The Spanish Princess (2019) s02e01 Episode Script
Camelot
1
[CATHERINE] Previously
on The Spanish Princess
[CATHERINE] God save the King.
Your father passed into
God's mercy, Your Grace.
Maggie, I will see you freed from here.
You have no power, Catherine.
We are at the mercy of the Tudors.
[OVIEDO] Lina, I ask you this
That you will pledge yourself to me
and our new family.
[HENRY] I've made a
marriage plan for my sister,
Princess Mary.
And Charles, who is to be your husband,
is my Spanish nephew.
A pardon.
You may return to court
with all your children.
You will be looked after.
[OVIEDO] The army marches out to Kent.
I go with them and then
perhaps to war in France.
[CATHERINE] I love you.
Harry, tell me what my fate shall be.
[MARGARET] The Spanish
girl will destroy us all.
If Harry marries her, he is cursed.
No boys, no heirs.
[HENRY] We do not fear the morrow.
We make it as king and wife.
[QUIET MUSIC]
♪♪
Your Your Grace?
If my father is to visit
I will wear the most precious one.
Bessie, bring the crown.
[UPBEAT STRING MUSIC]
♪♪
- Your Grace.
- Good evening, Your Grace.
Chaplain Wolsey.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
Unhand me at once.
How dare you touch your queen?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪♪
This is an outrage.
[MAN] No, the outrage
is that you've been too
many hours away from me.
A queen must ready
for the King of Spain's arrival.
[TENDER MUSIC]
♪♪
Her lips are moving,
but I cannot hear a word.
Take care, my lord
or you may lose your kingship.
I think you'd be more upset than I,
if that fate should befall me.
[KNIFE CLATTERS]
[GASPS, LAUGHS]
-
- [SERENE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[PARROT SQUAWKS]
He is here, your father.
The last steps will be delicate,
but I have made a vow to Henry,
and I will deliver on it.
Oviedo will be glad.
The troops are tired of
waiting at the coast.
The French have felt
the heat of our gaze,
but if my father joins us, and we sail,
then they will feel our weapons.
[LINA] Oh
Maggie, I will take him now.
Oh, hello, my handsome prince.
My little jewel, Henry.
Come, meet your tricky abuelo.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪♪
[MAGGIE] Ursula.
Lady mother, here.
Henry.
[CHATTER CONTINUES]
Reggie, we're going
to meet Catherine's father,
the King of Spain.
Well, he's only king
because he stole the crown
from his daughter, Joanna,
and threw her in the madhouse.
Princess Mary.
Well, next it will belong to you.
[DOOR OPENS]
[SWEEPING ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
♪♪
Oh, heavens.
Is that who I've been
betrothed to all this time?
You could slice bread with that chin.
Look how rich his clothes are, Mary.
You could bathe in gold.
His Imperial Highness,
King Ferdinand of Aragon and Castile,
and his heir and grandson,
Charles of Burgundy.
We present to you the English court.
Your Graces, welcome.
[CROWD MURMURING, LAUGHTER]
Where is Katalina?
[UPBEAT STRING MUSIC]
♪♪
[FANFARE PLAYING]
♪♪
Behold
my son and heir,
the future king of England,
Henry IX!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
We welcome our Spanish guests,
my father, King Ferdinand,
my nephew Charles.
We hope that soon you will
be England's family, too.
King "Henary."
We meet.
[HENRY] Welcome to our court.
We hope before too many suns have set
that we'll seal a Holy League
between our two great nations
and avenge the Pope
for the lands the French
have stolen from him.
Together, we will have
war against France.
But first, we eat.
[APPLAUSE]
We have this pescado
but bigger.
[CHUCKLES, SNAPS FINGERS]
I bring sugared grapes for you,
your favorite.
Remember?
Take one.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
Please, enjoy our Camelot.
[BAND PLAYING]
♪♪
- He's shorter than I imagined.
- [CHUCKLES]
He is challenged by you.
You should take it as a compliment.
A young mischief and mystery.
[BRANDON] There's no mystery in Mary.
Mm, she acts giddy,
but she can play the role
in seven languages.
I'm quite sure of it.
Uh, Thomas
a scholar, statesman,
educator, and great intellect.
Mary, he will best you,
so do not even try to take him on.
I wouldn't dream of it.
[BRANDON CHUCKLES]
♪♪
- I'm Thomas More.
- Lady Margaret Pole.
Pleasure.
I've recently had the honor
of being appointed
undersheriff to the King.
Your reputation goes before you.
Is it true you nearly left the law
to take religious orders?
I did. I spent
a happy year with Carthusian monks
outside the city of London.
Alas, it was not my calling.
♪♪
[APPLAUSE]
Excuse me.
Are we the center of the world, Charlie?
Of course we are.
A shame that Meg is not here, then.
I'm sure your sister's
having a splendid time
with her dashing Scottish king.
[CHILDREN YELLING,
ITEMS CLATTERING, DOG BARKING]
[STATELY MUSIC]
-
- ♪♪
Come on, sit up.
You haven't finished yet.
Uh, no. Stop it.
Food is for eating and not throwing.
[JAMES] Ah, my love!
What a perfect sight you all make.
James, your son is throwing food.
Ah, he's a boy!
I'll not have his wings
clipped by a woman.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
I told you not to make
gunpowder when you're drunk.
That is not clipping your wings.
It's saving your life.
Well, if we don't try
our hand at science,
we'll never learn anything new, hen, eh?
[MUSIC STOPS]
Will you tend to them?
How much do I look like a queen to you?
Covered in the mess of your children.
Remind me again,
how many of them are mine?
Oh, yes, just two.
Aye.
Precious they are, too,
my love, the ones that lived.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
While Catherine, Queen of England
Negasi, will you stop playing, please?
It soothes the soul, Your Grace.
Catherine writes that
her father is visiting London
and all of Christendom celebrates her
for the pact she is negotiating
between England, Spain, and Burgundy.
Even the Pope has praised her for it.
