tomb๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
#maryqueenofscots #westminsterabbey #london #scotland
#OTD 22 Feb 1540
#MarieofGuise, 2nd wife of #JamesV of Scotland was crowned Queen at Holyrood Abbey
A 30 gun salute & fireworks at Edinburgh Castle marked the occasion
Of their 3 children only 1 survived, #MaryQueenofScots
Marie famously turned #HenryVIII down twice - very wise!
#Stuarts
#History
#ThrowbackThursday
George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
Unknown artist
Inscribed 1582
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#GeorgeTalbot #EarlofShrewsbury #BessofHardwick #MaryQueenofScots #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History
#OTD
13th February 1608
Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury, (Bess of Hardwick), died at Hardwick.
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#ElizabethTalbot #CountessofShrewsbury #BessofHardwick #Chatsworth #HardwickHall #QueenElizabethI #MaryQueenofScots #Tudors #History
If you like reading other peoplesโ mail, this is coming up in Perth. You donโt even have to steam an envelope open. #MaryQueenOfScots
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๐๐On this day in 1567, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots was found dead in a garden outside Kirk o' Field, in Edinburgh.
#Elizabethan #TudorConnections
#OnThisDay #Darnley #maryqueenofscots
