Mary, Queen of Scots: Romance & Betrayal (2023) | FULL DOCUMENTARY | HD

A Queen without a country, Mary Stuart remains one of the most memorable monarchs of Scotland. She stood her ground against her cousin, Elizabeth I, and wasn’t afraid to rule from her heart.
Mary, Queen of Scots was an admirable woman of much influence in an era dominated by drama, turbulence, and disaster. But what led to her execution? And why did she pose such a threat to Queen Elizabeth I’s rule?
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[@vegasrunaway]

I need more Mary Queen of Scots!

[@stephanieredden8861]

I just watched a documentary called Mary Queen of Scotts the Red Queen. The channel is called Free Movies. I enjoyed it.

[@vegasrunaway]

@@stephanieredden8861 I’ve seen it and I also enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing. 😊

[@warp9p659]

I imagine if I'd been imprisoned for near on 20 years I'd be plotting to escape as well.

[@bbybella9937]

I wonder why she was in prison and why she was there for 19 years. Should Elizabeth have executed on her on the spot like her father would’ve?

[@warp9p659]

@@bbybella9937 Elizabeth kept Mary imprisoned for all those years because in the minds of many Mary had a better claim to the throne of England than did Elizabeth. Mary was a legitimate descendent of King Henry VII, founder of the House of Tudor. Elizabeth's legitimacy was in question. At the time Elizabeth was born to Anne Boelyn, Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine of Aragon, was still alive. Many believed that Henry's divorce from Katherine and subsequent marriage to Anne was unlawful and it was not recognized by the Catholic Church. Elizabeth was considered to be a bastard and thus ineligible to inherit the English throne. Mary of Scotland would pose a serious threat to Elizabeth's throne if Mary were allowed to go to France and potentially raise an army. Elizabeth wasn't about to let that happen now that she had Mary in her hands, yet she feared to kill Mary, a crowned and anointed Queen chosen by God to rule.

[@bbybella9937]

@@warp9p659 Mary absolutely did not have a better claim to the throne than Elizabeth. Illegitimate or not, Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry the 8th, not a random great niece like Mary was. Elizabeth was also put in his line of succession while Mary was taken out. Mary had a claim yes but to say she had a better claim is ridiculous. Of course to Catholics she did but England was mainly a Protestant country that recognized Elizabeth.

[@warp9p659]

@@bbybella9937 LOL, it is not "ridiculous" to say that Mary had a better claim. Almost the whole of Europe thought so. smdh

[@bbybella9937]

@@warp9p659 She absolutely did not and sure maybe the Catholics think she did but certainly not the Protestants which mainly made up England where it matters. Elizabeth was the daughter of the King, Mary was his great-niece and removed from the line of succession, she didn’t have the better claim.

[@annadaggett572]

Mary queen of Scots was her cousin not her sister. Mary 1st of England was her sister. They’re 2 completely different people.

[@lindalou2267]

She said Elizabeth was King Edwards YOUNGER half sister…..she was older then him. Therefore, his older half sister.

[@LotusStitchandSketch]

younger of Edwards 2 half-sisters. Mary was the oldest of the 3 and then there was Elizabeth then Edward respectfully

[@carlalindsey9371]

I was looking forward to seeing this and it wasn't a disappointment. Excellent!

[@Seven-ld9zv]

Have you watched the whole series ? It's basically listening to the same story 3 or 4 times over. By the same people, in the exact same words.

[@carmelallador]

Thank you for this documentary.

[@AuntK68]

This was more about Elizabeth than Mary. Very misleading title.

[@esthern2261]

Did you watch the whole thing? Your statement is misleading.

[@MsJaytee1975]

@@esthern2261Elizabeth should barely feature in a documentary about Mary Queen of Scots. She has no part of her life for the first twenty years, and she’s the fifth English monarch of Mary’s reign. The parallel often drawn between the two is only appropriate if you view the world through the lens of English history

[@esthern2261]

@@MsJaytee1975 Elizabeth is the main reason for her demise.. it’s pretty important. I watched it in its entirety and don’t agree. ✌️

[@Ty-ux6wv]

The audacity....These vidoes take alot of work to put together and you watch for free. Just be grateful.

