King James VI and I became king at a young age when his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate. He was born to Catholic parents, but those around him raised him to be Protestant. Amongst all this chaos it is possible he found love in his father's cousin. A man by the name of Esmé Stewart.

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