HMS Queen Elizabeth's name leads into the political danger surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots. The evidence for a particular plot is described as sketchy, as surviving evidence from the period often is. Mary had approached dangerous political schemes often enough that Elizabeth's government found it difficult to give her the benefit of the doubt. As a Catholic claimant to the English throne living inside England while Spain and other powers contemplated invasion, she represented a genuine dynastic security problem. That context does not make the disputed evidence conclusive.
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Mary, Queen of Scots in Elizabeth I's security dilemma
Mary's disputed plotting has to be read against her position as a Catholic claimant inside England while foreign powers threatened Elizabeth I's throne.