The Spanish Princess (2019) s02e03 Episode Script

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[CATHERINE] Previously
on The Spanish Princess
The time to strike is now.
The queen carries my son,
as I shall carry the banner
of England into France.
- [CHEERING]
- [MEG] Invade?
You can't possibly.
We have a treaty with England.
Scotland has an even
older one with France.
And you declare war on my family?
[CATHERINE] England is a
land of women and children
in our army's absence.
Someone must defend them.
Advance!
- [CHAOTIC SHOUTING]
- [BLADE PLUNGES]
- [LINA GROANING]
- The baby comes.
You have taken from me
the father of my two sons.
[CATHERINE] Your sister Meg is grieving.
My sister Meg reigns over Scotland.
She should be glad.
She and her sons will
keep their peace with us.
If you need to talk to somebody,
I'm here.
He is a healthy baby boy,
and he has a twin brother.
[WOLSEY] Nothing is more important
than the king's heir.
- [GROANS]
- [HENRY] Catherine! Fetch a nurse!
[CHORAL MUSIC]
[SOBBING]
[HENRY] It's a boy.
[CHORAL MUSIC CONTINUES]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Catherine.
I know.
[BRANDON] Even the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
cannot compare to one
English orchard in summer.
[STAFFORD] I concede the point, Brandon.
The only view I remember in France
was the great sea of horses' asses
as the French army retreated.
[HENRY] At the first
flash of English metal!
His Grace led a brilliant attack.
[CATHERINE] I'll raise a toast to it.
The queen, too? She had a victory?
[POUNDING ON TABLE]
No, the queen had a loss.
Indeed.
But now we must look to the future.
We must remember that
peace is much less costly
to the royal purse than war.
The king has silenced France, Wolsey.
- He has won the war.
- [WOLSEY] Yes, he has.
But now we must consider
who our European allies are.
[CATHERINE] We are very clear
who our allies are, chaplain.
Despite our grievances with Ferdinand,
Spain remains our ally.
Your Grace, your father, Ferdinand,
cannot be rewarded for his treachery.
That would make the king look weak.
[CATHERINE] As would making
making terms with France.
Our people have been taxed to the hilt
to fund the war with them.
We cannot make light of their sacrifice.
[WOLSEY] Nor maintain hostility
for sentimental reasons.
We should dissolve
Princess Mary's engagement
to your nephew Charles
and instead match her with King Louis
to make our peace with France.
[LAUGHS]
Did you catch syphilis
from some French whore?
Is this the fever talking?
[SCATTER LAUGHTER]
Wolsey
I have worked tirelessly to maintain
my nephew's betrothal to Princess Mary.
She's not a piece of meat
to be thrown to French dogs.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
[METALLIC CLATTER]
Wolsey's doing this because
I have failed to give the king an heir.
You will in time.
The king has always been impatient.
He will not even look at me.
Am I being punished
for the claim I made
about my maidenhood?
Shh, you must never talk about that
Is this why my boys are being taken?
Catherine, you must stop this thinking.
It will make you mad.
[CATHERINE] God finds me unworthy.
Meanwhile, Wolsey is placing himself
in every part of our lives.
Not in every part, Your Grace.
Your influence over the
king in certain areas
is still solely your domain.
You are right.
I will make him look at me tonight.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[CATHERINE] Come, Henry.
I am impatient.
I am impressed at your discretion.
'Tis a great king who does
not rise to provocation.
Who do you think was provoking me?
The chaplain.
Wolsey is right.
Spain betrayed me.
Charles did not.
I'm exhausted now.
You will sleep better
after we make love.
[CATHERINE] Hmm.
See how my hands are trembling?
It has been so long,
it feels like the first time.
You only get one first time, Catherine.
In some rare cases two,
but you pay for it dearly.
It's a joke.
Come.
Catherine, you are unnatural.
What is more natural
than a man and woman
married in the eyes of God making love?
I can't be forced.
Then let me help you.
Go sit on the bed over there,
turn your back to me.
Can you lift up your hair?
