The king sits at a long table with his nobles. He is sat on a cloth-covered bench under a canopy.

Description: Mary Queen of Scots had spent most of her life in the French Court. In France it was common for the monarch to eat their meals in company. Mary probably ate her main meal in this hall with her close advisors and senior members of the royal household.

Large feasts and banquets would have been held in a different part of the palace. Teleport to find out where.