“Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, was a lying adulteress who plotted with her lover to murder her husband, an intriguing new study claims.”
She was royalty.
All that was pretty much in the job description.
And from what I understand, Elizabeth wasn’t exactly a virgin queen. More like well used.
The *real* reason she never married:
Is this proof the Virgin Queen was an imposter in drag?
Shocking new theory about Elizabeth I unearthed in historic manuscripts
By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail
Published: 19:58 EDT, 7 June 2013
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2337774/Is-proof-Virgin-Queen-imposter-drag-Shocking-new-theory-Elizabeth-I-unearthed-historic-manuscripts.html
(not a new theory, been around for centuries; and btw, I’m omitting the rimshot)