Show me the nape of your neck.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
- Am I disgusting to you?
- Don't look at me!
It has nothing to do with you.
[CATHERINE] It has
everything to do with me!
I am the only person in the world
who can give you what you want.
So you do whatever you have to
do so you can make love to me.
You put me off now.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Tomorrow, then.
Be ready tomorrow.
You know, Meg wrote to me.
Her two princes thrive.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BABY FUSSING]
Our king is dead, and our son Jamie
is not yet of age to succeed him.
- God rest the king.
- God rest the king.
[MEG] I will be regent
until he is old enough.
The King of England backs me in this.
Your blodig brother?
[MEG] I have his word
that as long as I'm queen,
- there will be peace.
- [ALEXANDER] Well, he says that now.
But what's to stop him riding up here,
try to take Edinburgh?
We should throw a wappinshaw
to gather axes, staves,
two-handed swords.
We do not need more weapons.
The battle is over.
We at least need cannons
to protect the castle.
If the English take that, then
[HUME] Too late. Look
who's on the throne.
[BABY CRIES]
James, James, come here, please.
My brother Albany
must return from France.
He's next in line to the regency.
- [CHEERS]
- [MEG] I am regent.
I am queen.
[HUME] Is it not enough that
we could not protect our king?
Is it not shame enough
that we were defeated
by those shitey men?
[OVERLAPPING AGREEMENT]
Well, now we must look to a woman.
An English woman.
The King of England has written to me
that as long as I do not marry,
I will be regent
until Jamie comes of age.
[SCATTERED LAUGHTER]
[BABY CRIES]
[MEG] James, come here now.
Shh. Hush, now.
Thank you.
Hey, look at you,
kissing English arsepiece
Just like your father.
Get off me!
[LAUGHING]
Leave him alone!
Get off him!
I appointed you to my council
to work out how to bring peace,
and look at you, fighting like children.
Get out.
[BABY CRYING]
[ANGUS GRUNTS]
Get out!
[BABY CRYING]
[ALEXANDER] Those
children should be silent,
as should their mother.
[BABY CONTINUES CRYING]
My children are not safe
as long as these men
will not be loyal to me.
[CONTINUES CRYING]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [ANIMAL BLEATS]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]
[BABY CRYING]
Hey. Lady Pole.
Look at those boys.
Ah, eh, Thomas and Barnaby.
Ah, eh, come in.
You are so kind to visit us.
- [LINA] Lady Pole.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
That is for us?
- [SIGHS] You are kind.
- [CRYING CONTINUES]
May I?
- [BABY FUSSING]
- Shh, shh, shh.
[BABY CRYING]
[LINA] How is the queen?
She's recovered?
I think so.
Are you well, Lina?
[SIGHS]
I am not making enough
milk for both of my sons.
And now what little
there is is drying up.
Well, you should have
a wet nurse, as I had.
We cannot pay this on a soldier's wages.
[MAGGIE] I wish I had
the funds to help you,
but I have no money of my own.
I am at the mercy of the Tudors.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Lina's boys have grown so much.
- Barnaby has learned
- Barnaby.
Such an English name.
Lina would love to see you.
[DISTANT BELL TOLLS]
Catherine, is it true?
Am I to marry the King of France now?
[CATHERINE] This is
a scheme of Wolsey's.
What has it to do with him?
France is our enemy.
The king will see no merit in it.
Listen to me.
Charles is heir to Spain and
to the Holy Roman Empire.
Your marriage will make you
the most powerful ally for England.
Trust your brother.
He is an excellent politician.
Thank you, Catherine.
Wolsey is a good politician, too.
I am better.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Your Grace,
the priest is a poisonous weed
that twists about our throats.
The council feels that his influence
upon the king has grown too great.
Rest assured, Lord Stafford,
we will make no alliance with the French
based on the advice of
an ambitious chaplain.
[CATHERINE] Chaplain Wolsey.
Your Grace.
Will you delight us
today with more schemes
to ally England to her enemies?