James
What is that?
Teeth.
That's a Douglas,
and that one's a Stewart.
If they're gonna kill each other,
they may as well be used for science.
Catherine unites.
We should do the same with the clans.
Ah, even the Bruce found
that tough weather.
That's why England lords it over us.
My brother sent me
here to make the peace
between our countries, and we have that.
And if Catherine can engage
in the running of her country,
so can I.
Stick to what you're good at
Keeping house and raising bairns.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[APPLAUSE]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I wish for Spain and England
to be strong together.
This French campaign against the Pope
must be defeated.
If we unite, we can achieve that.
You wish to make war with France
for the sake of the Pope,
or maybe you want to
win back your own land?
France could be another golden ball
to ornament your Camelot.
You cannot countenance
the actions of the French.
Seizing lands so close to Rome,
it's an insult to the papacy.
It is an outrage, and my mother
would've ridden out already.
Your mother knew war like
she knew the Eucharist,
but you, "Henary,"
what do you know about war?
You are not a general.
I've had my foundry in Greenwich
forge new armor like
the world has never seen.
You will be glad of it, if
When we face the French together.
Es la calidad, Katalina.
It is the quality of
the man within the metal
that is the key.
Well, I'll show you both
the metal of the suits
and the mettle of the men who wear them.
We'll have a joust.
[CHUCKLES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Katalina
whose interests do you tend to,
your husband's or España?
Father
I am a steadfast
daughter and a true wife.
I am loyal to Spain and to Henry.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BELL TOLLING IN THE DISTANCE]
[HORSE CHUFFS]
[LOCK CLICKS]
[CLATTER]
Who is here?
Should I defend myself?
[GASPS] Oviedo!
Oh! [LAUGHS]
Allah be praised, but you smell good.
Oh, I smell of mutton fat.
They ate a whole farm in there tonight.
Wh why are you back from Dover?
General Howard. He gives us leave.
They say we will sail
and should rest before campaign,
but I believe this when it happens.
Mm, Catherine's father is here now
with the King and Queen.
If he agrees to join them,
you will have your war.
Good.
You look tired.
[SIGHS]
King Henry wears out
the spirits of his men
before they have even
crossed into France.
[OVIEDO SCOFFS]
I wonder if he even
knows how to use an army.
Well
I know how to use you.
[LIGHT MUSIC]
♪♪
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[BOTH MOAN]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[DRAMATIC DRUM MUSIC]
[BRIGHT FANFARE]
♪♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CROWD CHEERING]
♪♪
Can you see, Reggie?
Master Pole.
Master More.
Lady Pole.
- Uh, this is my wife, Alice.
- [ALICE] Ma'am.
[MORE] My daughters, Margaret,
Elizabeth, and Cicely.
[GIRL] Milady.
Was that book given
to you at Sheen Priory?
- [MORE] Hmm.
- That's the most response
I've had out of him all year.
A silent order at such a young age,
it can take its toll.
I don't wish to speak
out of turn, but
he is in dire need of a tutor.
I I don't suppose you would
It would be an honor.
My daughters now speak
better Latin than I do
and correct me far too often.
It would actually be a bit of a blessing
to believe that I still
have some wisdom to impart.
[CHUCKLES]
And thank you.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[RIDER] Lady Pole.
Lady Pole
I was hoping that I may
wear your colors as I ride.
- [MAGGIE] I don't
- Mother
this gentleman is speaking to you.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- [LADY] Lord Stafford!
William Compton,
groom of the King's stool.
Here, Compton.
No, Henry.
Be sure to win.
I will tie this to my saddle.
[SNIFFS]
[MAGGIE CHUCKLES]
[CROWD CHEERING]
Master Brandon, may I assist the King?
The King has already a squire.
But you may fetch him some ale.
[FANFARE PLAYS]
♪♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
The King is invincible.
[FERDINAND] No one is
invincible, Katalina, no one.
This is leadership, Father.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪♪
He rides with your family
emblem on his horse.
It's so romantic.
[CHUCKLES]
♪♪
[HORSE NEIGHS]
♪♪
[HORSE CHUFFS]
♪♪
[CATHERINE BREATHES SHARPLY]
- [CROWD CHEERS]
- [ONLOOKERS GASP]
[MAN] My lord.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Edward, I'm sorry.
[GROANS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[YELLS]
Bloody dogs can have it.
Do not fret, my lady.
I can still admire you with my left eye.
[LAUGHS]
[SIGHS]
Oh, can you stand?
♪♪
King Henry,
unharmed in armors from his foundry!
I should've worn the same.
[CATHERINE] And yet,
behold Lord Stafford,
born with English steel in his bones.
God save the King.
[ALL] God save the King!
God save the King!
[WOMAN] God save the Queen!
[ALL] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
Katalina is her mother's daughter.
She has convinced me.
King Henry
you will have your war with France
and your treaty with Spain.
God be praised!
[HENRY] Mwah.
And Charles?
All of us, united?
We will rise up for the Pope.
You may consult with my
daughter on all matters
as though you speak directly to me.
She's the will of Spain.
[RAPID STRING MUSIC]
Tomorrow I return to Spain.
We will ready for our war.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[CATHERINE] My father
says we should send troops
to San Sebastian,
and he will join us there.
[HOWARD] Sail to bloody Spain?
Your Grace, we're meant
to be invading France.
We only have to cross the Channel.
Our aim is to deal with
the French threat to Rome,
Your Grace.
A resolute march southeast is needed.
England has a strong claim
to the Duchy of Guyenne,
which is nearby,
and we can swell our numbers there.
[HENRY] Aquitaine
was taken by the French.
Their citizens yearn to be
under English rule again.
So let's give them that
and land a blow to
King Louis' arrogance.
[CATHERINE] My father's army
will head north to meet us.
That's good, Your Grace.
My father is a boastful man.
He will wish to make a grand display
of military power,
and he will have that
as we march together into France.
[WOLSEY] You are formidable, my queen.
