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Over time, Holyroodhouse has proved itself to be far more than just a palace.

Its story is the history of Scotland itself.

It's a biography in stone.

Scotland's royal palace sits alongside the ancient abbey that gave it its name,

Holyroodhouse, the House of the Holy Cross.

The abbey guest house, for centuries a royal retreat, would evolve into a great palace,

a building that would unite the fortunes of three kingdoms - France, England and Scotland.

And it all began with Mary Stuart, better known as Mary Queen of Scots.

She was a vibrant, clever woman,

but a Catholic queen in a land overwhelmed by Protestant revolution.

It would shape the course of her tragic life.