[@MsJaytee1975]

@@Ty-ux6wvHonestly the attitude on this site of little Englanders, if they can’t do Scottish history properly, they’re gonnae git telt. You don’t like that. Kiss my Scottish arse.

[@annebenson4222]

Mary, Queen of Scots was not Elizabeth’s sister, she was her cousin. “Bloody Mary” her older sibling was her sister.

[@Chipoo88]

This was more about glorifying Elizabeth than about Mary herself

[@bbybella9937]

Good. As if Mary hasn’t been glorified to the nines.

[@princessoffire1107]

​@@bbybella9937E1 has at least3 separate videos from this site .. why can't Mary Queen of Scots have 1 herself?? This was 10 minutes of Mary QoS and the rest was cut and pasted scenes from the videos on E1

[@IblewuponyourfaceIII]

Every British documentary is about glorifying Queen Elizabeth I.

[@sheilaoneil18]

I must say the cutting and pasting spoiled this for me. Darnley's death was the same picture as that used for Henry's!! Just one example.@@princessoffire1107

[@susanmorgan8833]

@@princessoffire1107A very large part of Mary's adult life was determined by Elizabeth, and Mary had little to do with it, other than any association with others who wished to place Mary on the throne of England. Obviously, this did not play out well for Mary.

[@andyroo9381]

History is so complicated and tangled. This was a great documentary! I just wonder about the finite details that had to be omitted, due to tine restraints. The devil is always in the detail.

[@wlenore8071]

Am I the only one wondering why she hasn’t been moved to France the way she asked to be? I think out of respect for what happened to her, they should move her to France and bury her where she requested. Just my thoughts 😢

[@Thedarkestduchess]

Yes, you're the only one. She was queen of Scotland.

[@wendystephenson407]

The French didn’t want her back at all!! The Guise family hated her with a passion & blamed her for the Dauphins death!! Mary was virtually ousted out or her option was a nunnery for the rest of her life!! They would never accept the Scottish Queen back 🤢

[@the_petty_crocker]

@@wendystephenson407 This is the first I've heard of this. Mary and her uncles Guise have always been portrayed as extremely close, if not outright conspirators. Mary was their way in to England. It was Catherine de Medici who wanted Mary out of France, but asked Elizabeth to send Mary back to France rather than continue to imprison her. Would you please list some sources for your arguments? I'd like to read them. Thanks!

[@nativer1358]

​@ah1016 are you sure Catherine said that to Elizabeth

[@gayhendrie84]

Loved this I have always been fascinated by this period in history

[@MrsBonesjangle]

Darnley was complicit in the murder of Rizzio but he did not actually wield the knife. He was also bisexual and any "love" he and Mary may have initially felt for each other was extremely short-lived.

[@lucy-jo7060]

Why does the narrator keep referring to Mary and Elizabeth as sisters?? They were cousins! Elizabeth had a half sister called Mary, but not Mary of Scotland

[@eboniestevenson231]

They meant as sister queens not sisters by blood.

[@KatyWilson-df1qw]

Whos here cos of reign!!like omg my face still wet from tears after just watching the full 4 season 😢

[@joshuaowensjr8694]

Lmao that show is so bad

[@kd1456]

I feel like I learned more about Elizabeth and her makeup than Mary....

[@nokuthuladlamini5288]

😂,😂😂😂

[@williethomas5116]

This was a story about the rivalry between Mary and Elizabeth. Not about Mary. This was like watching Batman and Robin and watching Batman beat Mr Frieze all 55 times they fought in the movie.

[@patricialong5767]

She had quite the adventurous life!

[@davidtempleman5528]

14 years based in Sheffield between the castle and manor lodge. Not a mention

[@elainebines6803]

I feel had they met, Mary would never of been executed

[@lindalou2267]

If they didnt have others in their ears…..they would have put it to rest!

