Reign Mary Queen Of Scots Quotes

She was graced with surpassing loveliness of form, the vigour of maturing youth and fine qualities of mind which court education had increased, [but] her natural goodness would be weakened by an earnest desire to please.

Mary was not blamed by Elizabeth for causing this, the most serious rebellion of her reign—at least not yet.

She prayed that Elizabeth might prosper and long continue to reign, serving God aright.

and to bolster the legitimacy of her reign in her own country.

the only women important enough to have them in Henry II’s reign were Catherine de Medici and Diane de Poitiers.