1 00:00:30,271 --> 00:00:33,309 ♪ My care is like my shadow♪ 2 00:00:33,343 --> 00:00:37,002 ♪ I bear beneath the sun♪ 3 00:00:37,037 --> 00:00:40,488 ♪ It follows me at all times♪ 4 00:00:40,523 --> 00:00:44,182 ♪ And flies when I pursue it♪ 5 00:00:44,216 --> 00:00:47,702 ♪ I freeze and yet am always burnt♪ 6 00:00:47,737 --> 00:00:52,052 ♪ Into myself I've always turned♪ 7 00:00:52,086 --> 00:00:55,296 ♪ I love and yet am forced to hate♪ 8 00:00:55,331 --> 00:00:58,748 ♪ I seem stark mute, inside I prate...♪ 9 00:01:00,267 --> 00:01:02,131 They have summoned the guard! 10 00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:11,381 God, please help us! 11 00:01:11,416 --> 00:01:13,832 God helps those who help themselves, Lettice. 12 00:01:13,866 --> 00:01:16,248 The tide is rising; we must play for time. 13 00:01:16,283 --> 00:01:17,560 Light the candles. 14 00:01:19,769 --> 00:01:20,942 Too gaudy! 15 00:01:20,977 --> 00:01:23,600 If I am to live this night, I must not outshine her. 16 00:01:23,635 --> 00:01:25,568 Too red! 17 00:01:27,121 --> 00:01:28,985 A gift from the queen herself. 18 00:01:29,019 --> 00:01:30,435 What better choice? 19 00:01:30,469 --> 00:01:32,092 That one. 20 00:01:32,678 --> 00:01:34,439 Lettice! 21 00:01:35,198 --> 00:01:36,958 Remember, child: 22 00:01:36,993 --> 00:01:38,857 Curb your temper, 23 00:01:38,891 --> 00:01:40,790 no matter what she says, 24 00:01:40,824 --> 00:01:44,587 how much she tries to goad you. 25 00:01:44,621 --> 00:01:46,520 Stay close, Kat. 26 00:02:00,189 --> 00:02:03,226 Go! Go! 27 00:02:09,612 --> 00:02:10,820 The signal! 28 00:02:18,414 --> 00:02:20,485 Rosary! The rosary! 29 00:02:44,267 --> 00:02:46,649 ...de cetero me non peccaturum 30 00:02:46,683 --> 00:02:51,688 peccandique occasiones proximas fugiturum. Amen. 31 00:02:52,724 --> 00:02:56,797 Is this how you enter a princess' chamber? 32 00:02:56,831 --> 00:02:58,661 You forget yourselves, gentlemen. 33 00:03:00,214 --> 00:03:02,975 The queen will not receive you. 34 00:03:03,010 --> 00:03:04,805 Her orders stand: 35 00:03:04,839 --> 00:03:06,462 You are to be confined in the Tower, 36 00:03:06,496 --> 00:03:09,775 pending investigation into the charges against you. 37 00:03:09,810 --> 00:03:11,260 Fetch her things. 38 00:03:11,294 --> 00:03:12,847 I am with her day and night. 39 00:03:12,882 --> 00:03:14,435 She never met this man Wyatt. 40 00:03:14,470 --> 00:03:17,852 If there was a conspiracy, she took no part in it! 41 00:03:17,887 --> 00:03:19,613 Then she has nothing to fear... 42 00:03:19,647 --> 00:03:20,855 madam. 43 00:03:20,890 --> 00:03:22,167 Quickly. 44 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:23,513 We must catch the tide. 45 00:03:23,548 --> 00:03:25,239 I will write to her, plead my case. 46 00:03:25,274 --> 00:03:27,690 You would do well not to defy her, my lady. 47 00:03:27,724 --> 00:03:29,243 And you, sir, would do well to remember 48 00:03:29,278 --> 00:03:31,763 I, too, am a king's daughter. 49 00:03:33,937 --> 00:03:37,217 Your Majesty, my dear sister Mary, 50 00:03:37,251 --> 00:03:38,459 I humbly beseech you 51 00:03:38,494 --> 00:03:40,081 to remember your last promise to me, 52 00:03:40,116 --> 00:03:43,257 that I will not be condemned without proof. 53 00:03:43,292 --> 00:03:46,985 Now on your command, I am to be taken to the Tower, 54 00:03:47,019 --> 00:03:50,195 a place surely more fit for a traitor than a loyal sister. 55 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:51,955 "I beg you, let me come to you 56 00:03:51,990 --> 00:03:54,544 "so that you may hear my testimony. 57 00:03:54,579 --> 00:03:56,028 "For I swear before God, 58 00:03:56,063 --> 00:03:58,824 "I never practiced, counseled nor consented 59 00:03:58,859 --> 00:04:00,826 in any conspiracy against you." 60 00:04:00,861 --> 00:04:02,759 Enough! 61 00:04:02,794 --> 00:04:04,520 She has made fools of you. 62 00:04:04,554 --> 00:04:07,695 This is just more of her tricks. 63 00:04:07,730 --> 00:04:10,215 She thinks if she buys time, she can soften my resolve. 