The news was kept from Mary for over two weeks, until 28 June, at which point, understandably, she fell into a severe depression. The news was broken to her by her uncle Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, who had also been the brother of the dead queen regent, and 'she [Mary] passed from one agony to another.' The Venetian ambassador wrote to the doge, 'Your serenity may imagine the regret of these Guise lords, her majesty's brothers, as also of the most Christian Queen who lover her mother incredibly, and much more than daughters usually love their mothers.
Roderick Graham, The Life of Mary Queen of Scots, An Accidental Tragedy.
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and... “ After Mary’s own death one of her most prized possessions was found to be a miniature of her mother.”