I'm in admiration.
I have worked hard to build
this treaty with my father.
He appoints you his regent.
It's a symbol of his trust in you.
A miracle.
He was jealous of my mother's strength.
He could do nothing to challenge her,
and so he would try to weaken
my sister and I at every turn.
- Then he has changed.
- [CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY]
When Harry
When the King wanted to marry me,
my father wouldn't pay my dowry
until he needed something in return.
But, yes
I think he sees me now
as worthy of respect.
Perhaps he finally
feels guilt about Joanna.
Your poor sister was felled
by a disorder of the mind.
So my father says.
The nuns of Tordesillas tend to her.
You think your father put her there
to take Spain for himself.
Your Grace,
your father has entrusted you
because he knows that by
your word and your deed,
you will exalt him,
as you also exalt the whole of England.
Thank you
Thomas.
Thank you.
How wonderful to have
our trust in Spain at last.
[BELL TOLLING]
He has the eyes of a hawk.
He follows my every move.
I count the days until
I can take him hunting.
[CATHERINE CHUCKLES]
I love that you would
feed our son yourself.
All other princes have wet nurses.
Thank you.
You have given me so much, Catherine.
Hello.
I have given you a new
Spanish army to play with.
I do it all for you
[BABY FUSSES]
and for this country,
for our Camelot.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
Move out, to France!
[CATHERINE] And when
the French are routed,
the Scots will lose their wealthy patron
and be less trouble on the borders.
My warrior queen.
- [CATHERINE] Hmm.
- [HORSE CHUFFS]
♪♪
-
- [BELL TOLLING]
[ALEXANDER] Douglases have
no respect for any other clan.
Your Grace, we ask for reparations
for the raids carried out
by these buck-eared cocksuckers
on our Lowland settlements
- Oh, aye
- Aye, go on then,
Crown Prince Mary Jane!
- Get your fucking sword out!
- [GEORGE] And by thunderous God,
what makes you think it
was us in your lands?
[MEG] Because the ale had been drunk
and all the sheep were pregnant.
[TOLLING CONTINUES,
HORSE NEIGHS IN THE DISTANCE]
[JAMES] Ah, hen,
and I told you this was, uh
men's work.
[MEG] For the love of God
and all the saints,
you call yourselves men.
My children are better behaved.
Your Grace, what's a woman doing here?
I am your queen,
Alexander Stewart, you pig!
[GEORGE] Your Grace,
this is a clan meeting.
We can't see it turned
into a sewing circle.
Please, Father, let us not stoop
to humiliating the wife of our king
[GAVIN] You shut your face, Angus.
She's English, and the English
are the cause of all our troubles.
- [ALEXANDER] True, true.
- [MURMURING]
Cannae trust the English
nae more than a randy
Douglas in a sheep pen!
[LAUGHTER]
[MEG] My lord
perhaps you would like
to discipline the nobles
that would insult
your queen so spitefully.
[JAMES] Aye, how should I?
How about one Douglas, one Stewart,
hung, drawn, and quartered?
- [LAUGHTER]
- [MAN] Ooh!
Ah, but look what you have achieved,
my bonnie love.
The clans united as
neither Robert the Bruce
nor William Wallace could've hoped for,
and all because of
their contempt for the English.
[LAUGHTER]
[MUGS CLINKING]
♪♪
[HORSE NEIGHS IN THE DISTANCE]
[JAMES] Well
[GRUNTS]
Well, she may not punch like a Stewart,
but she could well pass for a Douglas.
[LAUGHTER]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
Fuck.
[BABY FUSSES]
Highness.
[LINA] Oviedo writes to me.
He says the Tudor army wait,
and yet your father's
army does not come.
[CATHERINE] Oh, he's on his way.
He wrote to me that bad
weather delayed them.
Do you know how far away he is?
It will light the spirits of the men
if I can share this with them.
[CHUCKLES]
He will reach them long
before your letter gets there.
The spring has been too wet,
but now the summer comes,
the ground is dry,
the horses fast,
and the men sure-footed.
But forgive me, Highness.
This was not what was agreed.
You know yourself he can play tricks.
[CATHERINE] Lina,
I have told you he is coming.
Be satisfied with it.
[MOODY MUSIC]
♪♪
♪♪
[BELL TOLLING]
[BELL TOLLING]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Maggie.
Your Grace.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Hold out your hands with
the palms facing up.
I do not understand.
Today marks the anniversary
of the death of Sir Richard.
We do not forget,
myself and the King.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
This is for sorrow.
This is for healing.
When you pray for your husband's soul,
hold one in each hand.
Squeeze them tightly.
I will.
Thank you.
How are the children?
Has Reggie
He still does not speak to me.
Then the healing is for Reggie also.
Catherine
thank you.
Your Grace, a letter for you.
It has your father's seal.
Here, I'll take him.
[BABY FUSSING]
Have they met the English army?
Fetch my clothes.
I will see the King.
[WHISPERING] Do you
think we lost the war?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CATHERINE] Leave us.
Um, please go.
- What is it?
- [DOOR CLOSES]
He is not coming.
My father,
he has taken his army to Navarre,
200 miles to the south,
to reclaim his lands
there from the French.
Why why would he do that?
He has used us as a decoy,
to draw the French,
leaving Navarre open for him to take.
He has betrayed us, Henry.
The alliance was a lie.
I am sorry that I
trusted him. He
has humiliated both of us.
- It is my fault.
- [POUNDS TABLE]
♪♪
♪♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[HENRY] We have been betrayed.
Two hundred thousand ducats wasted.
Two thousand soldiers dead
from hunger or disease.
"Tricky as a fox"
turned out to be true.
Bring our men home now.
I apologize to this council.
Your Grace, you must not blame yourself.
[CATHERINE] I believed
my father's sincerity,
but he betrayed us.
Not the Spanish.
Him alone.
The shame is not our queen's.
She did what any dutiful
daughter would've done
but her father is a lying bastard!