64 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:11,975 Now the tide is lost. 65 00:04:12,010 --> 00:04:13,460 My lord? 66 00:04:13,494 --> 00:04:14,633 There is another tide 67 00:04:14,668 --> 00:04:16,290 at dawn, Your Majesty-- we can... 68 00:04:16,325 --> 00:04:17,533 Transport her in daylight? 69 00:04:17,567 --> 00:04:19,017 So her followers may abduct her, 70 00:04:19,051 --> 00:04:21,813 mount another rebellion in her name? 71 00:04:21,847 --> 00:04:25,541 Must I think of everything?! 72 00:04:25,575 --> 00:04:29,165 These lines signify what, my lord? 73 00:04:29,199 --> 00:04:31,132 I believe she was afraid 74 00:04:31,167 --> 00:04:34,101 an incriminating postscript might be added. 75 00:04:34,135 --> 00:04:36,690 The dawn tide it must be. 76 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:40,487 My Lord Gardiner. 77 00:04:40,521 --> 00:04:43,559 It is my wish that you take charge 78 00:04:43,593 --> 00:04:46,907 of her interrogation at the Tower. 79 00:04:46,941 --> 00:04:48,840 Do not fail me again. 80 00:04:59,678 --> 00:05:02,681 Will God punish me, as I am now punishing her? 81 00:05:02,716 --> 00:05:05,788 He knows you do it in his service, Your Grace, 82 00:05:05,822 --> 00:05:07,859 as he knows all things. 83 00:05:14,624 --> 00:05:16,764 It is not just for your own protection 84 00:05:16,799 --> 00:05:20,112 but that of your husband. 85 00:05:20,147 --> 00:05:22,977 Only by proving her guilt in this Protestant plot 86 00:05:23,012 --> 00:05:24,565 can justice be dispensed 87 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,292 and with it, the threat she poses to you both. 88 00:05:29,398 --> 00:05:31,158 Your father found the strength 89 00:05:31,192 --> 00:05:33,885 to deal with her whore of a mother. 90 00:05:33,919 --> 00:05:37,613 Now you must do the same to deal with her bastard child. 91 00:05:37,647 --> 00:05:40,650 And if her guilt cannot be proved? 92 00:05:40,685 --> 00:05:45,345 To break her silence, you must first break her spirit. 93 00:05:47,001 --> 00:05:48,693 Let's go! 94 00:06:46,371 --> 00:06:47,407 Amen. 95 00:06:50,824 --> 00:06:52,757 Oars! 96 00:07:21,717 --> 00:07:23,408 Sir John Brydges. 97 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:25,962 He will be your custodian here, my lady. 98 00:07:25,997 --> 00:07:27,447 Shall we? 99 00:07:28,620 --> 00:07:31,105 I pray you all... 100 00:07:32,521 --> 00:07:35,903 I pray you bear witness that I come here as no traitor, 101 00:07:35,938 --> 00:07:39,286 but as a true and loyal subject of the queen, 102 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:42,462 and shall be until my death. 103 00:08:42,383 --> 00:08:45,697 No! 104 00:08:51,496 --> 00:08:56,018 A fine pair of lungs on him, your Mr. Wyatt. 105 00:09:00,332 --> 00:09:02,887 Your castle in Donnington. 106 00:09:02,921 --> 00:09:06,684 In January you proposed to visit there, did you not? 107 00:09:06,718 --> 00:09:07,788 Donnington? 108 00:09:07,823 --> 00:09:10,480 Which county is that? 109 00:09:10,515 --> 00:09:11,827 Berkshire. 110 00:09:11,861 --> 00:09:15,451 I have so many properties. 111 00:09:15,485 --> 00:09:18,488 Thomas Wyatt wrote to you at that time, did he not, 112 00:09:18,523 --> 00:09:21,284 stating his opposition to the queen's marriage 113 00:09:21,319 --> 00:09:24,287 and his intention to overthrow her government? 114 00:09:24,322 --> 00:09:27,601 To put you on the throne in her place. 115 00:09:27,636 --> 00:09:30,500 Did he not name Donnington Castle 116 00:09:30,535 --> 00:09:32,364 as a base for his rebellion? 117 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:34,608 That you meet him there with your supporters? 118 00:09:34,643 --> 00:09:36,576 Had I received any such communication, 119 00:09:36,610 --> 00:09:40,234 I would have alerted my sister... and the privy council. 120 00:09:40,269 --> 00:09:42,616 He enlisted the help of France, 121 00:09:42,651 --> 00:09:46,137 assembled four contingents in as many counties 122 00:09:46,171 --> 00:09:50,279 numbering over 2,000 men to march on London. 