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Hidden in the French national library, the 57 letters mistakenly labelled as Italian

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Historians have revealed the cunning schemes Mary Queen of Scots orchestrated while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I.

In 2023, codebreakers decoded secret and previously feared lost letters written by the 16th century monarch.