Alliances can shift. Engaged since childhood to the future king of France, she awaits her return to the french court AT A CONVENT:
(Mary and her fellow countrymen are seen playing an early version of football. FRANCE 1557: Mary, Queen of Scots, has been hidden away at a convent for her safety since age 9. FRANCIS: Francis. GREER: Till when? He presents her with something in a metal tin)
QUEEN CATHERINE (taking a whiff of it): That's disgusting. Henry is joined by his mistress, Diane. I was told not to drink the wine. IN THE THRONE ROOM: MARY (to the King and Queen): I thank you for your protection last night, but I need to speak with Colin. Isn't that enough? It's time. Kenna rushes over to Mary)
KENNA: Is that Francis? LOLA: She's his queen. LOLA: Warned by whom? MARY: To be a bladesmith? My brother-- my half-brother, Bash-- he has so many. NOSTRADAMUS: She will cost Francis his life. QUEEN CATHERINE (teasing him): I've just had a vision. She is awoken by Colin, who is undressing himself. The rest of the women in the room also leave, leaving Colin very confused and worried)
IN MARY'S CHAMBERS:
(Mary and Aylee go to enter the room, but just before the door opens, a shadowy figure makes its way from one corner of the room to the other)
AYLEE: So Bash just happened upon you.
Plan: A: fifteen-year-old; Q: How old was Queen Mary Stuart in 1557? A: Scot; Q: What nationality was Ashley Charles? A: Scotland; Q: Where was Queen Mary Stuart from? A: a convent; Q: Where was Queen Mary Stuart living in France? A: her marriage; Q: What is not assured in the film? A: heir; Q: What was Prince Francis's position in the French throne? A: French court; Q: Where is Queen Mary brought after a failed attempt to poison her? A: childhood companions; Q: What were Greer, Kenna, Lola and Aylee? A: Lola; Q: Who is Colin betrothed to? A: the wisdom; Q: What did Francis doubt about a Scottish alliance? A: Prince Francis's younger half-brother Bash; Q: Who does Queen Mary catch the eye of? A: illegitimate son; Q: What is Bash's relationship to his father? A: Duchess Diane de Poitiers; Q: Who was the mistress of King Henry? A: Nostradamus ( Rossif Sutherland; Q: Who was Queen Catherine's adviser? A: a vision; Q: What did Nostradamus have that caused her to arrange for Queen Mary to be raped? A: Francis's impending marriage; Q: What did Nostradamus believe would cost Francis his life? A: an unknown figure; Q: Who warned Queen Mary to not drink the drugged wine? A: order; Q: What did the King and Queen give to execute Colin? Summary: In 1557, fifteen-year-old Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland has been living in a convent in France since the age of nine in anticipation of her marriage to Prince Francis, heir to the throne of France. After a failed attempt to poison her, Mary is brought to French court for safety, where she is reunited with her Scottish handmaidens and childhood companions Greer, Kenna, Lola and Aylee. Queen Mary discovers that her marriage isn't assured, due to ever-changing politics and Francis's doubts over the wisdom of a Scottish alliance. Queen Mary also catches the eye of Prince Francis's younger half-brother Bash, illegitimate son of King Henry with his mistress, Duchess Diane de Poitiers . When Queen Catherine's adviser, Nostradamus ( Rossif Sutherland ), has a vision that Francis's impending marriage will cost him his life, she arranges for Queen Mary to be drugged and raped by Colin (Ashley Charles), a Scot betrothed to Lola. Queen Mary is warned ahead of time by an unknown figure to not drink the drugged wine, and so manages to stop Colin. Before she can question him, Colin is executed by order of the King and Queen.