123 00:09:50,313 --> 00:09:52,453 Only a fool would undertake such a mission 124 00:09:52,488 --> 00:09:53,662 without first gaining 125 00:09:53,696 --> 00:09:54,801 your consent. 126 00:09:54,835 --> 00:09:57,389 Since I am not personally acquainted with Mr. Wyatt, 127 00:09:57,424 --> 00:09:59,978 I have no insight into how his mind works, 128 00:10:00,013 --> 00:10:01,704 foolish or otherwise. 129 00:10:01,739 --> 00:10:04,086 Poison was the chosen method 130 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,468 of disposing of the queen. 131 00:10:08,504 --> 00:10:11,783 A letter to Wyatt from the French ambassador. 132 00:10:14,924 --> 00:10:17,720 "Death is the only solution 133 00:10:17,755 --> 00:10:22,138 "to end her disastrous union with King Philip 134 00:10:22,173 --> 00:10:26,108 and save England from Spanish rule." 135 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:29,836 Do you deny you share such a sentiment? 136 00:10:29,870 --> 00:10:33,805 Like most women, I have no head for politics, sir. 137 00:10:35,911 --> 00:10:43,332 Every Protestant in the land condemned the match. 138 00:10:43,366 --> 00:10:47,508 Now, why should you be the exception? 139 00:10:49,752 --> 00:10:54,688 Wyatt's confession will put an end to her dissembling. 140 00:10:56,966 --> 00:11:00,694 We're looking at days, if not hours. 141 00:11:03,766 --> 00:11:06,320 Go no further than your commission here, Sir John. 142 00:11:07,459 --> 00:11:09,772 In the future, we may have to account 143 00:11:09,807 --> 00:11:11,498 for our dealings with her. 144 00:11:14,743 --> 00:11:18,919 John Seymour... 145 00:11:18,954 --> 00:11:20,818 Duke of Northumberland... 146 00:11:22,992 --> 00:11:25,201 There are scores of them. 147 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:30,482 Lady Jane Grey. 148 00:11:35,246 --> 00:11:36,730 Anne Boleyn. 149 00:11:37,766 --> 00:11:40,561 Her mother is a subject she does not care to speak of, 150 00:11:40,596 --> 00:11:43,185 much less think of. 151 00:11:48,604 --> 00:11:52,297 One of the queen's ladies sent to serve you. 152 00:11:52,332 --> 00:11:54,092 Or spy on me. 153 00:12:01,962 --> 00:12:03,964 Wyatt's letters, Kat? 154 00:12:03,999 --> 00:12:06,139 Burned with my own hands. 155 00:12:06,173 --> 00:12:07,485 All of them? 156 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:08,900 Yes. 157 00:12:08,935 --> 00:12:11,834 Then we are in God's hands now. 158 00:12:24,053 --> 00:12:27,298 No... 159 00:12:33,856 --> 00:12:36,686 What... 160 00:12:36,721 --> 00:12:38,688 What... I was... 161 00:12:43,072 --> 00:12:45,350 Oh, no... 162 00:12:45,385 --> 00:12:46,351 No... 163 00:12:49,458 --> 00:12:51,149 Someone... 164 00:12:58,156 --> 00:13:04,093 I must... I must... 165 00:13:04,128 --> 00:13:06,061 I must! 166 00:13:06,095 --> 00:13:09,616 I must... I must... 167 00:13:21,939 --> 00:13:24,873 Just the animals in the menagerie. 168 00:13:24,907 --> 00:13:27,737 Hush. 169 00:13:34,020 --> 00:13:37,575 I never wrote him a letter on that matter or any other. 170 00:13:37,609 --> 00:13:41,165 How do you explain your reply, "I will do as I see cause"? 171 00:13:41,199 --> 00:13:43,408 You're condoning their conspiracy. 172 00:13:43,443 --> 00:13:44,409 Admit it! 173 00:13:44,444 --> 00:13:45,928 Biding your time, waiting to see 174 00:13:45,963 --> 00:13:47,757 if their insurgence was successful! 175 00:13:47,792 --> 00:13:49,794 Since I received no letter on the subject, 176 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:50,830 it follows I did not reply to it. 177 00:13:50,864 --> 00:13:53,177 No, you were too artful to reply in writing. 178 00:13:53,211 --> 00:13:55,179 I could neither condone nor condemn 179 00:13:55,213 --> 00:13:57,733 a conspiracy of which I was ignorant, sir. 180 00:13:57,767 --> 00:14:00,046 Though it seems I am to be condemned 181 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,737 for the ambition of others... 182 00:14:01,771 --> 00:14:04,326 or their malevolency. 