She became queen at 6 days old. She is strikingly tall, graceful, and beautiful. Mary is charming, cultured, highly educated, and multitalented. Her beauty and charm draws people to her. Mary is a strong and cultured monarch who can hold her own in a man’s world. Though she is sometimes selfish, petulant, and ill-tempered. (Based on the real Mary, Queen of Scots, she is the queen of Scotland, until 1565 when she and her first cousin once removed, Elizabeth I, began fighting over the throne.)