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MaryQueenofScotsspendsherchildhoodinFranceandismeanttobecomealsoQueenofFranceHowever,herailinghusbanddiesandtheyoungwidowreturnsalonetoScotland,acountrydevastatedbywarElizabethhasjustbecomeQueenofEngland,forMarysheislikeatwinsistertowhomshecanopenherheartMarywedsagainandgivesbirthtoanheirtothethrownHersecondhusband,LordDarnley,provestobeaweaklingWhenMaryfindstheloveofherlife,theEarlofBothwell,shehasDarnleymurderedandmarriesBothwellHorrifiedbythisdeedandtheblindpassionthatmotivatedit,boththenoblesandthepeopleofScotlandspurnherToavertabloodybattle,MaryiscompelledtogiveupherbelovedBothwellIndesperatestraits,sheturnstoElizabethforhelpInresponse,theQueenofEnglandimprisonsherAfter19yearsspentinagoldencage,Maryfindsreleaseatlast:Elizabethsendshertotheblock