183 00:14:08,813 --> 00:14:10,780 If she will not admit to her treason, 184 00:14:10,815 --> 00:14:12,334 Wyatt must be made to do it. 185 00:14:12,368 --> 00:14:14,094 He denies her collusion, 186 00:14:14,129 --> 00:14:16,303 denies ever communicating with her. 187 00:14:16,338 --> 00:14:18,271 Not the rack nor the bribe of a reprieve 188 00:14:18,305 --> 00:14:19,617 can move him otherwise. 189 00:14:19,651 --> 00:14:21,170 The privy council will never consent 190 00:14:21,205 --> 00:14:22,551 to her trial, Your Grace, 191 00:14:22,585 --> 00:14:24,173 not without his testimony 192 00:14:24,208 --> 00:14:26,003 or her own confession. 193 00:14:26,037 --> 00:14:27,176 To do so, we risk 194 00:14:27,211 --> 00:14:30,386 the mob taking to the streets on her behalf. 195 00:14:30,421 --> 00:14:32,147 No man will meet his maker 196 00:14:32,181 --> 00:14:34,632 with a lie on his lips, Your Majesty. 197 00:14:34,666 --> 00:14:36,289 If the rack cannot persuade Wyatt, 198 00:14:36,323 --> 00:14:39,499 let the prospect of eternal damnation do it for you... 199 00:14:40,569 --> 00:14:42,398 Prepare his execution warrant. 200 00:14:42,433 --> 00:14:43,468 Now. 201 00:14:43,503 --> 00:14:44,538 Today. 202 00:15:28,755 --> 00:15:31,447 You were right, Sir John. 203 00:15:32,276 --> 00:15:34,934 The fresh air is most restorative. 204 00:15:36,349 --> 00:15:39,110 And to see the sky again... 205 00:15:44,391 --> 00:15:46,186 That man-- who is he? 206 00:15:46,221 --> 00:15:49,051 Robert Dudley, my lady. 207 00:15:49,086 --> 00:15:50,846 Robert is here? 208 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,366 Since a year past. 209 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,057 On what charge? 210 00:15:55,092 --> 00:15:56,196 Treason, 211 00:15:56,231 --> 00:15:58,440 as were his father and his brother, 212 00:15:58,474 --> 00:16:01,132 before the scaffold took them. 213 00:16:02,513 --> 00:16:05,378 His time is overdue, I fear. 214 00:16:11,211 --> 00:16:12,523 Is she acquainted with him? 215 00:16:12,557 --> 00:16:16,078 They were companions as children... 216 00:16:16,113 --> 00:16:17,493 close companions. 217 00:16:25,191 --> 00:16:26,744 Traitor! 218 00:16:26,778 --> 00:16:28,435 Kill the heretic! 219 00:16:33,130 --> 00:16:34,510 Kill the heretic! 220 00:16:35,787 --> 00:16:38,307 Death to the traitor! 221 00:16:47,351 --> 00:16:48,938 Will people listen to me?! 222 00:16:48,973 --> 00:16:50,043 Kill him! 223 00:16:50,078 --> 00:16:51,044 He's a traitor! 224 00:16:51,079 --> 00:16:52,770 Will people hear me! 225 00:16:52,804 --> 00:16:55,117 Kill the heretic! 226 00:16:55,980 --> 00:16:57,982 Listen to me! 227 00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:59,328 Quiet! 228 00:16:59,363 --> 00:17:01,917 They want me to accuse my lady Elizabeth 229 00:17:01,951 --> 00:17:04,782 for conspiring in the matter for which I am charged. 230 00:17:04,816 --> 00:17:05,921 Free him! 231 00:17:05,955 --> 00:17:07,198 Free him! 232 00:17:07,233 --> 00:17:10,029 They think that death will wrench that lie from me! 233 00:17:10,063 --> 00:17:14,309 But it is not so... nor ever was! 234 00:17:14,343 --> 00:17:16,104 God bless you, Thomas Wyatt! 235 00:17:16,138 --> 00:17:18,451 She had no knowledge of my intentions, 236 00:17:18,485 --> 00:17:22,317 nor consented to them by word or by deed! 237 00:17:23,559 --> 00:17:25,665 As God is my witness... 238 00:17:26,528 --> 00:17:28,875 with my dying breath... 239 00:17:29,910 --> 00:17:32,016 I swear that this is true! 240 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:34,294 Long live the lady Elizabeth! 241 00:17:34,329 --> 00:17:36,434 He is innocent. 242 00:17:41,577 --> 00:17:45,650 Then she must be dealt with by other means. 243 00:17:47,721 --> 00:17:49,206 Your Majesty. 244 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:20,306 It's time. 245 00:18:42,190 --> 00:18:44,088 For the lady Elizabeth. 246 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:46,090 You are too late, sir. 247 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,265 She's no longer with us. 248 00:19:11,771 --> 00:19:14,187 God protect you, Lady Elizabeth. 