00:00My dear cousin Elizabeth, I hope we might meet in person, that I might embrace you.
00:05Mary Queen of Scots, it's very much sort of centred around the human relationship between Mary and Elizabeth.
00:10Ruling side by side, we must do so in harmony, and not through a treaty drafted by men lesser than
00:16ourselves.
00:17There were two women who understood each other in a way that no one else could.
00:21My dear cousin, let our nations cherish each other as we would two kingdoms united.
00:27They're desperate to be friends and to be sisters, but it never happened.
00:31How did the world come to this? Why is men servicing the whims of women?
00:37All of these advisors, both in Scotland and England, got in the way of the meeting, got in the way
00:41of their sisterhood, got in the way of their friendship.
00:43Do not play into their hands.
00:44You would do well to watch your words.
00:46I will not be scolded by my inferior.
00:49You're inferior.
00:50These two women were ruling at a time when men called the shots.
00:58We have a scourge upon our land.
01:00Swim back!
01:02It is a woman with a crown.
01:07When they finally meet for the first time, they've both been through so much.
01:13Every time Mary succeeded, it meant something bad for England or for Elizabeth's place on the throne.
01:19And I think that's a fascinating conflict.
01:22Your gift will be your downfall.
01:26What now, sister?
01:32You're welcome.
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