| “ | Since we're putting on a show, might I suggest one more spectacle? | ” |
— Lord Darnley to Mary in Highland Games
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The relationship between Mary Stuart and Lord Darnley.
History[]
Early Life[]
Prior to their first meeting, Lord Darnley was in love with Keira White, so much so that he wanted to marry her. However, she was promised to Lord White. When Lord Darnley is summoned to English Court by Queen Elizabeth and proposes a deal: He will not marry Mary, Queen of Scots, and in return, Queen Elizabeth will pay off Keira's dowry to her family so she and Lord Darnley can marry. However, before the sum could be paid in secret by a single horseman, Lord Narcisse arranged his murder.
Lord Darnley stops into visit Keira on his way to Scotland with his mother, Lady Lennox. He promises he'll return for her in a week and they will meet at their special place. Before he returns, Keira receives a letter from him, breaking things off, so she marries Lord White, while Darnley goes on to marry Mary.
In the Series[]
In Highland Games. Mary and James received another letter from "Loyal Watchman" warning of Lord Darnley's. Mary told her brother to find out who he was, and start with John Knox. He had schemed with letters before, and the outcome cost Lola her life. James agrees to being up the matter with Emily Knox. Mary and Darnley talk about his former relationship with Lady Keira, and Queen Mary accuses him of having an affair. He denies it, informing her she is already married to Lord White. Of the arriving guest to witness Mary and Darnley's Catholic wedding, few are as important as Lucrezia de' Medici. She lends legitimacy and strength both to Queen Mary's Scottish rule and Queen Mary and Lord Darnley's joint claims to the English Throne. However, after Lord Darnley jokingly insulted King Francis, Lucrezia withdrew her support and set sail for the following day back to Florence. Mary was very upset over this, because if the Duchess left, she took her support and the promise of funding with her. Lucrezia agreed to reconsider if she was given the lands belonging to Lord Theodore Davies. The lands were quite valuable, and come with a title, The Earldom of Menteith. Only with this exchange would she continue supporting Mary's rule. After a day of misadventures, Queen Mary and Lord Bothwell were able to acquiring the Davies Estate' papers. With that, Lucrezia was pleased to continue the alliance between Florence and Scotland. Meanwhile, Lady Keira was sick and weak with fever, an later died after being stuck by a cart in Scotland, after James forced her to her feet, and back to England on Mary's behalf. Which Darnley blames Mary for unfairly John Knox had been corresponding with Lord White after Lady Keira's passing. Informing him that his late wife was having an affair with Lord Darnley, and advised White on the opportunity to avenge his wife's honor. Via a secret meeting, meaning Darnley would be unprotected and away from the castle. Lord White was already en route to Scotland to murder the future King before Mary could marry him. James Stuart went ahead and stopped him at the border crossings just before dawn. In Dead of Night, Mary tells Greer she is pregnant with King Darnley's child. Telling her, only Darnley knows, and she's also told James before he left. Greer apologies for being hard on Mary about James. Mary tells her it's alright. In trying to protect her throne, she put her brother in a dangerous position that ended with his banishment. Mary and Darnley are talking about Lord Bothwell. The man who despises Darnley, and Mary invited him to Court. Mary tells him, after James left she was upset, and needed someone she could trust.
The next morning, James and his men took back the castle. For the crimes of high treason and insurrection against the crown, Lord Ruthven was sentenced to death, by Queen Mary. |
Quotes[]
Queen Mary: I'll be honest, Lord Darnley. I did not expect to like you. But I do.
Lord Darnley: I do have a first name, you know. It's Henry.
Mary Stuart: Darnley...
Lord Darnley: Darnley it is then.
Lord Darnley: I let you win that race.
Queen Mary: Oh, really, Lord Darnley. I was unaware that your crushing defeat was an act of charity.
Lord Darnley: How dare you, didn't you notice that I defied the queen of England for you?!
Queen Mary: Oh, you enjoyed it.
Lord Darnley: I did!
Lord Darnley: As King and Queen, our lives will always be in peril. We're going to be in danger no matter whether we're together or not. Because of who we are, Mary, because of our blood.