249 00:19:14,222 --> 00:19:17,190 God be with you, Lady Elizabeth. 250 00:19:17,225 --> 00:19:18,502 God protect you, my lady. 251 00:19:18,536 --> 00:19:20,055 God is with you, my lady. 252 00:19:20,089 --> 00:19:21,884 You were heaven sent, my lady. 253 00:19:21,919 --> 00:19:23,023 God bless you, my lady. 254 00:19:23,058 --> 00:19:24,542 Most gracious Princess Elizabeth. 255 00:20:23,567 --> 00:20:25,776 Elizabeth... 256 00:20:38,996 --> 00:20:40,135 You have the king to thank 257 00:20:40,169 --> 00:20:41,481 for bringing you here. 258 00:20:41,516 --> 00:20:44,588 It was he who intervened with the queen on your behalf. 259 00:20:44,622 --> 00:20:48,108 It seems I am in your debt, Your Highness. 260 00:20:48,143 --> 00:20:50,490 Alas, despite my endeavors, 261 00:20:50,525 --> 00:20:52,872 I cannot guarantee your safety. 262 00:20:52,906 --> 00:20:54,183 She persists in her conviction 263 00:20:54,218 --> 00:20:55,530 you are a threat to her. 264 00:20:55,564 --> 00:20:58,533 Her mind is quite set upon it. 265 00:21:00,362 --> 00:21:04,297 It seems the love you inspire in the people, 266 00:21:04,332 --> 00:21:09,406 inspires only envy in others. 267 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,442 Their affection is about the memory of my father, 268 00:21:11,477 --> 00:21:13,375 Your Majesty-- nothing more. 269 00:21:20,451 --> 00:21:22,833 I would speak with my sister alone, 270 00:21:22,867 --> 00:21:24,421 if it pleases you, husband. 271 00:21:34,845 --> 00:21:38,331 I know Your Majesty is ill disposed towards me. 272 00:21:38,366 --> 00:21:39,781 But I beg you, 273 00:21:39,815 --> 00:21:42,335 tell me what it is I have done to offend you so that I may... 274 00:21:42,370 --> 00:21:45,096 Your pleas are as insincere as they are tiresome, sister. 275 00:21:45,131 --> 00:21:46,097 And it is God you offend 276 00:21:46,132 --> 00:21:49,480 with your charade of purity. 277 00:21:50,585 --> 00:21:52,380 I was not raised in the Catholic doctrine as you, 278 00:21:52,414 --> 00:21:54,589 but I am trying to learn its ways. 279 00:21:54,623 --> 00:21:55,417 With your help, 280 00:21:55,452 --> 00:21:56,418 with your good guidance... 281 00:21:56,453 --> 00:21:58,558 Do you think I don't know hypocrisy 282 00:21:58,593 --> 00:21:59,939 when I see it? 283 00:21:59,973 --> 00:22:02,286 That you can fool me as you do others! 284 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:04,564 Not enough that my mother was left to die alone in exile 285 00:22:04,599 --> 00:22:09,742 while yours stole her place in our father's favor... 286 00:22:09,776 --> 00:22:13,262 That I was forced to wait upon her as a mere servant! 287 00:22:13,297 --> 00:22:16,680 Must I now endure the deceit of her daughter, too? 288 00:22:23,203 --> 00:22:27,000 It is I who now bestow the favors. 289 00:22:27,035 --> 00:22:31,211 And where I see fit, the punishment. 290 00:22:31,246 --> 00:22:33,835 The punishment must fit the crime, 291 00:22:33,869 --> 00:22:35,526 and I have committed none. 292 00:22:35,561 --> 00:22:39,737 If you claim otherwise, then in justice, you must prove it. 293 00:22:39,772 --> 00:22:42,222 That is still the law of the land, is it not? 294 00:22:45,709 --> 00:22:51,887 I had hoped my marriage would bring me comfort, 295 00:22:51,922 --> 00:22:55,270 companionship. 296 00:22:55,304 --> 00:22:59,378 But thanks to you, it has imprisoned me. 297 00:22:59,412 --> 00:23:01,518 We cannot walk outside the palace walls 298 00:23:01,552 --> 00:23:03,796 without fear for our lives. 299 00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:06,799 My husband must sleep alone for his protection, 300 00:23:06,833 --> 00:23:08,387 while I... 301 00:23:08,421 --> 00:23:09,802 I must sleep... 302 00:23:09,836 --> 00:23:11,976 with this beside me! 303 00:23:14,876 --> 00:23:17,223 It's in your mind, is it not? 304 00:23:17,257 --> 00:23:19,467 Seize your chance. 305 00:23:26,784 --> 00:23:31,410 That ambition exists only in your mind, sister, not mine. 306 00:23:32,549 --> 00:23:36,138 Must there always be this enmity between us? 307 00:23:36,173 --> 00:23:37,519 Surely it is not beyond us 308 00:23:37,554 --> 00:23:39,763 to put the past to rest, to reconcile. 