[@alyshaparker9251]

Elizabeth was protecting herself. Mary had poor judgement and would have gone after Elizabeth’s crown in a heartbeat had Elizabeth not locked her up. Elizabeth should have executed her on the spot and Mary wasn’t smart enough to even appreciate that. Mary should have gone to France. The woman had poor judgement and was very self centered. Not a good leader

[@Blackberry25254]

loved it

[@lindabarry7867]

Elizabeth knew Darnley was a spoiled child who would give Mary trouble.

[@alexanderfernandezb]

Buen documental. Me hubiera gustado más saber más de su estadía en Francia, su familia materna, incluso de su linaje Estuardo. Veo muchos minutos dedicados a Elizabeth I y de la dinastía Tudor . Sin duda un documental con sello 100 % inglés, presentado para los ingleses y no para una audiencia más internacional.

[@patsycovino5222]

Excellent documentation but why were they called sisters when they were cousins?

[@the_petty_crocker]

They were sister queens on the same island.

[@patsycovino5222]

@@the_petty_crocker OH ok thank you.

[@mlk27743]

Because they were Queens of their own nation - England & Scotland. They were both descended from the Tudor lineage seeing as they were cousins. They almost were sisters if Henry had Mary marry his only male heir. Edward

[@eunicestone6532]

I guess if you behead your enemy they can't keep trying to usurp you .

[@firehorse2008]

This is more Tudor history than Mary, Queen of Scots.

[@ethanmillersmashups1103]

Mary Queen of Scots did not deserve to die Elizabeth and James should have taken up her offer then her death would have been prevented and The Two Queens Mary and Elizabeth should have talked it out. Mary only did the plots as she was desperate and had no one to help her

[@ArtingFromScratch]

I'd love to watch what looks like a great documentary but it is 6min in and I have seen 3ads....its very distracting when I'm trying to watch

[@aprilsnow7798]

Ive always wondered why Mary Tuder didnt try naming Mary Queen of Scots her heir like Edward did with Jane Grey did she assume it wouldnt work because of that?

[@LotusStitchandSketch]

I wonder that myself actually. Especially when you consider just how much Mary disliked her little half-sister. not least because of who Elizabeth's mother was.

[@the_petty_crocker]

Mary Tudor respected her father's devise of succession, which stated Elizabeth was next in line for the throne after her.

[@MsJaytee1975]

It was the influence of her husband Phillip, he didn’t want an English queen who had strong links to France.

[@trekstarsam2494]

Mary Queen of Scots was already married to Francis, dauphin of France by that time….(m April 1558-1560) ironically 7 months after they were married Bloody Mary died (d. November 1558). if Bloody Mary named Mary QoS as her successor that essentially would have been directly putting a French king on the throne through Francis, Mary QoS’ husband. Through France and England under Mary were both Catholic, there was too much overall bad blood between the two countries to ever risk France ruling England. However, if Bloody Mary had survived long enough and was still queen after MQoS became a widow with no heir after only being married about 2 years, I’m certain MQoS would have been chosen as a successor over Elizabeth. But by the time francis died Elizabeth was already on the throne at the beginning of her 40+ year reign and wasn’t about to give it up to her little cousin. 😊

[@princessoffire1107]

Im 10 minutes in and have had to check the title 3 times because they had made me completely forget this was supposedly about Mary Queen of Scots. Why such a deep dive into Mary and Elizabeth Tudor? Background yes, but this is nuts. I pray it gets more focused on Mary QoS. EDIT.. nope it didn't get better. A total of 10 minutes out of 40 spent on the supposed title subject, the rest was literally cut and inserted scenes from the Royalty TV shows about Henry VIII and Elizabeth 1. They didnt even tell the 3 most well known issues with the execution because they said she was executed and went directly back to the H and E scenes aforementioned.

[@MTCali70]

So, Elizabeth really did become her Father's Daughter... they both removed heads from the shoulder's.. Anne Bolyen and Mary, Queen of Scots..