[WALPOLE] Council is adjourned.
[CATHERINE] Henry!
The King's mood will settle.
I will arrange a stag hunt for him.
He needs to burn this off.
We have worked so hard
together to build this
- This
- Camelot, yes.
You and the King are young
idealistic.
But he must shake the glister
of youth from his eyes
and be a man and king for England,
and you must do what
England loves you for
and radiate your light
and your beauty and your kindness.
[SOMBER STRING MUSIC]
♪♪
I tried to warn you about
your father, Highness,
but now the English
people say we Spanish
are all the same, just like him,
and we cannot be trusted.
All of us must live with this,
not only you.
The thought makes you faint, does it?
Lina, is it the baby?
Baby?
[LINA] Bessie, would you fetch
some ale for the Queen?
[BABY FUSSING]
You
are with child?
Yes, Highness.
How long?
I think
three months.
But you didn't tell me.
I did not want to tell you when
you had so much to occupy your mind.
My father
he took the grape.
He used to promise me that this time,
he'd let me take it.
[SCOFFS]
Then he'd do it again
and again.
Now again.
Have I become like him
so you no longer trust me?
Am I so changed that we
are no longer friends?
That is your choice, Catherine.
You are the Queen. I am your lady.
Whether or not we are friends
is in your gift, not mine.
This place, the palace
it is not a home.
It is like a gaming board,
and they all play the games.
You too.
You play them very well.
But I do not wish to play.
I merely wish to live my simple life.
I am happy for you, Lina.
Go.
You should rest.
When you are fuller in your term,
you may stay home until you
are ready to return to me
[SOMBER MUSIC]
for your child's sake.
♪♪
You are better than your father.
You show strength
but humility
courage and patience.
And you do something
your mother and father could not do.
You ask questions of others as
well as handing them orders.
You have a good heart, Catherine.
This storm will pass.
Henry
may I attend your bed tonight?
I'm tired.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
Good night, Your Grace.
Well, that was a bollocking
waste of time.
[HENRY] General Howard
my lord Stafford
good men of England
we are sorry.
You brave men did not deserve
to languish in such ignominy.
King Ferdinand
King Ferdinand betrayed you
and me, too.
[HENRY] But you did
not betray yourselves.
Captain Oviedo, step forward.
Your Grace.
[HENRY] We're told you worked
tirelessly to maintain morale,
that you even brought
back some who deserted.
The Queen wishes to
bestow a gift upon you.
Oviedo of Maceta,
for your service to England,
we make you a commoner knight.
Receive the title knight banneret
with our gratitude.
[HENRY] Think of it
as a personal apology
on behalf of her country.
I think of this as a
blessing from my queen.
I'm going hunting.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[SIGHS]
[BABY FUSSES]
Hello.
He's teething.
I will take him for a while.
[BABY CRIES]
Okay. [GROANS HAPPILY]
[SPEAKS SPANISH]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[BABY FUSSING]
Come, come.
We will speak to God
and ask Him to forgive
your mother's pride
and guide her in the future.
[SNIFFLES] Come on.
[TENDER MUSIC]
♪♪
[BABY FUSSING]
Holy Father
forgive me for my sins.
[CONTINUES PRAYING INDISTINCTLY]
Give me Your wisdom.
Holy Father
I was tempted by
[SCOFFS] by vanity.
I turned away from You.
Holy Father
help my husband.
Heal his heart.
Henry
Henry?
Henry!
Hen Henry!
[GASPS]
Henry.
Henry!
[MOURNFUL MUSIC]
[CATHERINE WHIMPERING]
[MAGGIE] Catherine
[SCOFFS, CRYING SOFTLY]
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [INHALES SHARPLY]
Highness.
Catherine
the King wishes to see you.
[CATHERINE SOBS SOFTLY]
- I have waited for you.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
I know.
I know now what you felt
when your mother died and you
you said you could not help
but feel that she was
cold under the ground.
Henry, will he have enough
swaddling around him?
[SOBBING]
[HENRY] My love
- my poor, sweet love.
- [CRIES]
Why? Why?
Why would God
Does He punish us? Is this punishment?
Why would He?
I love you, Catherine.
And I will love you and love you,
and we will have another son,
and he will be strong
because we are so strong.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[CATHERINE GASPS] Yes.
Yes.
I cannot lose you.
I cannot lose you, Henry.
♪♪
[MEG CRYING]
[JAMES] My love, I'm sorry.
You, most of all,
will understand Catherine's suffering.
[CRIES]
Not another child, not another.
Oh, that poor wee boy.
Hey.
If you wish to ride south to see her
No, I'll stay in Scotland
and do my duty
and I'll grieve in private.
You're a fine queen, Meg,
and a good wife.
You'll win the hearts
of Scotland in no time.
When I next see Catherine, I will
hold her close.
She is hermana
sister.
[LINA WHISPERING PRAYER INDISTINCTLY]
♪♪
[BELL TOLLING]
♪♪
"Do not be like the English."
Henry
you were right to speak of strength.
We were strong enough
to build this Camelot.
Now we must be even stronger to keep it.
Why do I speak
and not the King?
Because your pain is mine
and I have caused it.
We were children
but we are not children anymore.
Our innocence is lost.
And our new wisdom forged in pain
and grief
and terrible sadness.
We have lost our precious son
and we have also lost
our dignity to Spain.
My father wrote to gloat
about his victory,
but I will tell you this
we do not drown when we feel grief.
We do not shy from our mistakes,
and we do not stand to
be betrayed by allies!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
We called you here
because the whole of
England must know this.
I am reborn.
I am English!
God save King Henry!
[ALL] God save the King!
God save the King!
[OVIEDO] God save Queen
Catherine of England!
[ALL] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
- [CHANTING CONTINUES]
- We will go to war with France,
but this time on our own.
[CROWD] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
[CATHERINE] England,
you shall have your victory,
and you will also have
a new heir from my womb.
I stand here as a daughter of England,
and I make you that promise.
