Matt Ford

Mary's cousin Elizabeth continued to rule until she died in 1603, having spent 44 years as England's monarch.

She never married.

After Elizabeth's death, Mary's son James inherited the English throne, uniting the crowns of England and Scotland for the first time.

His rule finally fulfilled Mary's ambition of her bloodline ruling both kingdoms and coursing through the veins of all subsequent British monarchs.

Nine years after he was crowned, James had Mary's body moved to Westminster Abbey and placed in a tomb right beside Elizabeth's.

She remains there to this day, and it's widely agreed her tomb is the most elaborate and glamorous in the Abbey.

From Audible Originals and Samizdat Audio, this is the third episode in our series, The Warring Queens.

If you'd like to know more about this story, you can read The True Life of Mary Stewart by John Guy and Rival Queens by Kate Williams.

British Scandal is hosted by me, Matt Ford.

Written by Wendy Grandeter.

Additional writing by Alice Levine and Matt Ford.

Our story editor was James Maniac.

Sound design by Richard Ward.

Our engineer was Jai Williams.

For Samistat, our series producer was Chica Ayres.

Our assistant producer was Louise Mason.

Our senior producers were Joe Sykes and Dasha Lissitzina.

Executive producers for Audible were Theodora Leloudis and Estelle Doyle.

I could also potentially defend myself in saying that the reason you weren't allowed to play the bonus segment was because you kept trying to put it in episodes where you'd already spoken about your penises.

Just a warning at the start, this episode contains a fair bit of filth.