[LAUGHTER]
Wolsey is right.
I have decided to dissolve
my sister's betrothal to Charles
and give her hand
to Louis XII of France.
What?
Your Grace, may I venture to ask
how such an alliance benefits England?
[HENRY] No, you may not!
You see,
that's the problem with all of you.
You do not understand what benefits
the working people of England.
This is my decision
and it is God's will.
Of course, Your Grace.
An excellent
Henry, make no mistake.
Wolsey's counsel is against me,
and you are allowing it.
You are letting him humiliate me and
- It is not personal to you!
- Yes, it's personal!
I went to war for this.
I lost a child
to stop the Scots
laying waste to England.
We have been in
this fight together, Henry.
Do not throw it in my face and
make my sacrifice for nothing.
So you admit it?
You lost the child because
you tried to be a man.
I was a woman
fighting to protect our people.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
[CATHERINE] "Father, the alliance
between Spain and England is now dead.
Charles and Princess
Mary will not marry.
And it is all your doing."
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
King Louis has agreed
to the match with Mary.
We must find a French proxy
so the betrothal service
can be held at once.
We still have our prisoner
from the Battle of the Spurs.
[HENRY] Excellent, Wolsey.
[WILTSHIRE] I'll have him
made ready, Your Grace.
[HENRY] Thank you, Thomas.
[CATHERINE] "I hope you
are satisfied with your work
because it doesn't just hurt Spain.
It hurts me, too,
and my place at the English court."
His mind is set, Mary.
We must make the best of it.
Mary has a Spanish prince
or else a rich French king.
She's so lucky.
She is not lucky, Ursula,
for she has no say in it.
The King of France
is very old, and French.
I would have him.
Ursula, marriage should be
to someone you respect
and find appealing.
I choose whomever the king suggests
A man with power and high
standing in the court.
A good match is not just
about high standing.
It is, and that is what I want.
I do not want to end up like you.
Sorry.
You are good, but we were starving
and in danger for so many years.
I want to know I will be safe.
Riches do not keep you safe.
They do. They will.
And when the king names
a man for me to marry,
I will take him.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[GASPS SOFTLY]
[MORE] You are progressing very quickly.
What did you learn today, Reggie?
Oh, we have been
discussing Plato's theories
of an egalitarian city-state.
He is making great progress, Lady Pole.
Thank you.
Come.
We promised we'd
visit Lina and the babies.
[BELLS TOLLING]
[DOORS OPEN]
On behalf of King Louis XII,
monarch of the House of Valois,
will you take Princess
Mary to be your wife?
Yes.
Will you, Princess Mary,
- take King Louis
- No.
[SOFT MURMURING]
Will you, Princess Mary
- No.
- [SCATTERED GASPS, MURMURING]
[BRANDON] Gutsy, horse.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[OBJECT SLAMS ON TABLE]
[HENRY] You tell my sister to oppose me,
and you don't think this
the act of a traitor?
- I-I did not tell her to do it
- Don't deny it.
This reeks of your interference.
I promise you. It was not my doing.
You are the only one in the court
who would dare to defy me.
It is no secret I do not
like this match for Mary,
- but I bow to your will.
- But you don't.
You don't give me what I need.
I try, Henry!
We want
We need the same thing.
[HENRY] Then why is it so difficult?
I am king!
And God is at my side!
How is it that I have no sons?
I will bear you an heir.
I promise you.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Tell my sister that she's building
a great pyre beneath her.
And I will not hesitate
to throw a torch.
I have a letter for you
from Lina.
She wants to show her boys to you.
I saw them.
They are ordinary children.
Your Grace,
my daughter wishes to marry.
She would be wed
for politics and status.
Then she is wise.
Perhaps you could entreat
the king on my behalf
to suggest a viable match for her.
You should first ask the king
to return your lands and money
so Ursula is an eligible proposition.
- I will do that.
- [CATHERINE] But you should wait.
The king is in a foul
temper with us all.
Especially me.
Thank you.
[FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING]
[SIGHS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[BIRD SCREECHES]
[MEG] "Dearest sister Catherine,
you are a queen who inspires
loyalty in your people.
How can I make my own people accept me?
Help me, Catherine.
[CHILD CRYING]
From your sister Margaret,
Queen of Scotland."
My queen.
Forgive me.
There-there is nothing to forgive.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Your father was kind.
My son was fascinated with his beard.
It was a fine beard.
It was.
Have you had any more dreams?
I'm afraid to go to sleep in case I do.
I don't want to know who dies next.
[ANGUS] In my dreams,
I'm still on the battlefield.
I'd not killed a man before Flodden.
I came home with his blood
on my face like some hero.
I keep waking up with the smell of it.
[SNIFFLES]
There is nothing more inglorious
than that glory that is gained by war.
Is that Thomas More?
You know his work?
Of course.
He is in the English court and
a favorite of my brother's.
Everything good comes out of England.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Love rules without rules.
That's my favorite line of his.
Love rules without rules.
I should leave you to your prayer.
My prayer is always the same.
Show me how to help my people.
I struggle to hear the answer.
If I may
I have found comfort in
giving bread to the poor.
To see their simple smiles
and to give them respite from hunger
is enough to silence my own demons.
For a moment at least.
[LINA SINGING IN SPANISH]
[KNOCKING AT DOOR]
[CRYING CONTINUES]
[LINA] Lady Pole.
Catherine asked me
to bring two wet nurses,
one for each child.
Catherine will not come?
It is hard for her, Lina.
You have the things she wants most.
But this is her gift to you.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
You have a great appetite
this evening, Henry.
Hmm, I was hawking with Stafford.
I could think of no
more affairs of state.
I had to get out.
I would like to come with you.
[DOORS CREAK CLOSED]
- Chaplain Wolsey.
- Forgive my lateness.
I was christening the new child
of one of your loyal subjects.
You did not feel called
to become a butcher
like your father, Wolsey?
My calling is to serve God.
Providing meat to hungry
people also serves God, surely.
God wills me to His service.
And to offer His counsel to the king.
Tell me, Wolsey,
what is God's will for me?
Does He love me?
God challenges His kings
because He loves them
the way a father loves his son
the way you would love your
own son if you had one.
[CATHERINE] When.
It is not a question of if, chaplain.
[WOLSEY] God tests our faith at times,
but, Your Grace,
He finds no fault with you.
And my sister Mary?
Does He find fault with her?
I will pray for her.
That she finds the humility
to follow God's will.
[HENRY] Thank you, Wolsey.
Your counsel gives me much comfort.
It will be rewarded.
I shall appoint you Archbishop of York.
[WOLSEY] Thank you, Your Grace.
And thank you, chaplain,
for the comfort you give my husband.
I will pray for you also,
for I know you would also do well
to find the humility
to follow God's will.
[WOLSEY] Your Grace.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[MARY] He can't make me.
[CATHERINE] Everything you
have is at his pleasure, Mary.
If he will not bend, then you must.
We must do his bidding.
My whole life I have been
taught to despise the French.
I know their duplicity and cruelty.
Before I came to England,
I was told that the
English never washed.
It is a little true. I hate bathing.
I was also told the English
had no fighting spirit.
That they were corpulent and crass
and didn't educate their women.
But I have found my family here.
If there is another war,
we will be enemies.
What if you were to have your
own choice next time, Mary?
What if the king agreed
that if Louis were to die,
then you could choose your
next husband for yourself?
That still means I must wed him.
Louis is old and fat.
Precisely.
He is old
and fat.
[BOTH GRUNTING]
[HENRY] You're slow today, Charlie.
[CATHERINE] My king.
I have good news.
[SWORDS CLATTERING]
Well?
Your sister Mary will do as you ask.
She is willing to renounce her betrothal
to Duke Charles of Burgundy
and marry King Louis.
She has only one small condition.
No conditions.
Should Louis die,
then she would have the liberty
to choose her next husband for herself.
