The deposed Scottish queen wrote the four-page missive to her brother-in-law just a few hours before her execution in 1587 ...
The letter was written in the cell where Mary had been imprisoned for 19 years, just hours before she was executed.
The document is believed to be the last letter ever penned, writing to her brother-in-law in France to put her affairs in order, with her execution set six hours later.
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