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The years Mary spent in Scotland were not happy. She returned to a country newly divided by a Reformation, and Mary was viewed suspiciously by many of her prominent nobles. In 1565 Mary wed her first cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. It was with Lord Darnley that Mary bore her only child James, in 1566. The marriage broke down after Lord Darnley sought the Crown-Matrimonial, and grew jealous of Mary’s private secretary who was later murdered in front of a very pregnant Mary.<ref>Fraser, Mary, Queen of Scots, 256-258.</ref> A year later there was an explosion where Darnley had been sleeping, but he was suspiciously found smothered near a garden outside. Mary was implicated in the crime, and only recently cleared.<ref>The Daily Mail, “Mary Queen of Scots is CLEARED of murdering her husband by a panel of experts who re-examined the evidence... just 428 years after she died. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3249401/Mary-Queen-Scots-CLEARED-murdering-husband-panel-experts-examined-evidence-just-428-years-died.html#ixzz3t6rvL625> Accessed December 1, 2015. </ref>

==Criminal Allegations Surrounding Mary==

Rumors circulated of Mary’s involvement in the crime, and Elizabeth sent word to Mary of her knowledge, "I should ill fulfil the office of a faithful cousin or an affectionate friend if I did not ... tell you what all the world is thinking. Men say that, instead of seizing the murderers, you are looking through your fingers while they escape; that you will not seek revenge on those who have done you so much pleasure, as though the deed would never have taken place had not the doers of it been assured of impunity. For myself, I beg you to believe that I would not harbor such a thought."<ref>Alison Weir, Mary, ''Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley''. (New York: Random House Publishing Group, Feb 1, 2004), 308-309.</ref>