309 00:23:46,183 --> 00:23:48,392 My council is preparing an act of Parliament 310 00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:51,533 to return the country to the church in Rome. 311 00:23:51,568 --> 00:23:55,503 In time, the Protestant heresy of our father 312 00:23:55,537 --> 00:23:58,678 will be a ghost in the people's memory. 313 00:23:58,713 --> 00:24:02,095 Until then, your confinement will continue... 314 00:24:02,130 --> 00:24:04,581 somewhere less public than the Tower... 315 00:24:04,615 --> 00:24:08,964 out of their sight and out of mine. 316 00:24:36,751 --> 00:24:37,821 Make way! 317 00:24:40,168 --> 00:24:42,550 Child, where do they take you? 318 00:24:42,584 --> 00:24:44,137 Where do you take her? The Tower again? 319 00:24:44,172 --> 00:24:45,656 Kat, help me! 320 00:24:45,691 --> 00:24:46,657 Kat! 321 00:24:46,692 --> 00:24:47,796 Child! 322 00:24:59,601 --> 00:25:02,293 Why not simply cut the wretched girl from the succession 323 00:25:02,328 --> 00:25:03,640 and have done with it? 324 00:25:05,020 --> 00:25:06,435 No matter. 325 00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:07,954 When the queen is with child, 326 00:25:07,989 --> 00:25:09,300 the lady Elizabeth will be 327 00:25:09,335 --> 00:25:12,338 as irrelevant as she is now inconvenient. 328 00:25:14,374 --> 00:25:16,411 Forgive me, Your Majesty. 329 00:25:17,688 --> 00:25:18,689 I, um... 330 00:25:31,564 --> 00:25:33,048 That one says too little, 331 00:25:33,083 --> 00:25:35,154 sees too much. 332 00:25:35,188 --> 00:25:36,983 What if there is no child 333 00:25:37,018 --> 00:25:38,191 and I outlive the queen? 334 00:25:38,226 --> 00:25:40,469 All our efforts here will be wasted. 335 00:25:40,504 --> 00:25:44,819 No, if the country is to remain Catholic, 336 00:25:44,853 --> 00:25:46,786 the lady Elizabeth must convert. 337 00:25:46,821 --> 00:25:50,756 She must be seen to publicly submit to the authority of Rome. 338 00:25:50,790 --> 00:25:52,999 If, like her father, she refuses to submit? 339 00:25:53,034 --> 00:25:57,935 As a wife, she must submit to the authority of her husband. 340 00:25:57,970 --> 00:26:01,490 It was England I married, my lord. 341 00:26:02,457 --> 00:26:06,357 One sister will do as well as another. 342 00:26:21,441 --> 00:26:22,995 Oh, Lord! 343 00:26:23,029 --> 00:26:24,997 My lord, he is a martyr! 344 00:26:28,656 --> 00:26:31,624 Take comfort, my lord Ridley. 345 00:26:31,659 --> 00:26:33,281 Play the man. 346 00:26:33,315 --> 00:26:37,078 For this day we light a Protestant torch 347 00:26:37,112 --> 00:26:40,046 that will never be extinguished! 348 00:26:40,081 --> 00:26:42,704 May the Lord save us! 349 00:26:42,739 --> 00:26:43,912 God save them! 350 00:26:49,677 --> 00:26:52,300 Quench the fire! 351 00:26:52,334 --> 00:26:55,096 It's a sacrilege! It's a sacrilege. 352 00:26:55,130 --> 00:26:58,651 Jesus Christ, have mercy upon us. 353 00:26:58,686 --> 00:27:00,411 Jesus Christ. 354 00:27:00,446 --> 00:27:02,344 Oh, oh, oh, Jesus. 355 00:27:13,217 --> 00:27:16,496 My precautions against the release of the lady Elizabeth 356 00:27:16,531 --> 00:27:17,912 continues, Your Majesty, 357 00:27:17,946 --> 00:27:22,261 but I must confess the duty of it is demanding. 358 00:27:22,295 --> 00:27:24,539 Her... 359 00:27:25,713 --> 00:27:29,475 her ill temper towards her custody is relentless. 360 00:27:30,994 --> 00:27:34,238 I am daily challenged by her tempestuous moods, 361 00:27:34,273 --> 00:27:36,102 her incessant demands 362 00:27:36,137 --> 00:27:38,449 to extract a new concession from me. 363 00:27:38,484 --> 00:27:41,038 I need books, Sir Henry! 364 00:27:41,073 --> 00:27:42,212 The Psalms of David! 365 00:27:42,246 --> 00:27:43,558 The English Bible! 366 00:27:43,592 --> 00:27:45,284 Cicero! 367 00:27:45,318 --> 00:27:47,562 And I ask for my tutor, Roger Ascham, to attend me, 368 00:27:47,596 --> 00:27:49,219 so I can continue my studies. 