Otherwise you will have
months of argument,
and perhaps Louis
will grow tired of waiting
and take a different wife.
And your French alliance would be lost.
Very well.
It is good news, isn't it, Henry?
No, the only good news would be a son.
[GRUNTING]
[SWORDS CLATTER]
[SOMBER CHORAL MUSIC]
[CATHERINE] "My sister Meg.
In London, Wolsey goes
from strength to strength.
He is beatified in your brother's eyes
and has been made Archbishop of York.
He fails to hold the
English court in thrall,
but he has the King's love.
Honor is heaped upon him
while I fall from my husband's grace.
I have little to say in
this moment of my life
about how to win loyalty.
I am at war myself
trying to stay in the world,
endlessly fighting this grief.
I lost the child whom I was carrying
when we last stood face-to-face.
Perhaps you have heard."
You sent for me?
I want you to show me what it is like.
Take me to my people, Angus.
Let us do charity together.
[CATHERINE] "I know one day
I will return from this.
In the meantime,
I must play at being a queen.
I must play at living an enviable life.
I must pretend at strength.
I must be someone who can be admired,
when in truth I feel nothing but shame.
I must be seen to be pious
A good Christian
and a good wife,
but I do not feel good."
Allow your queen to pass.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, CHILDREN CRYING]
[CATHERINE] "There are times
when I want to scream.
But I know that if I did,
I would never stop.
I would rage against God,
against my own body
and against my own helplessness."
[CHILD CRYING]
"Life does not feel worth living to me.
I know what love and
pleasure look like
but I cannot remember how they feel.
If I let myself cry,
I am afraid it will tear me to pieces.
It would be such a joy to feel.
Then at least I would
know I am still alive."
[DISTANT HORSE NEIGHS]
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
[MEN SHOUTING AND GRUNTING]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
Oh bury me 'neath the bracken bush ♪
That grows near yonder breer ♪
Let never a living mortal ken ♪
That Douglas he lies here ♪
They've lifted up that noble lord ♪
A salt tear in their e'e ♪
I hereby renounce my betrothal
to Charles of Burgundy.
I choose instead to marry
King Louis XII of France.
I do so of my own volition
and am in all things ever ready
to obey the king's good pleasure.
[HENRY] Thomas.
Perhaps your daughters might
attend my sister as her ladies,
as we journey to France for the wedding.
Mary, Anne, the king honors us all.
For once we may travel
without fear of invasion.
[HENRY] Well, my own sister Meg
rules the enemy on our doorstep.
But Stafford will mind
England in my absence.
Just keep my throne
warm for me, old friend.
[BRANDON] Horse.
Are you coming to France
to see me wed, Charlie?
I have responsibilities
I must attend to here.
What responsibilities?
I am to be betrothed
to my ward, Elizabeth.
She is only eight years old!
We will not wed until she's of age.
But she brings the title Viscount Lisle,
and the king would have
me take it, so
Oh, Charlie,
the ladies of the court
will all be devastated.
[LAUGHS]
Thank you for your sympathy, horse.
So we are both to marry
people of the wrong age.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Then I must say good-bye to you here.
[GENTLE STRING MUSIC]
Go well.
You too, Charlie.
My Queen, the crowds
were growing outside.
We had to let them through.
I will talk to them.
[GAVIN] It's too late for talk.
They're about to riot.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You look after the children.
[CROWD SHOUTING OUTSIDE]
[ALL] Where is our king?
Where is our king?
Where is our king? Where is our king?
Where is our king?
Where is our king?
Scotland is not a headless state!
I am head of state.
- I know you are angry.
- [MAN] Where's our king?
[MEG] I am angry, too.
You are grieving for your king.
So am I.
You are grieving for your sons
and husbands.
We have all lost our own.
You, clan leaders who
have come to Edinburgh,
go home to your communities.
Lead your people.
Organize a great feast
in remembrance of
those who did not return.
Gather together.
Do not walk alone. 'Tis
It is too much grief for
a single heart to bear.
Teach your sons and daughters
to cry if they need to cry.