[CROWD] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
[CATHERINE] Previously
on The Spanish Princess
[CATHERINE] God save the King.
Your father passed into
God's mercy, Your Grace.
Maggie, I will see you freed from here.
You have no power, Catherine.
We are at the mercy of the Tudors.
[OVIEDO] Lina, I ask you this
That you will pledge yourself to me
and our new family.
[HENRY] I've made a
marriage plan for my sister,
Princess Mary.
And Charles, who is to be your husband,
is my Spanish nephew.
A pardon.
You may return to court
with all your children.
You will be looked after.
[OVIEDO] The army marches out to Kent.
I go with them and then
perhaps to war in France.
[CATHERINE] I love you.
Harry, tell me what my fate shall be.
[MARGARET] The Spanish
girl will destroy us all.
If Harry marries her, he is cursed.
No boys, no heirs.
[HENRY] We do not fear the morrow.
We make it as king and wife.
[QUIET MUSIC]
♪♪
Your Your Grace?
If my father is to visit
I will wear the most precious one.
Bessie, bring the crown.
[UPBEAT STRING MUSIC]
♪♪
- Your Grace.
- Good evening, Your Grace.
Chaplain Wolsey.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
Unhand me at once.
How dare you touch your queen?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪♪
This is an outrage.
[MAN] No, the outrage
is that you've been too
many hours away from me.
A queen must ready
for the King of Spain's arrival.
[TENDER MUSIC]
♪♪
Her lips are moving,
but I cannot hear a word.
Take care, my lord
or you may lose your kingship.
I think you'd be more upset than I,
if that fate should befall me.
[KNIFE CLATTERS]
[GASPS, LAUGHS]
-
- [SERENE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[PARROT SQUAWKS]
He is here, your father.
The last steps will be delicate,
but I have made a vow to Henry,
and I will deliver on it.
Oviedo will be glad.
The troops are tired of
waiting at the coast.
The French have felt
the heat of our gaze,
but if my father joins us, and we sail,
then they will feel our weapons.
[LINA] Oh
Maggie, I will take him now.
Oh, hello, my handsome prince.
My little jewel, Henry.
Come, meet your tricky abuelo.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪♪
[MAGGIE] Ursula.
Lady mother, here.
Henry.
[CHATTER CONTINUES]
Reggie, we're going
to meet Catherine's father,
the King of Spain.
Well, he's only king
because he stole the crown
from his daughter, Joanna,
and threw her in the madhouse.
Princess Mary.
Well, next it will belong to you.
[DOOR OPENS]
[SWEEPING ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
♪♪
Oh, heavens.
Is that who I've been
betrothed to all this time?
You could slice bread with that chin.
Look how rich his clothes are, Mary.
You could bathe in gold.
His Imperial Highness,
King Ferdinand of Aragon and Castile,
and his heir and grandson,
Charles of Burgundy.
We present to you the English court.
Your Graces, welcome.
[CROWD MURMURING, LAUGHTER]
Where is Katalina?
[UPBEAT STRING MUSIC]
♪♪
[FANFARE PLAYING]
♪♪
Behold
my son and heir,
the future king of England,
Henry IX!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
We welcome our Spanish guests,
my father, King Ferdinand,
my nephew Charles.
We hope that soon you will
be England's family, too.
King "Henary."
We meet.
[HENRY] Welcome to our court.
We hope before too many suns have set
that we'll seal a Holy League
between our two great nations
and avenge the Pope
for the lands the French
have stolen from him.
Together, we will have
war against France.
But first, we eat.
[APPLAUSE]
We have this pescado
but bigger.
[CHUCKLES, SNAPS FINGERS]
I bring sugared grapes for you,
your favorite.
Remember?
Take one.
[UNEASY MUSIC]
Please, enjoy our Camelot.
[BAND PLAYING]
♪♪
- He's shorter than I imagined.
- [CHUCKLES]
He is challenged by you.
You should take it as a compliment.
A young mischief and mystery.
[BRANDON] There's no mystery in Mary.
Mm, she acts giddy,
but she can play the role
in seven languages.
I'm quite sure of it.
Uh, Thomas
a scholar, statesman,
educator, and great intellect.
Mary, he will best you,
so do not even try to take him on.
I wouldn't dream of it.
[BRANDON CHUCKLES]
♪♪
- I'm Thomas More.
- Lady Margaret Pole.
Pleasure.
I've recently had the honor
of being appointed
undersheriff to the King.
Your reputation goes before you.
Is it true you nearly left the law
to take religious orders?
I did. I spent
a happy year with Carthusian monks
outside the city of London.
Alas, it was not my calling.
♪♪
[APPLAUSE]
Excuse me.
Are we the center of the world, Charlie?
Of course we are.
A shame that Meg is not here, then.
I'm sure your sister's
having a splendid time
with her dashing Scottish king.
[CHILDREN YELLING,
ITEMS CLATTERING, DOG BARKING]
[STATELY MUSIC]
-
- ♪♪
Come on, sit up.
You haven't finished yet.
Uh, no. Stop it.
Food is for eating and not throwing.
[JAMES] Ah, my love!
What a perfect sight you all make.
James, your son is throwing food.
Ah, he's a boy!
I'll not have his wings
clipped by a woman.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
I told you not to make
gunpowder when you're drunk.
That is not clipping your wings.
It's saving your life.
Well, if we don't try
our hand at science,
we'll never learn anything new, hen, eh?
[MUSIC STOPS]
Will you tend to them?
How much do I look like a queen to you?
Covered in the mess of your children.
Remind me again,
how many of them are mine?
Oh, yes, just two.
Aye.
Precious they are, too,
my love, the ones that lived.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
While Catherine, Queen of England
Negasi, will you stop playing, please?
It soothes the soul, Your Grace.
Catherine writes that
her father is visiting London
and all of Christendom celebrates her
for the pact she is negotiating
between England, Spain, and Burgundy.
Even the Pope has praised her for it.
James
What is that?
