Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, has the dubious distinction of being the first member of a sad, select women’s club, the Stewart Widows, the grieving queens of the five of the six Kings called James.

Mary Queen of Scots never had a chance at a real life before Elizabeth I had her locked away for years.Following her father's death, she inherited the throne when she was only six days old.

Further damage was done in 1547 and, the following year, the Scottish Queen was betrothed to the French Dauphin. Her mother and Regent of Scotland, Mary of Guise, oversaw repairs at Holyrood and ...

"This octagonal turret is the last surviving remnant of ‘Queen Mary’s Tower’, where Mary Queen of Scots was held after fleeing across the border into England in 1568.