Mary Queen of Scots was the Queen of Scotland for around 25 years until she was forced to abdicate the throne in favour of her son. She was just 6 when she inherited the throne, and her life was dominated by a tragic love life, and also by political scheming and power plays. She was then forced to leave Scotland before being imprisoned in England by her cousin Elizabeth I. Mary for many Catholics across the nation served as a possible Queen of England, and they wanted her to be Queen over Elizabeth, and Mary would take part in a number of plots to oust and assassinate Elizabeth, including the Babington Plot which led to her execution. Inside the walls of Fotheringhay Castle on the 8th February 1587, the former Queen of Scotland walked into the Great Hall for her date with the executioner, and she was confronted by the executioner’s block and also the executioner with his axe. It was a sorry sight with many witnesses seeing the end of a Queen’s life, and the decision to execute Mary would haunt Elizabeth I until the day she died herself. But following her execution, Mary’s remains and body was treated in a terrible way, and she was not given initially the respect she deserved for who she was.