Teeth.
That's a Douglas,
and that one's a Stewart.
If they're gonna kill each other,
they may as well be used for science.
Catherine unites.
We should do the same with the clans.
Ah, even the Bruce found
that tough weather.
That's why England lords it over us.
My brother sent me
here to make the peace
between our countries, and we have that.
And if Catherine can engage
in the running of her country,
so can I.
Stick to what you're good at
Keeping house and raising bairns.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[APPLAUSE]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I wish for Spain and England
to be strong together.
This French campaign against the Pope
must be defeated.
If we unite, we can achieve that.
You wish to make war with France
for the sake of the Pope,
or maybe you want to
win back your own land?
France could be another golden ball
to ornament your Camelot.
You cannot countenance
the actions of the French.
Seizing lands so close to Rome,
it's an insult to the papacy.
It is an outrage, and my mother
would've ridden out already.
Your mother knew war like
she knew the Eucharist,
but you, "Henary,"
what do you know about war?
You are not a general.
I've had my foundry in Greenwich
forge new armor like
the world has never seen.
You will be glad of it, if
When we face the French together.
Es la calidad, Katalina.
It is the quality of
the man within the metal
that is the key.
Well, I'll show you both
the metal of the suits
and the mettle of the men who wear them.
We'll have a joust.
[CHUCKLES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Katalina
whose interests do you tend to,
your husband's or España?
Father
I am a steadfast
daughter and a true wife.
I am loyal to Spain and to Henry.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BELL TOLLING IN THE DISTANCE]
[HORSE CHUFFS]
[LOCK CLICKS]
[CLATTER]
Who is here?
Should I defend myself?
[GASPS] Oviedo!
Oh! [LAUGHS]
Allah be praised, but you smell good.
Oh, I smell of mutton fat.
They ate a whole farm in there tonight.
Wh why are you back from Dover?
General Howard. He gives us leave.
They say we will sail
and should rest before campaign,
but I believe this when it happens.
Mm, Catherine's father is here now
with the King and Queen.
If he agrees to join them,
you will have your war.
Good.
You look tired.
[SIGHS]
King Henry wears out
the spirits of his men
before they have even
crossed into France.
[OVIEDO SCOFFS]
I wonder if he even
knows how to use an army.
Well
I know how to use you.
[LIGHT MUSIC]
♪♪
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[BOTH MOAN]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[DRAMATIC DRUM MUSIC]
[BRIGHT FANFARE]
♪♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CROWD CHEERING]
♪♪
Can you see, Reggie?
Master Pole.
Master More.
Lady Pole.
- Uh, this is my wife, Alice.
- [ALICE] Ma'am.
[MORE] My daughters, Margaret,
Elizabeth, and Cicely.
[GIRL] Milady.
Was that book given
to you at Sheen Priory?
- [MORE] Hmm.
- That's the most response
I've had out of him all year.
A silent order at such a young age,
it can take its toll.
I don't wish to speak
out of turn, but
he is in dire need of a tutor.
I I don't suppose you would
It would be an honor.
My daughters now speak
better Latin than I do
and correct me far too often.
It would actually be a bit of a blessing
to believe that I still
have some wisdom to impart.
[CHUCKLES]
And thank you.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[RIDER] Lady Pole.
Lady Pole
I was hoping that I may
wear your colors as I ride.
- [MAGGIE] I don't
- Mother
this gentleman is speaking to you.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- [LADY] Lord Stafford!
William Compton,
groom of the King's stool.
Here, Compton.
No, Henry.
Be sure to win.
I will tie this to my saddle.
[SNIFFS]
[MAGGIE CHUCKLES]
[CROWD CHEERING]
Master Brandon, may I assist the King?
The King has already a squire.
But you may fetch him some ale.
[FANFARE PLAYS]
♪♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
The King is invincible.
[FERDINAND] No one is
invincible, Katalina, no one.
This is leadership, Father.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪♪
He rides with your family
emblem on his horse.
It's so romantic.
[CHUCKLES]
♪♪
[HORSE NEIGHS]
♪♪
[HORSE CHUFFS]
♪♪
[CATHERINE BREATHES SHARPLY]
- [CROWD CHEERS]
- [ONLOOKERS GASP]
[MAN] My lord.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Edward, I'm sorry.
[GROANS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[YELLS]
Bloody dogs can have it.
Do not fret, my lady.
I can still admire you with my left eye.
[LAUGHS]
[SIGHS]
Oh, can you stand?
♪♪
King Henry,
unharmed in armors from his foundry!
I should've worn the same.
[CATHERINE] And yet,
behold Lord Stafford,
born with English steel in his bones.
God save the King.
[ALL] God save the King!
God save the King!
[WOMAN] God save the Queen!
[ALL] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
Katalina is her mother's daughter.
She has convinced me.
King Henry
you will have your war with France
and your treaty with Spain.
God be praised!
[HENRY] Mwah.
And Charles?
All of us, united?
We will rise up for the Pope.
You may consult with my
daughter on all matters
as though you speak directly to me.
She's the will of Spain.
[RAPID STRING MUSIC]
Tomorrow I return to Spain.
We will ready for our war.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[CATHERINE] My father
says we should send troops
to San Sebastian,
and he will join us there.
[HOWARD] Sail to bloody Spain?
Your Grace, we're meant
to be invading France.
We only have to cross the Channel.
Our aim is to deal with
the French threat to Rome,
Your Grace.
A resolute march southeast is needed.
England has a strong claim
to the Duchy of Guyenne,
which is nearby,
and we can swell our numbers there.
[HENRY] Aquitaine
was taken by the French.
Their citizens yearn to be
under English rule again.
So let's give them that
and land a blow to
King Louis' arrogance.
[CATHERINE] My father's army
will head north to meet us.
That's good, Your Grace.
My father is a boastful man.
He will wish to make a grand display
of military power,
and he will have that
as we march together into France.
[WOLSEY] You are formidable, my queen.
I'm in admiration.
