Scotland had always been rather a scruffy little kingdom. English people, when they came to the courts of Scotland, were always amazed at the familiarity with which Scots addressed their king. I mean, they'd walk up to the king and say, "Hey, Jimmy.", and strike up a conversation with him. Mary Queen of Scots, however, had been in France, which had the most magnificent monarchy in Europe, so part of her strategy was to make the courts at Holyrood more splendid. Life at Holyroodhouse was by no means all work and no play. Mary relished nothing more than a day out hunting in the palace grounds. There wasn't always a plentiful supply of prey here at Holyrood Park, but that was no bar to Mary, who loved the thrill of the chase as much as her Scottish subjects. And so roebuck and stout would be herded up from other estates, carried here in a litter and then released so that she could hunt them. And then when that wasn't enough, wild boar were brought over from France and then Mary could hunt them here at her leisure.


英国人来到苏格兰朝廷，都很吃惊。臣子经常上前直呼国王的名字跟他交谈。但玛丽女皇在法国生活过，那里是欧洲最华丽庄严的君主国，所以她想把朝廷变得更加堂皇。 在荷里路德的生活绝不是那种总是工作而没有机会玩耍的，玛丽最喜欢的是一天出去到宫殿的空地去打猎。 荷里路德这个公园总是有相当多的猎物，但是对于玛丽来说却没有障碍。她喜欢追逐的快感，就如同她热爱她的苏格兰臣民，所以獐会被一窝窝的。从其他庄园带来聚集在一起，然后把他们释放，这样玛丽就可以捕猎。当獐的数量不够时，还会从法国带来野生的公野猪，这样一来玛丽可以在空闲时间尽情的捕猎。