Quotes About Royalty

in exchange for which she would be recognized as Elizabeth's heir apparent.

was the future king of Scotland and France, and by virtue

Mary's claim to the English throne as the great-granddaughter of Henry VII

Henry first released the twenty-three Scots hostages from the Tower

He was therefore heir to a triple monarchy.

How did so versatile a queen as Mary, one so beautiful and intelligent, so convivial and down-to-earth

Mary's uncle presented the fifteen-year-old king with the scepter, the rod of justice and a ring

He then raised the heavy gold crown above his head.

But if Mary sometimes lapsed into pessimism, she never forgot she was a queen.

Like Elizabeth, she enjoyed two "courses" at both dinner and supper

Although the queens of France were also anointed and crowned

Darnley was assassinated.

The queen was a dependent of the king, not his partner. She was a consort

Catherine wore a long black silk dress. The court was still in mourning for the dead king

the royal closet was clearly visible to many in the crowd, she must have stuck out like a dove among crows.

The lords realized that her position as the future queen of France

meaning that Mary's dynastic claim had at all costs to be discounted.

Instead, she insisted on being called Queen Mother for the rest of her life.

Mary of Guise, herself barely a year older than Lennox and still one of the most beautiful women in Scotland

The magnificent jewels Henry II had showered on her were reassigned to Mary

it began to sink in that whoever married her was likely to become king and could make or break their careers.

At the ceremony for Dudley's ennoblement, Darnley bore the sword of state

when the celebrations were ended, Darnley would be made king of Scotland

Mary Tudor, the English queen, fell mortally ill at the age of forty-two.