Mary Queen of Scots & Her Sh*thead Husband

Mary Queen of Scots has gone down in history for her power struggle with her cousin, Elizabeth I. But this was just one of the challenges she faced.

Another was that Mary's second husband, Lord Darnley, was one of history’s worst husbands.

Estelle Paranque joins Kate for this episode to discuss Mary's disastrous love life, as well as how much of a threat she was to her cousin, Elizabeth I.

This episode was edited by Natasha Hughes. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.

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