There was a last minute cancellation with one of the distilleries and he was able to use his contacts to ensure we didn't miss out by making sure we had a great bottle to taste from his private collection and actually introduced us to something we liked...
who ruled from 1558 to her death in 1603.Cate Blanchettplays the title character, one of the most prolific rulers in English history. The film depicts Queen Elizabeth I's ascension to the English throne after the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I, and ...
The film picks up in 1585, nearly 30 years after the events of 1998's Elizabeth. This time around, there is renewed pressure on England's "Virgin Queen" to marry and produce an heir, lest her rival and cousin (and prisoner) Mary, Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton) ascend to the throne...
Mary Queen of Scots (1541-1587). Spent her early years in Edinburgh, returning to rule Scotland in 1561. Mary was forced to abdicate the throne in 1567, in favour of her one-year-old son James VI. She was imprisoned in England for 19 years and eventually executed for her involvement in...
But out of the lot, she’s primarily known for her involvement in the period drama genre. However, the most noteworthy project in this would be 2018’s Mary Queen of Scots. In this historical drama, she featured alongside Margot Robbie and also worked with her now husband, Jack Lowden....
Sister of Edgar (Wessex) Atheling and Christina (Wessex) of Wessex Wife of Malcolm (Dunkeld) King of Scots— married about 1069 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Descendants Mother of Mary (Dunkeld) Countess of Boulogne and Lens, Edward Dunkeld, Edmund (Dunkeld) King of Scots, Æthelred...
Contemporary Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots: Burning of alloa house, etc.: Erskine family book-platedoi:10.1093/nq/s4-V.117.325bMaclean JohnNotes and Queries
of Queen Mary (of Scots). This Ward extended "from the Hyghe Street (Highcross Street) beyounde Chettelles Howse and so all of the Chyrche Gate downe to Mr Nicholas Herryke and Parchment Lane (Bond Lane) Mr Blakwyn, Alderman and Richard Chettelle, Constable" It can be seen here that...
This Fabergé egg was originally commissioned by Russia's Tsar Nicholas II by Peter Carl Fabergé himself. It made its way to Queen Mary in 1933, and is now on display at Buckingham Palace. The Royal Collection owns at least four of the 57 Fabergé eggs that were created and still survive...
Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen Among her family it was her female relations who had the greatest influence on her life: from her sister Mary, who distrusted and later imprisoned her, to her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, who posed a constant and dangerous ... T...