I have worked hard to build
this treaty with my father.
He appoints you his regent.
It's a symbol of his trust in you.
A miracle.
He was jealous of my mother's strength.
He could do nothing to challenge her,
and so he would try to weaken
my sister and I at every turn.
- Then he has changed.
- [CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY]
When Harry
When the King wanted to marry me,
my father wouldn't pay my dowry
until he needed something in return.
But, yes
I think he sees me now
as worthy of respect.
Perhaps he finally
feels guilt about Joanna.
Your poor sister was felled
by a disorder of the mind.
So my father says.
The nuns of Tordesillas tend to her.
You think your father put her there
to take Spain for himself.
Your Grace,
your father has entrusted you
because he knows that by
your word and your deed,
you will exalt him,
as you also exalt the whole of England.
Thank you
Thomas.
Thank you.
How wonderful to have
our trust in Spain at last.
[BELL TOLLING]
He has the eyes of a hawk.
He follows my every move.
I count the days until
I can take him hunting.
[CATHERINE CHUCKLES]
I love that you would
feed our son yourself.
All other princes have wet nurses.
Thank you.
You have given me so much, Catherine.
Hello.
I have given you a new
Spanish army to play with.
I do it all for you
[BABY FUSSES]
and for this country,
for our Camelot.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
Move out, to France!
[CATHERINE] And when
the French are routed,
the Scots will lose their wealthy patron
and be less trouble on the borders.
My warrior queen.
- [CATHERINE] Hmm.
- [HORSE CHUFFS]
♪♪
-
- [BELL TOLLING]
[ALEXANDER] Douglases have
no respect for any other clan.
Your Grace, we ask for reparations
for the raids carried out
by these buck-eared cocksuckers
on our Lowland settlements
- Oh, aye
- Aye, go on then,
Crown Prince Mary Jane!
- Get your fucking sword out!
- [GEORGE] And by thunderous God,
what makes you think it
was us in your lands?
[MEG] Because the ale had been drunk
and all the sheep were pregnant.
[TOLLING CONTINUES,
HORSE NEIGHS IN THE DISTANCE]
[JAMES] Ah, hen,
and I told you this was, uh
men's work.
[MEG] For the love of God
and all the saints,
you call yourselves men.
My children are better behaved.
Your Grace, what's a woman doing here?
I am your queen,
Alexander Stewart, you pig!
[GEORGE] Your Grace,
this is a clan meeting.
We can't see it turned
into a sewing circle.
Please, Father, let us not stoop
to humiliating the wife of our king
[GAVIN] You shut your face, Angus.
She's English, and the English
are the cause of all our troubles.
- [ALEXANDER] True, true.
- [MURMURING]
Cannae trust the English
nae more than a randy
Douglas in a sheep pen!
[LAUGHTER]
[MEG] My lord
perhaps you would like
to discipline the nobles
that would insult
your queen so spitefully.
[JAMES] Aye, how should I?
How about one Douglas, one Stewart,
hung, drawn, and quartered?
- [LAUGHTER]
- [MAN] Ooh!
Ah, but look what you have achieved,
my bonnie love.
The clans united as
neither Robert the Bruce
nor William Wallace could've hoped for,
and all because of
their contempt for the English.
[LAUGHTER]
[MUGS CLINKING]
♪♪
[HORSE NEIGHS IN THE DISTANCE]
[JAMES] Well
[GRUNTS]
Well, she may not punch like a Stewart,
but she could well pass for a Douglas.
[LAUGHTER]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
Fuck.
[BABY FUSSES]
Highness.
[LINA] Oviedo writes to me.
He says the Tudor army wait,
and yet your father's
army does not come.
[CATHERINE] Oh, he's on his way.
He wrote to me that bad
weather delayed them.
Do you know how far away he is?
It will light the spirits of the men
if I can share this with them.
[CHUCKLES]
He will reach them long
before your letter gets there.
The spring has been too wet,
but now the summer comes,
the ground is dry,
the horses fast,
and the men sure-footed.
But forgive me, Highness.
This was not what was agreed.
You know yourself he can play tricks.
[CATHERINE] Lina,
I have told you he is coming.
Be satisfied with it.
[MOODY MUSIC]
♪♪
♪♪
[BELL TOLLING]
[BELL TOLLING]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Maggie.
Your Grace.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Hold out your hands with
the palms facing up.
I do not understand.
Today marks the anniversary
of the death of Sir Richard.
We do not forget,
myself and the King.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
This is for sorrow.
This is for healing.
When you pray for your husband's soul,
hold one in each hand.
Squeeze them tightly.
I will.
Thank you.
How are the children?
Has Reggie
He still does not speak to me.
Then the healing is for Reggie also.
Catherine
thank you.
Your Grace, a letter for you.
It has your father's seal.
Here, I'll take him.
[BABY FUSSING]
Have they met the English army?
Fetch my clothes.
I will see the King.
[WHISPERING] Do you
think we lost the war?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CATHERINE] Leave us.
Um, please go.
- What is it?
- [DOOR CLOSES]
He is not coming.
My father,
he has taken his army to Navarre,
200 miles to the south,
to reclaim his lands
there from the French.
Why why would he do that?
He has used us as a decoy,
to draw the French,
leaving Navarre open for him to take.
He has betrayed us, Henry.
The alliance was a lie.
I am sorry that I
trusted him. He
has humiliated both of us.
- It is my fault.
- [POUNDS TABLE]
♪♪
♪♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[HENRY] We have been betrayed.
Two hundred thousand ducats wasted.
Two thousand soldiers dead
from hunger or disease.
"Tricky as a fox"
turned out to be true.
Bring our men home now.
I apologize to this council.
Your Grace, you must not blame yourself.
[CATHERINE] I believed
my father's sincerity,
but he betrayed us.
Not the Spanish.
Him alone.
The shame is not our queen's.
She did what any dutiful
daughter would've done
but her father is a lying bastard!
[WALPOLE] Council is adjourned.