Not hidden behind closed doors
with their heads held high.
We are not ashamed of our grief.
We loved our children,
our fathers, our sons, and our friends.
We loved our king,
and that is why now we grieve.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Oh, bury me 'neath the bracken bush ♪
That lies by yonder breer ♪
Let never a living mortal ken ♪
That Douglas he lies here ♪
They've lifted up that noble lord ♪
With a salt tear in their e'e ♪
They've buried him
'neath the bracken bush ♪
That his merry men might not see ♪
[BIRD CAWING]
[ALL CHEERING]
[CHEERFUL MUSIC]
I hate the sea. I hate it.
[SHIP GROANING]
Are you quite well, Archbishop?
[VOMITING]
[CATHERINE CHUCKLES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Princess Mary looks terrified.
[CHUCKLES] She should be,
when marriage is a political game.
What do you think marriage
should be, Lady Pole?
I believe marriage can be a true union.
You are romantic.
[MAGGIE SCOFFS]
All creatures crave union.
There's nothing fanciful about it.
It is more natural than
the machinations of court.
I was lucky with my husband.
My marriage to Richard
was arranged, but
it was love.
Alice, um, who you met,
she's my second wife.
She's a very good mother to
mine and Jane's children,
and I am very grateful to her for that,
but, um, marriage is not to her taste.
She favors a cold bed.
Do you believe that true union
is possible more
than once in a lifetime?
I do.
Yes, perhaps when one has given up
all hope of love
one meets a friend who seems
to share one's own soul
and whose beauty and grace make a folly
of all but the truest union.
He is 500 years of age.
[CATHERINE] You have steel, Mary.
You are strong enough for this.
I present Princess Mary of England.
May your marriage yield a union
that is peaceful and powerful
between our two great nations.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[HENRY] Congratulations
on your marriage.
[CATHERINE] Mary, you look beautiful.
[HENRY] Albany! A Scot in France!
Well, you were ever
in each other's beds.
[LAUGHS]
Would you rather I
was back in Edinburgh,
taking the regency from your sister?
I have the right if I should choose it.
I am next in line.
When I dreamed of conquering France
and winning peace for England,
the dreams were always full of blood.
I never imagined there'd
be wine and music.
[MORE CHUCKLES]
[MAGGIE] Your Grace, may I
I wish to ask
would you return my
land and titles to me?
Forgive me. It is not for my sake.
I'm sorry.
The queen said it was
not the best time to ask.
- I should have listened
- Why is it not the best time?
Because you are not
at your happiest, Your Grace.
[CHUCKLES]
Aunt Maggie, it would give me pleasure
to return what my father took from you.
Your earldom, Countess of Salisbury.
And I'll afford you a modest income.
[CHUCKLES]
- Thank you, Your Grace.
- Mm.
- I did not think
- But it is time that you remarry.
What?
I am not ready.
Well, I'd be more inclined
to give you back the earldom
if I knew you were safe
from fortune hunters.
But I do not wish to remarry.
I only ask for my title
to ensure a good match for my daughter.
She has asked for your suggestion.
Young Henry Stafford.
He's set to inherit Buckinghamshire.
- He'll have her.
- Perfect choice, Your Highness.
Thank you, Your Grace.
And might I suggest
William Compton for you?
Your Groom of the Stool?
- Hmm.
- [MAGGIE SCOFFS]
I do not have any
feelings for Sir William.
Well, he feels very warmly towards you.
We spend a lot of time together.
He never misses an opportunity
to speak your name.
He's particularly taken with
how the color in your neck
rises when you're embarrassed.
I will think on it.
Yes, think on it and agree.
Thomas More tells me
that your son Reggie
displays a leaning for the priesthood.
I'll support his education.
He'll be sent away to Oxford.
Oh, and enjoy the evening, Lady Aunt.
Henry Stafford.
The king says Henry Stafford.
- I'll take him.
- But
[STAMMERS] see first if
you feel well around him.
There are certain feelings
required for a man and woman
I know about the shaking
of the sheets, Lady Mother.
