scotlit - Tak ma croon, an dinna fash – aa yon wis ower fur me lang syne…

—Gerda Stevenson, “The Abdication of Mary Queen of Scots” published in QUINES: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland (Luath Press, 2018)

Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate her throne in favour of her infant son James #OTD, 24 July, 1567, after miscarrying twins

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