In 1553, King Edward VI of England died and was succeeded by Queen Mary I.

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She also somehow got her husbands to buy her some of the rarest and most expensive jewelry in the world, including the 33 karat Krupp Diamond, the 69 karat Taylor-Burton Diamond, and the La Peregrina Pearl, once owned by Queen Mary I.

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Meanwhile commanders make sure the Christmas boxes are ready to take out to the units outside the base, a tradition begun by Queen Mary during World War I to raise the troops' morale in the trenches.

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Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Rob Roy.

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Her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England also imprisoned Mary, who was the focus of Catholic plots against Elizabeth.

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