In 1565, Mary Queen of Scots married her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.

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And two of her chosen mates paramour David Rizzio and husband Lord Darnley were both murdered by jealous political rivals.

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Among those objectors was Sue Dale, owner of Ilfracombe's Darnley Hotel, who has now had the chance to see the statue for real.

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She later lost the support of the nobility by marrying the Earl of Bothwell three months after the death of her husband the Earl of Darnley - who some believe had been murdered.

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Since Tuesday morning the beautiful seat of the Earl of Darnley, at Cobham park, near Gravesend, in Kent, its village, and the surrounding suburbs, have been the scene of much excitement in consequence of the perpetration of a murder, attended with circumstances of a truly distressing character.

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