RECREATION - The moment that Mary Queen of Scots unveils her red underdress, a symbol of Catholic martyrdom, moments before her beheading. (Hit Networks Limited and Little Dot Studios/Ashley Morris)
RECREATION - Anne Boleyn prepares for her beheading. (Hit Networks Limited and Little Dot Studios)
National Geographic
Dan Snow in the library at Hever Castle, looking at the letters written by Eustace Chapuys about Anne Boleyn. (Hit Networks Limited and Little Dot Studios)
Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb in the courtyard at the Chateau de Blois in France. It was here that Anne Boleyn came at age 14, sent by her father to get a good education. (Hit Networks Limited and Little Dot Studios)
Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb walking towards the Chateau d'Amboise, France. King Charles VIII of France invited Perkin Warbeck here in the summer of 1492 so he could support him in his claim for the English throne. (Hit Networks Limited and Little Dot Studios)
Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb with the last letter of Mary Queen of Scots, written hours before her execution. This is the first time the letter has been out of storage in 10 years, and it is housed at The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. (Hit Networks Limited and Little Dot Studios/Ashley Morris)
Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb reads through Mary Queen of Scots' ciphered letters housed at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris. (Hit Networks Limited and Little Dot Studios/Ashley Morris)
Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb in Dunbar, the location of Lord Bothwell's castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was taken by Bothwell after Darnley's murder. (Hit Networks Limited and Little Dot Studios/Ashley Morris)
Dan Snow and Archivist Vannis Jones Rahi look at the death warrant of Mary Queen of Scots at Hatfield House, the childhood home of Elizabeth I. (Hit Networks Limited and Little Dot Studios/Ashley Morris)