Hola MaHigh-School - January 2019

ie time in SA
It gotta’ be the film. The topic is made for film. The
plot is great and the characters are head-strong and
used to betrayal, murder, conspiracy and feminine
rivalry (as the myths will have it).
The background is of course the real-life drama of
the two queens in Britain. Elizabeth I did not have
a good start in life after all. Her father married her
mother (Anne Boleyn) and had her beheaded when
Elizabeth was 2 years old.
Mary was 6 days old when her father (King James
V of Scotland) died. She was brought up in France
and duly married the heir to the French throne. Less
than a year later, he died.
So, back to Scotland where she married again. This
time to Lord Darnley. But he died after a huge explosion
destroyed his palace and he was found killed
in the garden.
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell was a suspect,
but nothing could be proved. So Mary got married
to him.
These two characters are battling it out for the combined
crown of England and Scotland.
The real-life ending is rather gruesome – let us see if
the movie dares to depict that!
Tell me if this is going to be boring!