Darnley
Americannoun
noun
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The duo shared the screen in Josie Rourke’s 2018 historical drama “Mary Queen of Scots”: Ronan as the titular royal and Lowden as her cousin and second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2024
The note records the belief it is the genuine article involved in the Lord Darnley conspiracy.
From BBC • May 19, 2022
In terms of personality and conduct, the real Darnley is a difficult figure to pin down, though their eventual alienation probably had more to do with politics than anything else.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2018
Douglas Walton’s Lord Darnley, Mary’s second husband, is coded as queer, while Fredric March’s Earl of Bothwell is an early modern macho man in kilts.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018
Contrary to his expectations Darnley did not receive the crown matrimonial, and his foolish and haughty behaviour, his vicious habits, and his boisterous companions did not improve matters.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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