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The Babington Plot against Queen Elizabeth I
News of the Times Episode 299 | 1586
It is 1587 and England is undergoing simmering tension within the country, and externally from international pressure. The Pope has ex-communicated Queen Elizabeth I and actively encourages true Catholics to remover her from the throne. The figure head for the opposition is the imprisoned Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots.
This and other failed attempts to oust Queen Elizabeth leads to the infamous Babington Plot within England contrived in part by the potential assassin, Anthony Babington, who is, actually the unknowing puppet of Queen Elisabeth’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham
This story involves spies, counter-espionage, double agents, royalty and treachery leading to the execution of an anointed queen. We take a whistlestop look at this complicated story. The buildup, the players within this drama, the trap and the capture, that ultimately lead to Mary Stuart’s final doom.
The Babington Plot against Queen Elizabeth I is today’s episode of Sinister Saturdays.
Hosted by Robin Coles.
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