The following year, presumably due to her unofficial membership in the royal Stewart family, the widow Fleming was appointed governess or nurse to her infant half-niece Mary, Queen of Scots (her new mistress having been fathered by her late half-brother).
In the following year, it is probable that due to her unofficial membership in the royal Stewart family, the widow Fleming was appointed as governess or nurse for her infant half-niece, Mary, Queen of Scots (her previous mistress being fathered by her late half-brother).