The Katherine of Aragon Festival
Sat 31 Jan
|The Knight's Chamber
Mother’s Ruin: The relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and her son, King James. Historian Gareth Russell explores the truth between Mary and James’s relationship, and the double-agents who spied for (and on) them. This is a ticketed event.
Time & Location
31 Jan 2026, 12:00 – 13:00 GMT
The Knight's Chamber, Peterborough, PE1 1XS
About The Event
Mother’s Ruin: The relationship between Mary, Queen of Scots and her son, King James For twenty-five years, the body of Mary, Queen of Scots rested at Peterborough, until her son, King James I, ordered her to be removed for reburial in a magnificent new tomb at Westminster Abbey. Was this a gesture of love, guilt, or self-serving ambition?
Gareth Russell, author of “Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King,” explores the truth between Mary and James’s relationship, and the double-agents who spied for (and on) them.
This is a ticketed event.
For more information about this event, please visit the following link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/peterborough-cathedral-tours-talks/ka26-mother-s-ruin-the-relationship-between-mary-queen-of-scots-and-her-son-king-james/p-ddnwy