[@anamarialauraanton8666]

Mary Queen of Scott’s was Elizabeth I her cousin not sister

[@the_petty_crocker]

They referred to each other as "sister."

[@TheSimpleRomantic]

So far idea Bothwell rape as pretense not mentioned - as an excuse for marriage I have always wondered bout that even more than killing of Darnley

[@williethomas5116]

I thought Margaret of Norway was the first Queen (Regnant) of Scotland!?! She was the granddaughter of Alexander III

[@paulinathesalsadancer2659]

Interesting to see how people judge these two women. Yes, they had a lot in common but were different. However, the biggest challenge for these two women was how everything depended on how the males in their life’s ruled, left male heirs, married them or not, etc. I don’t think it’s fair to say Elizabeth served her people and that she was a better monarch.. imagine living a life where despite you having a strong line of succession, that it counts for nothing if you marry a loser!

[@melissanguyen8973]

i wish Mary wasn’t in Trouble i Miss Francis and Mary 😞💔😭

[@user-gv5bs3os5i]

I often wonder when mary gave birth to James if she thought why couldn't this be francis child if she had s child with francis she may have stayed in France with her husband

[@waldinabeltran582]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@whanuipuru4446]

Why is this video more of Elizabeth and Mary Tudor than Mary, Queen of Scots? Very confusing and a blight on poor Mary, Queenof Scots story!😢😮

[@christyjohnson5618]

I enjoyed this for the most part. But i wanted to scream everytime the female narrator referred to them as sisters!

[@achilleswilles]

Mary was a queen by birth right and wasn’t declared a bastard unlike Elizabeth. James her son could’ve intervened to some extent. I know James didn’t know his mother. Elizabeth set her up as Darnley was an utter vile person and this was Mary’s downfall. Bothwell SA Mary and allegedly had a miscarriage of twins this wasn’t mentioned.

[@PerfectlyImperfect93]

Elizabeth was older than Edward.

[@user-gv5bs3os5i]

How come elizabeth is mentioned more in this I thought it was about mary queen of scots

[@MTCali70]

40:06 this is the King James who, with his scribes, wrote the King James Bible.

[@hensonlaura]

I made it 2 minutes in and stopped it, going to comments, just to see. One of the most revered Queens in Europe? She was a murderer & the Scots did not want her. She plotted to kill Elizabeth more than once. She was adulterous, emotional, dishonest, erratic she was a mess! The people who revered Mary were those swayed by charm and beauty which she had in spades, and that's what's kept people's interest all these years. Well, that and the murder, adultery, plots, imprisonment & execution, haha. Mary wanted to rule, not serve. A lot of not nice things can be said about Elizabeth too, but she did try to do her best for the good of England, and she created stability. Mary didn't give a shit about that.

[@carag2567]

I stopped it as well simply because King James V died in the Battle of Flodden overseen by Queen Catherine of Aragon who was acting as regent while Henry VIII was in Calais. Certainly not from a nervous condition or drinking something untoward. How is that possibly a detail that gets so stunningly screwed up?!?

[@sharrondean753]

@@carag2567 The Battle of Flodden was James IV not V. Ironically, he was also Henry VIII brother in law, being married to Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII

[@carag2567]

@@sharrondean753 Oh damnit that's right! This is what happens when I make KZbin comments while enjoying my second glass of wine! LOL! Thank you for the correction!

[@carag2567]

@@sharrondean753 I was also wildly irritated when Elizabeth I was referred to as Edward's "younger half-sister".

[@MsJaytee1975]

@@carag2567I mean it’s you that’s wrong there, you confused James IV and V. James V died after the battle of Solway Moss of an infection.

[@ryanborder189]

Revered by whom????

[@Thedarkestduchess]

Many

[@ryanborder189]

@@Thedarkestduchess Names!

