This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Honour Mary, Queen of Scots' last wishes and transfer her remains to France.
Ask HM The Queen, the Government, and Parliament to honour Mary, Queen of Scots' last wishes and have her remains transferred to France.
Ask the Foreign Office to plan this with French authorities.
This could be done to mark the 435th anniversary of her death, for instance, on February 8, 2022.
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Mary, Queen of Scots' last wishes were denied by HM Queen Elizabeth I's Government, due to past animosities between the English Monarch and the Scottish Monarch which no longer exist, these two monarchies being now peacefully bound into one, embodied by our current Sovereign HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Mary, Queen of Scots' last letter reads: "I have been unable to (...) have my body conveyed after my death, as I would wish, to [France] where I had the honor to be queen, your sister and old ally."
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