), Aylee: Aylee and Kenna were close friends and both ladies-in-waiting for Mary Stuart. Bash found out that she was pregnant after she seduced him, in order to make him believe that the baby was his instead of being honest with him. Queen Catherine is saved (much to the king’s disappointment) and Mary’s wedding plans are changed by the arrival of her mother, Marie de Guise. The heroine has to take her journey alone. They began having a physically drawn relationship fast and despite the warnings by some of her friends Kenna continued to be with Henry. In 2016 she married actor Lucas Neff, and they are said to share many of the same opinions on politics, which lead to their relationship. Howewver, the only Protestants in the Reign universe are the villainous and sneaky English. ), Greer Castleroy: Kenna and Greer a close friends. While the then four-year-old Marguerite might be irrelevant to Reign’s story line, the historic Mary had a close friend in Elizabeth de France. If ever there was a pair of power-seeking plotters it was François and Charles de Guise, Mary’s uncles who tried to control both France and Scotland using their niece as a puppet [2]. While she may have only been on the show for seven episodes, fans revelled in the drama she brought to the show. Francis leaves the court, encountering yet another of Mary’s ladies in a gambling den modelled on a nineteenth-century Mississippi riverboat. Unfortunately her family is chosen to sacrifice someone to The Darkness; fortunately for them, Bash has come to stay. They declared their official love to each other in the season finale. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Meredith Markworth-Pollack about Kenna. In her personal life, she is a divorcé with two children, now young adults in their 20s. Lola’s relationship with Mary was a bit rockier than that of the young queen’s other friends. They were shocked and very unhappy about the event. Why force the burden of villainy onto Marie, who by all accounts worked hard and loyally to preserve a Catholic Scotland for her daughter? They start off not liking each other but agree to become friends as Bash protects Kenna from his father. By denying it, Reign may keep up its ratings and sell its advertising, but ultimately it doesn’t serve its viewers well. They soon have a sexual relationship. Mary learns of the prophecy about her arrival causing Francis’ death and decides to have Bash declared legitimate and marry him. She began to grow closer to Bash due to him protecting her from his father whom she had became frightened of. Something he was overjoyed at the thought of; seeing an opportunity and a possible future with this king Kenna suggested that in four or five months time would it be fine if she brings along her "sister's" baby when she comes to his palace. Since they often hang out with Mary, Aylee and Greer. So I say to hell with what people think. In the beginning of the show it is made clear that she is expected to find a titled man to marry, a goal that she often wrestles with. After she had an affair with Mary’s intended husband, Francis, and gave birth to his illegitimate child, it was difficult to decide whether to feel sorry for her, or root for her. Marie announces to Catherine, “Mary may be Scotland’s queen, but I’m its king!”[1] and plants the false news that the Queen of England, Mary Tudor, has died. Yet more complications ensue. It seems likely that at some point Mary will either have to abandon Francis in order to save Scotland or that he will die, reconnecting the show to history. Although its not as bad as before but they still don't get along at any length. She later became the guardian of Pascal. Its target audience of early teenage girls seems to love it, and why not? Indeed the formidable older women offer a clue to what is actually going on with Reign. Stasey’s character is loving and passionate, but at the same time she is impulsive and a bit selfish, which frequently led her to difficult situations. She’s just a very hedonistic individual," Caitlin Stasey on her character. Grant helped give the character a sense of innocence, while also allowing her clear intellect to shine through. Francis will lose his right to rule but will have the freedom for which he longs. The story line is no more untrue to history than something like Disney’s Pocahontas cartoons. It’s regrettable, then, that they chose to give the main characters the names of real people—or at least the English versions of their names. Her death scene was one that deeply affected Queen Mary and her friends, as well as the audience. She decided to leave her position as lady-in-waiting to Mary to become the King's second official mistress. Mary Stuart’s real story in the real sixteenth century ended in tragedy, not glory. Reign’s Mary Stuart is a hero with whom adolescent girls can identify; her trials are their trials and her triumph by implication theirs also. The real Mary’s ladies-in-waiting were all named Mary, the famous “four Maries.” Here, no doubt to avoid confusion, they have been renamed Kenna, Lola, Greer and Aylee. Although after he had them married Henry continued to try and sleep with Kenna. (See Mary and Kenna. Along the way there have been foreign assaults, a visit from a Bohemian archduke, and banquets and debauchery too tiresome to relate. In another puzzling omission, the series erases the daughters of the French royal family.