Matt Ford

Back in France, Mary's husband, Francis II, he dies.

They think of an ear infection.

Always get it checked.

She then returns to Scotland, where she's now a Catholic queen in a Protestant country that didn't really want her.

And it's easy now to go, oh, Catholics and Protestants, they're basically all Christian.

I mean, it's still... Parts of Ireland and parts of Scotland are still riven by the sectarian issue.

This is 500 years ago, and this would have been the single biggest divide of the time.

You're French, you're a teenager, you're a woman, and you're now in the wrong religion.

Mary watches as her brother shuffles on his feet.

If Scotland is to avoid full civil war and renewed tensions with England, there are concessions you must consider...

Mary's chest tightens.

Such as?

Well, a public abandonment of your faith.

Absolutely not.

Mary stares at him, incredulous.

You have grown too accepting of this situation.

Sister, it would appease the rebels, while sending a clean message to Queen Elizabeth that you are no threat to England.

Mary can hardly believe his cowardice.

In France, she won over the most hostile French diplomats and courtiers with her beauty and charisma.

She will do the same with Elizabeth, without compromising her beliefs.