MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS COLLECTION/ HOLYROOD PALACE

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QUEEN MARY'S BRIEF RESIDENCE AT HOLYROOD PALACE, LOCATED AT THE END OF THE ROYAL MILE IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, WAS A DUBIOUS PLACE OF JOY AND LOATHING.
THERE SHE LIVED WITH HER NEW HUSBAND, THE HANDSOME AND STATUESQUE, HENRY LORD DARNLEY. IT WAS ALSO THERE THAT SHE WITNESSED THE BRUTAL MURDER OF HER PERSONAL SECRETARY, MUSICIAN, AND DEAR FRIEND, DAVID RIZZIO, AT THE JEALOUS AND LECHEROUS HAND OF HER HUSBAND AND HIS COHORTS.
I HAVE RENDERED THIS REGAL CLOCHE HAT, AS A TRIBUTE TO THE RICHES SHE ENJOYED, HOWEVER BRIEF, IN THE RICHEST OF VELVETS, TAPESTRY, FLOCKED SCROLLWORK TAFFETA, ANTIQUE LACE, AND A COCKADE OF FEATHERS OF GAME BIRDS COMMONLY STALKED IN THE HIGHLANDS. THE FLEUR DE LIS IS SYMBOLIC OF QUEEN MARY'S FRENCH HERITAGE ON HER MOTHERS' SIDE. IT IS THIS FRENCH AND SCOTTISH HERITAGE THAT MADE POSSIBLE THE FRENCH AND SCOTTISH ALLIANCE, DESIGNED TO RID SCOTLAND OF THE ENGLISH ONCE AND FOR ALL. THE RESULT OF THIS HISTORIC ALLIANCE WAS THE TREATY OF BOULOGNE IN 1549.
BROOCH AND FEATHERS ARE REMOVABLE FOR DRY CLEANING. FITS ROYAL HEADS (STILL ATTACHED), MEASURING 22-23 INCHES.

Added on Sep 29, 2009

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