In 1561, Mary, Queen of Scots, upset the applecart of the Protestant ... a small dog that was said to have hidden under Mary's dress as she was beheaded. The dog was recovered after the execution ...

Mary, Queen of Scots was born in 1542, daughter of King James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. Her father died just a week after her birth. A fervent Roman Catholic and a claimant to the English Crown ...