Princess Mary talks
about it all the time.
[WHISPERING] She is dreading it.
- But you do not need to dread it.
- I don't.
It will not play a part in my decisions.
I will tell Henry Stafford
that I want him.
[SIGHS SOFTLY]
[STRING MUSIC PLAYING]
May I be the first to
offer my congratulations
to the Countess of Salisbury.
- I'm delighted for you.
- Thank you, Sir William.
I'm most disarmed by the craftsmanship
on the paneling in the great hall.
Countess
would you do me the honor of looking
at each panel with me?
Oh, uh
They really are endlessly distracting.
Of course.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CHATTER AND MUSIC CONTINUE FAINTLY]
[MARY] Your Grace.
My king.
Do you think we can recover
from this, Catherine?
You and I?
I want to.
I want it to be as it was before.
So do I.
But it can't be, Henry.
Why can't it?
I stand here with a void
in the middle of my body.
And you think God is punishing me,
but I have done nothing wrong.
Come.
[HENRY] There is nothing
wrong in what I ask for.
I need an heir so my throne is safe.
I want this, too.
Without a son, I'm weak.
It-it's a sign that God
does not bless me.
It makes my enemies brave.
I must live in fear of
death more than any man
because-because that would
leave the throne empty.
And my life is stopped while
we try to make another child,
and it's-it's choking me.
It chokes me, too, Henry.
I don't want to make love to you
because it's sad.
It's just sad.
It used to be my greatest joy on Earth.
I know. I know.
Of all the battles,
everything I've seen,
his little body bundled up like
Don't you think I will give
anything to have our son alive?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I miss him.
His kicking.
And he had will Henry.
I could feel it in me.
I thought, "This boy will be
just like his father."
I wanted to see him in your arms.
Well, I wish you hadn't fought.
I wish that you had been a wife
instead of a soldier.
But then I'd be someone else.
And you want me, Henry.
I don't.
Not now.
Don't lie.
You've always wanted me.
And, Henry, I want you so badly.
[LOUIS] Oh, my sweet English girl
sitting there all alone.
My love.
Ma femme.
You are
a little afraid maybe?
You are blessed.
It is better to lie with an older man
the first time.
I will try not to hurt you.
[BOTH MOANING]
[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[LOUIS] Oh.
[LIVELY ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[LAUGHTER]
[LOUIS] Ooh! [LAUGHS]
Oh. Oh!
[LAUGHING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GASPS, SNORES]
Everything has changed
since you stood before us.
You healed everyone with
your sweet voice, my queen.
I didn't think it was possible
to make a whole country cry.
It's because of you.
No.
You
showed me the world outside.
You are the greatest queen
Scotland's ever known.
I mean, that's what people
are saying about you.
Are they?
They're saying how brave you are
and how you don't favor one
clan over another and
Your eyes.
Sorry. I don't know what came over me.
I kissed you.
[BIRD CAWING]
[BESSIE] I do believe Charlie Brandon
is what God intended Adam to be.
He's perfect in every way.
I have seen him without his
shirt brandishing a sword.
Be quiet, Bessie.
If you love a man's body,
it is not to share with
everyone you speak to.
[HORSE CHUFFS]
Your Grace, may I speak with you?
Lina told me what you did at Flodden.
I know you are brave.
So I ask you humbly, Highness
I will go and see her and the children.
[BIRDS CAWING]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[DOOR OPENS]
-
- [DOOR CLOSES]
No, I-I
She's here now, Lina.
Her Grace is here now.
[CHUCKLES]
He's so fat.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Now he is.
Thank you.
Do you want to hold him?
Come.
[CATHERINE CHUCKLES]
[BABY FUSSES]
- [BABY FUSSES]
- [CHUCKLES]
I am sorry I could not come before.
I wanted to.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
Everything died for a while.
Everything in me was so cold.
And between me and Henry
Is it better now?
Yes.
I think we have found each other again.
[HENRY] I betroth you to one another.
We are strong, Archbishop.
And none shall come between us.