What-If Mary, Queen of Scots Had Not Been Executed? (Off the Record)
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
What if Elizabeth I had never signed Mary, Queen of Scots’ death warrant? On this episode of Off the Record, we dive into the political chaos, succession drama, and international consequences of keeping England’s most dangerous prisoner alive—and whether mercy would have been far more dangerous than execution.
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Hosts: Rebecca Larson & Amy McElroy
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| 0:34.5 | Hello and welcome to Off the Record. |
| 0:37.2 | I am Rebecca Larson, and I am joined by my amazing co-host Amy McElroy. |
| 0:43.5 | Welcome, Amy. |
| 0:45.1 | Back again? |
| 0:46.4 | I know. |
| 0:47.3 | You still let me come back. |
| 0:49.0 | Every time we record, I'm surprised that you show up. |
| 0:57.6 | You're surprised I show up. I'm surprised you let me let me come back yeah it seems to be working for us i guess we enjoy each other's company huh |
| 1:02.9 | yeah it's our our weekly fun it is our weekly fun i'm so i feel so lucky that i get to have |
| 1:10.6 | two episodes every week where I get to |
| 1:12.5 | hang out with a girlfriend and just talk about history and yeah, just let go. Like, I feel like this |
| 1:19.2 | episode is really like, the super fun. Not that I don't have fun with Dr. Emma, obviously. I don't |
| 1:24.5 | want her to get mad at me, but this one is like something totally different where we just kind of look at all of these |
| 1:31.0 | possibilities in history and... |
| 1:33.7 | Yeah. And we're not really... Well, we are taking it seriously as in our love of history, |
| 1:39.5 | but we're not, you know, we're not taking it too seriously. |
| 1:43.6 | We are finding the humor in things. |
| 1:46.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:47.8 | It is. |
| 1:49.3 | Well, today we're doing another what-if, |
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