369 00:27:49,253 --> 00:27:52,705 How can I endure this purgatory 370 00:27:52,740 --> 00:27:53,913 without stimulation? 371 00:27:53,948 --> 00:27:55,915 Without conversation? 372 00:27:55,950 --> 00:27:58,849 Without the rigor of debate? 373 00:28:02,715 --> 00:28:04,717 When will my ladies be returned to me? 374 00:28:04,752 --> 00:28:08,548 Is it not sufficient that your guards watch me noon and night? 375 00:28:08,583 --> 00:28:11,448 Must I suffer it from the queen's witches, too? 376 00:28:11,482 --> 00:28:13,277 If she forbids me to write to her, 377 00:28:13,312 --> 00:28:15,797 I will raise my demands with the privy council. 378 00:28:15,832 --> 00:28:18,317 Even the most wretched prisoners in the Tower 379 00:28:18,351 --> 00:28:19,767 have that right, do they not? 380 00:28:54,491 --> 00:28:56,251 Amen. 381 00:30:13,052 --> 00:30:14,295 Forgive me, Sir William. 382 00:30:14,329 --> 00:30:17,367 The queen is scrupulous in matters of security. 383 00:30:22,199 --> 00:30:24,443 Accounts for the lady Elizabeth's attention, 384 00:30:24,477 --> 00:30:26,825 relating to her Hatfield property. 385 00:30:35,005 --> 00:30:38,112 The expenditure for your grooms, my lady, seems excessive. 386 00:30:38,146 --> 00:30:39,458 Can you account for it? 387 00:30:39,492 --> 00:30:41,632 It was the only pretext I could find 388 00:30:41,667 --> 00:30:43,807 for coming without arousing suspicion. 389 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,360 It began over a year ago. 390 00:30:45,395 --> 00:30:47,880 She reinstated the Burning of the Heretics Act. 391 00:30:47,915 --> 00:30:51,988 Nearly 300 Protestants burned at the stake in as many days. 392 00:30:52,022 --> 00:30:54,197 The council is divided, 393 00:30:54,231 --> 00:30:55,646 the economy is decimated 394 00:30:55,681 --> 00:30:57,925 because of this wretched war in France. 395 00:30:57,959 --> 00:30:59,788 The people are near to insurgence. 396 00:30:59,823 --> 00:31:02,205 Every time your name is shouted in the street, 397 00:31:02,239 --> 00:31:04,379 her malice towards you becomes more fixed. 398 00:31:04,414 --> 00:31:06,381 Even now she's devising new... 399 00:31:06,416 --> 00:31:08,728 new ways of disposing of you. 400 00:31:08,763 --> 00:31:11,007 Your marriage to Don Carlos of Spain 401 00:31:11,041 --> 00:31:12,594 is her latest notion. 402 00:31:12,629 --> 00:31:15,459 Don Carlos is but ten years old. 403 00:31:15,494 --> 00:31:16,909 It achieves her end: 404 00:31:16,944 --> 00:31:18,911 your exile from the country. 405 00:31:18,946 --> 00:31:20,809 And if I refuse her? 406 00:31:22,466 --> 00:31:25,228 A mother will go to any lengths to protect her child, 407 00:31:25,262 --> 00:31:28,265 the more so if it is heir to the throne. 408 00:31:29,749 --> 00:31:31,234 She is with child? 409 00:31:33,029 --> 00:31:37,688 A queen, a mother and a wife-- her own holy trinity. 410 00:31:37,723 --> 00:31:40,070 The day her child draws its first breath 411 00:31:40,105 --> 00:31:42,417 could prove to be your last. 412 00:31:43,384 --> 00:31:45,800 You are a symbol to the people of hope, 413 00:31:45,834 --> 00:31:48,113 of a future without fear, without repression. 414 00:31:48,147 --> 00:31:50,218 But that is as much a curse 415 00:31:50,253 --> 00:31:51,599 as it is a blessing. 416 00:31:51,633 --> 00:31:54,567 Every Protestant hothead who swears allegiance to you 417 00:31:54,602 --> 00:31:56,569 increases the danger you are in. 418 00:31:56,604 --> 00:31:59,503 If you are to survive, you must remain invisible 419 00:31:59,538 --> 00:32:02,196 to your allies and your enemies. 420 00:32:02,230 --> 00:32:05,061 Let his reports speak not of your defiance 421 00:32:05,095 --> 00:32:09,203 but of your compliance, of your newfound devotion to Rome. 422 00:32:09,237 --> 00:32:11,205 That way all our survival lies. 423 00:32:11,239 --> 00:32:12,585 I have one life, Sir William. 424 00:32:12,620 --> 00:32:15,174 Must I waste another year in this godforsaken place? 