Letter written by Mary Queen of Scots sells for £32,500 at auction
The Queen wrote the letter to the French ambassador while she was imprisoned in Carlisle Castle in 1568.
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Carlisle Castle restores 15th-century carvings thought to be by prison guards
Carvings can be seen more clearly thanks to painstaking removal of sediment and water damage
The Guardian - UK ·
Edinburgh auctioneers set to sell rare Mary Queen of Scots letter begging French for freedom
The letter, penned from under armed guard at Carlisle Castle weeks after Mary was recaptured following her escape from imprisonment in Perthshire, requests the assistance of the Auld Alliance
Edinburgh Live ·
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