To love and to cherish, in sickness and in health. The coronation is their promise to fight whatever it is to come side by side. The bonding between two nations. From this day, Scotland shall have the protection of house Valois and their kings behind her. No country can invade Scotland again. For if they do, not only they shall face the wrath of king Francis - but also the anger of queen Mary Stuart. 

                         So many things happen beforehand, too much sorrow to grieve, too many love and lost. The way to step up to the throne has never been easy. Being king and queen doesn't mean you can have everything. It happens in the other way around. The path to gain power has never been satisfactory. There is a political game pattern to follow. Somehow the subject doesn't take order from you. It's you who must obey to the need of your subjects. Mary and Francis are lucky to wed with love. And if any queen thinks she can have more than a political marriage, she is mistaken. Forasmuch - love is irrelevant.

                         Despite their endless argument, Mary and Catherine finally learn how to cope with each other. It's amazing how two people who always hate one another will become an alliance in the end. From the greatest threat in the French court, Catherine reaching out to help Mary in difficult times again and again. Until she loves Mary as one of her child. And for some reason, Catherine sees a part of herself in Mary. 

                         Death, love and prophecy, those are among the very few things life cannot avoided. Mary maybe or maybe not the cause of Francis's death. But Catherine knows Mary would never wanted it to happen. She loves her son as much as she does. Punishing Mary will not bring Francis back to life. Insofar, Mary's heart has broken into million pieces as same as Catherine when Francis's time has come. 

                         The most important part of being a parent means, whatever choice your child may takes, it will be their life of chosen. And you have to let them go. As same as the way Catherine lets Francis loves Mary and wed her. Even when he knows love may cost his life. He is willing to spend his life however long by her side in any case. When the time comes, as it always does, you can chose either mourn for it ends or embrace for once it happened. 

                         The death of Francis leaves Mary as a widow with no power. She is no longer the queen of France. This is an accomplished convenience for England to invade Scotland once more. To protect the crown, Mary has to go back to her hometown to reclaim her throne. As queen Elizabeth grown power day by day - more and more the fate of Scotland is at stake. In 1565 Mary got married with her cousin Henry Stewart, Earl of Darnley. The wedding wasn't for love, only for the power. His bloodline is what Mary could be used against the English throne. 

 

                         But the ruthless ambitious of Darnley doesn't stop through. Even he is the husband of Scotland's queen but the right to dominate the throne remains to Mary herself. Additionally, Darnley wants the crown matrimonial. To rule Scotland as a king if anything should ever happen to Mary. For the sake of his life, for if Mary has a son, that child exist is to solely replace him. Threatening his wife and the queen even though Mary is carrying his child. Furthermore where's Mary knows the conspire Darnley has been planing all along with the protestant noble to rise against her.  In 1566 Darnley viciously murdered David Rizzio, Mary's Italian secretary, just a few months before she gives birth to his son James. He and a small group of Scottish noble accuses Mary for having an affair with Lord Bothwell. Fortunately he was on the move before they can get to him. Bothwell barely escaped. Rizzio didn't. 

                         Perhaps the most dangerous enemy may not be England as she always has feared. As the war that took place within the royal court took away all the life she ever cared about.  Accusing her committed the crime she has nothing to do with. Throughout the time, the only crime Mary ever committed is that she is a woman who wears a crown.