We already had that in Reign with Catherine in the first season. This season also struggled with the love storyline. I would have preferred to see Mary and Francis on the same page together.

Her reign has often been described as a ‘Golden ... She was 16 years old. Mary and Francis became king and queen of France in 1559. Francis died, possibly as a result of an ear infection ...

Some see Elizabeth’s 45 year reign as a golden age of English ... Many Catholic plots centred on putting Mary on the English throne. With Francis Walsingham’s help, Elizabeth imprisoned ...

including that he was born in Bethlehem during the reign of King Herod. The Gospel of Luke says that when the shepherds went to Bethlehem, they “found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was ...