CWs Reign Top 10 Quotes From Mary Queen Of Scots

CW’s Reign: Top 10 Quotes From Mary, Queen Of Scots

The CW’s latest drama regarding Mary Queen of Scots, Reign, provides its main character with awe-inspiring lines of dialogue and quotes.

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Queen Mary of Scots was historically known for her ill-fated rivalry with England’s Queen Elizabeth I. In CW’s young-adult drama Reign, this Scottish monarch, played by Adelaide Kane, not only rivals Queen Elizabeth I, but she also works to gain prominence in the French Court and respect from her subjects.

This character is scripted with powerful proclamations and wise one-liners that help build the strength of the teenage monarch. Here is a look at the top ten quotes said by Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots in the hit drama.

10 “It isn’t fair, the privileges we are given…Or the prices we must pay for them”

It’s easy to get caught up in the pomp and pageantry of a monarchy’s court, but this line illuminates that such a political life is not all grandeur and gallantry. In Mary Stuart’s case, the privilege of being Queen is riddled with the paranoia of insubordination, arranged marriages (like the ill-fated union of the Queen with Robert Dudley), and international warfare motivated by the pursuit of power.

In fact, Mary Stuart ended up paying the highest price for her high-ranking station within her out Court: she paid with her life. In the series finale, this character was beheaded for a rumored assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth I.

9 “We are King and Queen, chained together as surly as two prisoners in a dungeon.”

It is odd to think about a king and queen being prisoners in their own castle, but according to this character, that is exactly her circumstance when marrying Robert Dudley. While they both were the highest-ranking members of the Scottish Court, both were prisoners to the confines of royalty and were constantly in a power play dynamic that left them both unhappy in their purely political union; they were simply pawns of the Court.

8 “Since I was a babe, I have been a Queen.”

The Queen of Scotland had not seen the land since she was a child, due to the threats to her crown and her life. Her importance to Scotland’s monarchy has always been at the forefront of her decisions as well as the decisions made for her. Since she was a baby, Mary Stuart was a queen first and an infant second.

With such privilege, comes great sacrifice.

7 “Since I was a child I have been alone, on foreign soil. I know how to keep my life, and my crown. And I will.”

Her heightened importance to the Crown afforded the queen many day-to-day privileges but ultimately forced her from her homeland. Being a monarch away from one’s reigning land must be a difficult task in terms of safety and security. Throughout Mary Stuart’s years at the French Court, she had to learn the importance of staying safe and staying in control of her own power. If anything the long distance politics gave her more ambition and willpower to keep her throne.

6 “Those particular Scots may serve France. But they obey me. Their Queen!”

Political power plays are rampant in this television drama. While Mary Stuart was Queen Consort of France due to her marriage to Francis, she was the rightful Queen of Scotland and constantly works to remind the Court that she has the ultimate say over her own subjects.

It just goes to show that monarchs are able to reign across oceans and demand fealty no matter where they are located.

5 “Those memories are a part of me, Greer. But I am stronger than they are.”

Spoken between two close friends, Mary Stuart reminds Greer (and the show’s audience) that while she has some exceedingly powerful memories, like the death of Francis and the love that was shared between them, she is stronger than their hold over her. This quote is a short two sentences and serves as a stark reminder that people are stronger than their personal demons.

4 “I have invited you here so that you may know that under my rule, all men will be judged not by their faith but by their actions.”

Mary Stuart is different than England’s Queen Mary, who was commonly regarded as Bloody Mary, because while Mary Stuart is Catholic, she will not persecute her own subjects for simply believing in a different faith.

3 “Regardless of my faith, I am not a Catholic queen, I am not a Protestant queen, I am not a French queen, I am your queen.”

In a political climate riddled with both nationalist and religion-based warfare, Queen Mary of Scots reminds her subjects of her rule over them and assures the population that the only title she wants is that she is the Queen of Scotland. And under her reign, Scotland will see a separation of religion and politics.

2 “It’s terrible. Especially if we think we can save each other. We can’t. We can only love each other.”

When King Francis became fatally ill, the monarch’s mortality riddled French Court. His bride, Queen Mary of Scots, though pained with the looming death of her lover, reminds her husband of an ultimate truth: People can’t save each other. What people can do is love one another. So while King Francis succumbed to his deathbed, Mary stayed by his side and they talked of plans they had together, their love for one another, and their hopes and dreams. That way, when Francis finally passes away, he is thinking about the love to two characters share, rather than hopeless attempts to save him.

1 “I am Mary Queen of Scots, and I have come for my throne.”

The best line said by Mary Stuart was when she strode into the Scottish throne room and proclaimed herself Queen of Scotland. Mary Stuart’s brother had been making the political decisions for Mary while she was away at French Court, and given all of the struggle the queen endured while on the quest to sit on the Scottish throne, this bold dramatic statement has audiences screaming, “Yes, Queen!”

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