US EditionMary Queen of Scots' last letter, penned hours before her execution, to go on display in Perth
Mary, Queen of Scots’ final letter, written hours before her 1587 execution, will be exhibited for three months in Perth Museum, marking its first display north of Edinburgh since 2017.
- Mary Queen of Scots' last letter, written in her prison cell, will be displayed at Perth Museum for three months, marking its first extended public showing in a generation.
- Mary was executed on February 8, 1587, after being imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, for plotting against her.
- In her letter, Mary asserts her right to the English crown and emphasizes her innocence of any crime, saying, 'I scorn death and vow that I meet it innocent of any crime.'
- Mr. Cassels noted that the letter demonstrates Mary's sincerity of religious conviction prior to her execution.
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In February 1587 Maria Stuart is beheaded after 19 years in captivity. "Farewell! - Now I have nothing on earth anymore!", according to Schiller, the last words of the former Queen of Scotland are. What she writes at that time, however, is handed down. Soon the public will also see the letter.
Mary Queen of Scots' final letter written just hours before execution to go on display for first time in a decade
A letter written by Mary Queen of Scots just hours before her execution will go on display for the first time in nearly a decade.The former Queen penned what is believed to be her last letter at 2am on February 8, 1587, when she wrote to her brother-in-law Henri III in France to put her affairs in order.Her execution at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire was to take place just six hours later.The letter, which is written in French, is held …
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