[@hensonlaura]

​@@Thedarkestduchess 😎

[@yanethosorio3805]

👍👍👍👍

[@trekstarsam2494]

Elizabeth learned to play the long game…. Declared a bastard by the young age of 3… Waiting out her brother and sister before finally it was her turn… Unfortunately Mary QoS never learned that since she was born royal… plus allowing herself to be manipulated by men overmuch. If she had just avoided the scandal with bothwell and married who Elizabeth wanted, Elizabeth would have written her into the succession as she had no heir, and she would have united England and Scotland and not her son. Elizabeth was older than Mary and in worse health also, chances are if she had waited long enough Elizabeth also might have made her queen. But because of her unfortunate circumstances and impatience she never became queen of England.

[@eboniestevenson231]

You right. People try to paint Mary Oueen of Scots as an innocent individual. They forget how she acted in France with her first mother-in-law. She threw her royalty around as if she couldn't be touched.

[@manuelgordillo520]

Barely Mary Queen Of Scots has a role in this video . This video is Elizabeth's allegory. How many English historical writers have changed and manipulated the truth.

[@bbybella9937]

What truth have they manipulated?

[@BCHZA]

A few things wrong here historically unfortunately, really thought it would be a good documentary 🤨

[@TheSimpleRomantic]

Syphillis - Reminds me of what a pig Darnley was

[@mariebarcic8015]

Wtf elizabeth was older than edward….

[@graysinwarren985]

Protestantism wasnt established under Edward but his father Henry VIII when he broke away from the catholic church after the pope refused to annul his marriage to his second wife

[@abhikghosh6110]

So many errors...made in a hurry

[@jeanortes6895]

If i were her i will have my sweet escape, they said the Queen Mary of scot was so pretty, why don't she use that as weapons and seduced the guards and have the sweetest escape and revenge.. Oh my Majesty forgive me what i thought

[@Seven-ld9zv]

Great documentary but in a series, why do you keep using the same interview scenes over and over and over and over again ? Yes I know Jane, Mary, Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth they were all women and they were all "the first woman to ever..." I get it. They don't have to mention it every 2 minutes. Perhaps because the series is made by women who feel like they have something to prove that they mention it so often. Same as how in "Cleopatra" by Jada Pinkett Smith Cleopatra is portrayed as a feminist martyr/heroine/role model while Cleopatra must have turned around in her grave to have her image abused like that. Same with this series. Its a marvelous series. At 15:15 I disagree with Dr Owen Emmerson. The fact that a number of people(who happened to be female) in relations to Elizabeth were executed is no excuse to be wary or suspicious of MEN in general. The British governmental system was made a specific way and the people who were executed were executed with cause. Yes they were female but they would've been executed were they male. Plus women in general at that time were disproportionately way less likely of being executed as were men so I really have a problem with people making it sound like Elizabeth had some kind of right of being misandrist. It's not like they did things to her BECAUSE she was a woman. Cause and consequence if you ask me, and everyone back then was aware of that.

[@onealarabaca664]

Why betrayal? Hahaha

[@Funnybriton]

The first successful English colony was establish by King James the first Stuart monarch of England. This is a pretty shit documentary.

[@mrsemilyjung]

Full of lies

[@whanuipuru4446]

I adore Mary or Marie as she preferred the French version of her name. I was amazed how well educated she was. Her cousin, Elizabeth 1, is known for her erudition and formidable intellect yet Marie was highly educated too. She was 5ft 11inches tall. In the 16th Century that was incredibly tall for a woman! She was famed for her beauty, charm, and grace and had a beautiful regal carriage. She was gentle and very sweet by nature unlike Elizabeth! Unfortunately, she had no William Cecil who was her nemisis! Her marriage to Lord Darnley was a disaster as she found out to her horror he was a spoilt brat! Her nobles were ready to get rid of her and they did. I understand why she connived to write letters that incriminated her for her freedom. She was used and manipulated to be imprisoned by Elizabeth as she was too dangerous to have her freedom for she was Catholic, a successor to the English throne and a rival. I suspect Elizabeth never wanted to meet her as she was well aware of Marie's beauty and her charm and that alone was a bitter pill for Elizabeth. Her fate was tragic yret she faced her beheading with dignity and style of a regal queen.