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The Magnificent Queens. Contributor: Alan Chanter. One of the great stories of the war that had to remain untold until the end of the war in Europe is that of the ocean journeys of two of the world's largest liners, the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth. When the war clouds broke over Europe the luxury ocean liner RMS Queen Mary was outward ...
Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore. Show more. This is the story of the incredible rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots. She was queen of Scotland, she was queen of France, and she could have been queen of England. She led armies, lived as a fugitive, became embroiled in love affairs and spent nearly two decades in jail.
Watch Stephen share his expert knowledge of these wonders of the sea in Secrets of the Lost Liners. Brand new and exclusive on Mondays from 29th April at 10pm. Secrets of the Lost Liners series contributor, Stephen Payne, the lead designer of the Queen Mary 2, the only serving ocean liner still in existence.
- Raised as A French Queen
- Mary’s Claim to The English Throne
- Charm Offensive
- Queen Mary Marries An Englishman
- The Murder of David Rizzio
- Death of Lord Darnley
- Paraded as A Trophy
- Absconding to England
- The Babington Plot
- Queen Mary’s Execution
Although romanticised as a Scottish heroine, Mary was brought up in the French court since she was five years old. The unexpected death of Mary’s husband, Francis II of France, left her with no role in the French court, particularly as her mother-in-law despised her. Arriving in Leith, near Edinburgh on 19th August 1561 the 18-year-old Mary looked ...
Mary and Elizabeth never actually met, but they experienced close personal correspondence of an intimate nature through letters for decades. At the heart of their personal conflicts was the fact the women were contrary creatures in manner and behaviour. Mary had dangerous qualities; she was not just ambitious but also reckless and impatient. Elizab...
Jealousy and suspicion between the two rival queens were hidden under a playful veneer of verbal tennis in letters that masked an undercurrent of frustration on Mary’s behalf. Mary’s obsession with the English throne allowed Queen Elizabeth to manipulate her. Believing that marriage would be one way to distract Mary from her ambition to rule Englan...
True to form and probably as Queen Elizabeth expected, the combative Mary Stuart refused to have anything to do with Robert Dudley, a man Elizabeth once had great affection for. Mary replied with a tone of angry reproachment, telling Elizabeth she would choose her own husband. The handsome English nobleman Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley was Mary’s choi...
Despite Darnley’s philandering ways, the erratic consort became increasingly jealous of the Queen’s friendship with her Italian musician David Rizzio. The egotistical Darnley listened to rumours around the court and suspected Rizzio to be the father of Mary’s child. On the evening of 9th March 1566, an enraged and drunk Darnley took part in a bruta...
After giving birth to a boy, James, on 19th June 1566, Mary turned her attention to the Earl of Bothwell, a brusque, coarse, and violent man, as her saviour. Mary once again alienated herself from both the Scottish Lords and also Queen Elizabeth through her choice of suitor. It was with Bothwell that Mary may have plotted the death of her husband L...
Mary surrendered herself to the Lords in June 1567 to save Bothwell from an army gathered by 26 Scottish peers. She proposed her husband be allowed to leave Scotland and never return. Mary herself was paraded through Edinburgh while Bothwell fled to Norway. Queen Elizabeth demonstrated a rare moment of sympathy, believing Mary undeserving of the ha...
Mary proved to be a determined escapee on at least three occasions, as she outwitted her jailers and finally managed to flee by horse into England in May 1568. She hoped Queen Elizabeth would offer an army to regain Mary’s Scottish crown. Elizabeth, by now fearful of Mary as a Catholic Queen with supporters in Europe eager to see her on the English...
Forever hoping to entrap Mary in conspiracies, Queen Elizabeth’s master spy, William Cecil, finally uncovered a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth which was sanctioned by Mary who, by now arthritic and impatient, sought any means to be free. The chief conspirator, Lord Babington, a young gentleman and Catholic, was recruited by a Jesuit priest to put int...
Impulsive, reactionary, vivacious and lacking sound judgement, Mary entered the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire on 8th February 1587, for a spectacular stage-managed end to her life. Revealing under her outer garments a striking red petticoat, the colour of martyrdom, Queen Mary uttered her last words in Latin as she knelt befor...
The RMS Queen Mary ‘s Maiden Voyage as a Troopship. On May 4, 1940, Queen Mary left Sydney with 5,000 Aussie troops aboard. The great liner joined other “drafted” passenger ships similarly loaded with equipment and men, forming a huge convoy protected by the Royal Australian Navy.
1939 - 1946. As England and France declare war on Germany, the Queen Mary’s days as a passenger ocean liner appear over. With her record-breaking speed and size, the Queen Mary is retrofitted to serve as a troop ship during WWII. Dubbed, the “Grey Ghost,” the Queen Mary hauled as many as 15,000 men while playing a pivotal role in guiding ...
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Aug 12, 2016 · The ship had been ordered to provide an escort service to the 81,000 ton ocean liner, the Queen Mary. The Queen Mary, sailing from New York across the Atlantic, was carrying some 10,000 U.S. troops. Converted from a luxury ocean liner and painted battleship grey she was one of the fastest and largest troop ships in the world. “World War II ...
