What you need to know about Mary, Queen of Scots before watching the trailer
The trailer for the new Mary, Queen of Scots movie dropped yesterday. There are some glaring errors that you’d need to know if you’re going to watch to get through Droughtlander.
Outlander has likely brought out a love for Scottish history, making other shows based on the life of Scotsmen and women must-sees. Mary, Queen of Scots is the latest movie about the last Scottish monarch from the House of Stewart, and the only queen by birth to be executed on English soil. Before you delve into the movie, there are some glaring errors in the trailer that you need to know.
These errors aren’t to take away from the excitement and the drama for the new movie. I don’t want you to feel like I’m being picky. However, with how well-researched the Outlander novels are, I do believe certain elements of historical accuracy are important.
1. Elizabeth and Mary didn’t meet in person
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Of course, we have no idea what happened in the privacy of homes, but it’s easy to tell if there was a chance Queen Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots ever met in person. Historians all agree that a meeting never happened, despite plenty of letters between them. They may have been cousins and both queens in a time when women had no rights at all, but they didn’t venture out to meet in person.
It’s one of the sad things about Mary’s execution. Elizabeth made the decision without ever seeing her cousin. She wasn’t even there for Mary’s final moments.
However, in the trailer for the new Mary, Queen of Scots movie, the two queens face off. Mary offends Elizabeth deeply–yes, Elizabeth was an extremely vain woman, especially by the end of her life. They meet in secret, presumably with the movie’s view that it could have happened. However, considering the number of people they would have had around them, it almost 100% likely didn’t. So, it’s fabrication for the sake of drama.