Set in the 1600s, the seven-part series follows the ambitious Mary Villiers (Moore) who seeks to advance her station in court ...

After the marriage arrangements soured, the pair returned to England and George successfully convinced James I to abandon a closer alliance with Spain – despite the King having spent most of his ...

In March 1603, Elizabeth died and James became king of England and Ireland in a remarkably smooth transition of power. After 1603 he only visited Scotland once, in 1617. One of James's great ...

After a long reign as Queen of England, Elizabeth I finally died. This was the moment her cousin and heir, the Scottish King James VI, had been waiting for. Scotland was one of the poorest ...

His legacy as a king is somewhat more mixed. After taking the throne of England James boasted that he ruled Scotland with the stroke of a pen. James's relationship with the country of his birth ...

His coronation, with Anne, took place on 25th July 1603, uniting the two kingdoms of Scotland and England. He was the first Scottish king to be crowned sitting on the Stone of Scone (contained within ...

She married secondly in 1565 Henry, Lord Darnley, son of Margaret Stewart, Countess of Lennox, in 1565 and had one son who became King James VI of Scotland and I of England. After Darnley's mysterious ...