[CATHERINE] Henry!
The King's mood will settle.
I will arrange a stag hunt for him.
He needs to burn this off.
We have worked so hard
together to build this
- This
- Camelot, yes.
You and the King are young
idealistic.
But he must shake the glister
of youth from his eyes
and be a man and king for England,
and you must do what
England loves you for
and radiate your light
and your beauty and your kindness.
[SOMBER STRING MUSIC]
♪♪
I tried to warn you about
your father, Highness,
but now the English
people say we Spanish
are all the same, just like him,
and we cannot be trusted.
All of us must live with this,
not only you.
The thought makes you faint, does it?
Lina, is it the baby?
Baby?
[LINA] Bessie, would you fetch
some ale for the Queen?
[BABY FUSSING]
You
are with child?
Yes, Highness.
How long?
I think
three months.
But you didn't tell me.
I did not want to tell you when
you had so much to occupy your mind.
My father
he took the grape.
He used to promise me that this time,
he'd let me take it.
[SCOFFS]
Then he'd do it again
and again.
Now again.
Have I become like him
so you no longer trust me?
Am I so changed that we
are no longer friends?
That is your choice, Catherine.
You are the Queen. I am your lady.
Whether or not we are friends
is in your gift, not mine.
This place, the palace
it is not a home.
It is like a gaming board,
and they all play the games.
You too.
You play them very well.
But I do not wish to play.
I merely wish to live my simple life.
I am happy for you, Lina.
Go.
You should rest.
When you are fuller in your term,
you may stay home until you
are ready to return to me
[SOMBER MUSIC]
for your child's sake.
♪♪
You are better than your father.
You show strength
but humility
courage and patience.
And you do something
your mother and father could not do.
You ask questions of others as
well as handing them orders.
You have a good heart, Catherine.
This storm will pass.
Henry
may I attend your bed tonight?
I'm tired.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
Good night, Your Grace.
Well, that was a bollocking
waste of time.
[HENRY] General Howard
my lord Stafford
good men of England
we are sorry.
You brave men did not deserve
to languish in such ignominy.
King Ferdinand
King Ferdinand betrayed you
and me, too.
[HENRY] But you did
not betray yourselves.
Captain Oviedo, step forward.
Your Grace.
[HENRY] We're told you worked
tirelessly to maintain morale,
that you even brought
back some who deserted.
The Queen wishes to
bestow a gift upon you.
Oviedo of Maceta,
for your service to England,
we make you a commoner knight.
Receive the title knight banneret
with our gratitude.
[HENRY] Think of it
as a personal apology
on behalf of her country.
I think of this as a
blessing from my queen.
I'm going hunting.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[SIGHS]
[BABY FUSSES]
Hello.
He's teething.
I will take him for a while.
[BABY CRIES]
Okay. [GROANS HAPPILY]
[SPEAKS SPANISH]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪
[BABY FUSSING]
Come, come.
We will speak to God
and ask Him to forgive
your mother's pride
and guide her in the future.
[SNIFFLES] Come on.
[TENDER MUSIC]
♪♪
[BABY FUSSING]
Holy Father
forgive me for my sins.
[CONTINUES PRAYING INDISTINCTLY]
Give me Your wisdom.
Holy Father
I was tempted by
[SCOFFS] by vanity.
I turned away from You.
Holy Father
help my husband.
Heal his heart.
Henry
Henry?
Henry!
Hen Henry!
[GASPS]
Henry.
Henry!
[MOURNFUL MUSIC]
[CATHERINE WHIMPERING]
[MAGGIE] Catherine
[SCOFFS, CRYING SOFTLY]
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [INHALES SHARPLY]
Highness.
Catherine
the King wishes to see you.
[CATHERINE SOBS SOFTLY]
- I have waited for you.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
I know.
I know now what you felt
when your mother died and you
you said you could not help
but feel that she was
cold under the ground.
Henry, will he have enough
swaddling around him?
[SOBBING]
[HENRY] My love
- my poor, sweet love.
- [CRIES]
Why? Why?
Why would God
Does He punish us? Is this punishment?
Why would He?
I love you, Catherine.
And I will love you and love you,
and we will have another son,
and he will be strong
because we are so strong.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[CATHERINE GASPS] Yes.
Yes.
I cannot lose you.
I cannot lose you, Henry.
♪♪
[MEG CRYING]
[JAMES] My love, I'm sorry.
You, most of all,
will understand Catherine's suffering.
[CRIES]
Not another child, not another.
Oh, that poor wee boy.
Hey.
If you wish to ride south to see her
No, I'll stay in Scotland
and do my duty
and I'll grieve in private.
You're a fine queen, Meg,
and a good wife.
You'll win the hearts
of Scotland in no time.
When I next see Catherine, I will
hold her close.
She is hermana
sister.
[LINA WHISPERING PRAYER INDISTINCTLY]
♪♪
[BELL TOLLING]
♪♪
"Do not be like the English."
Henry
you were right to speak of strength.
We were strong enough
to build this Camelot.
Now we must be even stronger to keep it.
Why do I speak
and not the King?
Because your pain is mine
and I have caused it.
We were children
but we are not children anymore.
Our innocence is lost.
And our new wisdom forged in pain
and grief
and terrible sadness.
We have lost our precious son
and we have also lost
our dignity to Spain.
My father wrote to gloat
about his victory,
but I will tell you this
we do not drown when we feel grief.
We do not shy from our mistakes,
and we do not stand to
be betrayed by allies!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
We called you here
because the whole of
England must know this.
I am reborn.
I am English!
God save King Henry!
[ALL] God save the King!
God save the King!
[OVIEDO] God save Queen
Catherine of England!
[ALL] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
- [CHANTING CONTINUES]
- We will go to war with France,
but this time on our own.
[CROWD] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!
[CATHERINE] England,
you shall have your victory,
and you will also have
a new heir from my womb.
I stand here as a daughter of England,
and I make you that promise.
[CROWD] God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!