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King James VI of Scotland, James I of England podcast….

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Here is a link to a BBC podcast about King James VI of Scotland, who, of course, became James I of England and was the first of our Stuart monarchs.

I can’t say I’m a Stuart expert, being much more interested in the Plantagenets, but a monarch is a monarch!

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