
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.

as Mary Stuart

as Queen Elizabeth I

as Lord Darnley

as John Knox

as William Cecil

as Bess of Hardwick

as James, Earl of Moray

as David Rizzio

as Earl of Bothwell

as Robert Dudley

as Earl of Lennox

as Lord Maitland

as Thomas Andrews

as Earl of Kent

as Earl of Shrewsbury

as Mary Seton

as Bull

as Robert Beale

as Mary Fleming

as Mary Livingston

as Mary Beaton

as Thomas Hepburn

as John Hepburn

as George Dalgleish

as The Laird of Ramorny

as James Haliburton

as Lord Randolph

as Kate Carey

as Thomas Jenye

as William Kirkcaldy of Grange

as Hector Maclean

as Commoner

as Sir Richard Knightley

as King James I

as Snuffer Woman

as Fotheringhay Gentlewoman

as Fotheringhay Gentlewoman

as Sir William Douglas

as Young Holyrood Servant

as Dorothy Stafford

as Henry Killigrew

as John Tamworth

as William Killigrew

as Portrait Painter

as Andrew Ker of Fawdonside

as Knox's Secretary

as Francis Yaxley

as Wedding Announcer

as Officer

as James MacDonald

as Urie Campbell

as Moray's Drummer

as William Taylor

as Bishop

as Fisherman

as Attaché

as Sir Walter Mildmay

as Soldier

as Bothwell

as English Nobleman (uncredited)