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El clan de los Hamilton (lord Francis era el tercer hijo del actual duque) había recibido el encargo de cuidar Holyroodhouse del desdichado Carlos I, hijo del mismo Jacobo —VI de Escocia y I de Inglaterra— que antaño fuera la preciosa criatura oculta en el vientre de la reina María mientras ella veía cómo se llevaban a rastras a su fiel siervo Davide Rizzio para ser asesinado.
The Hamilton clan (Lord Francis was the third son of the current duke) had first been entrusted with the care of Holyroodhouse by the ill-fated Charles I, son of the same James – the Sixth of Scotland and First of England – who had once been the precious child that lay hidden within the womb of Queen Mary as she watched her faithful servant David Rizzio dragged from her side to be murdered.
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