I opened my reporter's notebook to the historical case called the "Nine Days Queen."
It's a tragic story from 16th-century England about Lady Jane Grey. 
Her life, a fleeting moment in the annals of English royalty, ended abruptly with her execution at just 16 years old.
I take you to London's National Gallery to see her last moment poignantly captured in oil on canvas.
National Gallery painting "Execution of Lady Jane Grey": https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paul-delaroche-the-execution-of-lady-jane-grey
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