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Some people disagreed with Elizabeth killing Mary, Queen of Scots because they considered the latter the rightful queen. Catholics in England and elsewhere saw Elizabeth as illegitimate, and therefore ineligible to rule, since they didn't recognize her parents' marriage.

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