Anna Scholz Queen of Shops in 2008 saw retail guru Mary Portas introduce a failing fashion store in Ascot to Anna and her label in the hope of saving the business and educating the owner in the needs of her plus size customers. After the programme aired the brand saw a 72% increase in sales of the range in Harrods, as well as 35 new retail outlets looking to stock her pieces. The feature even caused annascholz.com to crash due to internet sales and is often referred to as one of the most influential features for the brand. Having been born in
Mary, Queen of Scots and his successors. As an anointed queen, Mary refused to acknowledge the power of any court to try her and refused to attend the inquiry at York personally (she sent representatives), but Elizabeth forbade her attendance anyway. As evidence against Mary, Moray presented the so-called casket letters—eight unsigned letters purportedly from Mary to Bothwell, two marriage contracts, and a love sonnet or sonnets said to have been found in a silver-gilt casket just less than one foot (30 cm) long, decorated with the monogram of King Francis II. Mary denied writing them, arguing that her handwriting was not difficult to