425 00:32:15,209 --> 00:32:16,969 God has not forsaken us. 426 00:32:17,004 --> 00:32:18,246 He is testing us. 427 00:32:21,767 --> 00:32:25,081 Robert Dudley-- is there any word of him? 428 00:32:25,115 --> 00:32:26,565 He struck a deal with the king. 429 00:32:26,599 --> 00:32:28,394 He's fighting alongside him in France 430 00:32:28,429 --> 00:32:29,844 in exchange for a pardon. 431 00:32:29,878 --> 00:32:32,916 Sir Robert knows the trick of survival, if nothing else. 432 00:33:02,532 --> 00:33:04,085 The king grows impatient 433 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:05,811 for word when he should return. 434 00:33:05,845 --> 00:33:08,365 The doctor said she was due a month past. 435 00:33:11,299 --> 00:33:13,267 It seems his wait is over. 436 00:33:15,476 --> 00:33:18,444 No, not now, not yet. 437 00:33:18,479 --> 00:33:20,481 You spoke too soon, my lord. 438 00:33:20,515 --> 00:33:23,208 It is but another false alarm. 439 00:36:09,443 --> 00:36:11,721 I have come for her. 440 00:36:54,384 --> 00:36:58,975 You are to come to London, to court, my lady. 441 00:36:59,009 --> 00:37:01,219 How so, sir? 442 00:37:01,253 --> 00:37:04,498 The queen is no longer. 443 00:37:04,532 --> 00:37:07,328 She died this morning. 444 00:37:08,778 --> 00:37:10,435 And her child? 445 00:37:10,469 --> 00:37:15,405 It seems there is no child, nor ever was. 446 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,270 Her symptoms were of a tumor. 447 00:37:18,305 --> 00:37:20,686 Preparations are in hand 448 00:37:20,721 --> 00:37:24,380 to transfer the realm in your name, Your Majesty. 449 00:37:24,414 --> 00:37:27,072 A delegation of privy councilors is on the way 450 00:37:27,106 --> 00:37:28,315 to pronounce you queen. 451 00:37:28,349 --> 00:37:31,456 If she is dead, prove it to me, sir. 452 00:38:12,359 --> 00:38:15,672 How does the weather, Sir Henry? 453 00:38:15,707 --> 00:38:20,056 The wind is harsh today, my lady... Your Majesty. 454 00:38:21,609 --> 00:38:25,303 I have braved worse, I fancy. 455 00:38:34,829 --> 00:38:39,558 I hope you know that I only ever acted out of duty. 456 00:38:39,593 --> 00:38:42,527 Then your duty is done, sir. 457 00:39:47,626 --> 00:39:49,801 "This is the work of the Lord..." 458 00:39:51,492 --> 00:39:53,805 "And it is marvelous in our eyes." 459 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:06,956 Your Majesty. 460 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:27,873 Your Majesty! 461 00:40:27,908 --> 00:40:29,323 The queen of our hearts! 462 00:40:29,357 --> 00:40:31,532 We need you! 463 00:40:35,363 --> 00:40:37,193 You were always in our thoughts! 464 00:41:18,648 --> 00:41:21,099 Out with the old, Sir William. 465 00:41:21,133 --> 00:41:23,688 Let us hope the new was worth the wait. 466 00:42:10,907 --> 00:42:13,185 "We welcome you, O mighty queen 467 00:42:13,220 --> 00:42:15,015 "Our love in you is sure 468 00:42:15,049 --> 00:42:20,158 "For unto England's sandy shores you will the truth restore 469 00:42:20,192 --> 00:42:24,093 Your years of exile are now over..." 470 00:42:24,127 --> 00:42:25,612 No, no, no. 471 00:42:25,646 --> 00:42:28,753 "Your years of exile are now done 472 00:42:28,787 --> 00:42:30,099 For in our midst..." 473 00:42:31,479 --> 00:42:34,724 See how the four degrees of Gemini are rising 474 00:42:34,759 --> 00:42:37,002 with Mercury ruling the ascendant? 475 00:42:37,037 --> 00:42:39,936 Mercury, as you know, is the winged messenger of the gods. 476 00:42:39,971 --> 00:42:43,388 He's also strengthened by being in the tenth house of kings. 477 00:42:43,422 --> 00:42:45,114 Now, see, in the 12th house, 478 00:42:45,148 --> 00:42:46,840 the moon and Jupiter are together... 479 00:42:46,874 --> 00:42:49,774 But the date, Dr. Dee, what day does it decree? 480 00:42:49,808 --> 00:42:53,536 By my calculations and the lunar longitudes, 481 00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:57,229 the 15th day of the month is the most propitious 482 00:42:57,264 --> 00:42:58,230 for your coronation. 483 00:42:59,646 --> 00:43:02,131 Your cousin, the Duke of Norfolk, is waiting outside. 484 00:43:02,165 --> 00:43:04,064 He is most insistent upon an audience. 485 00:43:04,098 --> 00:43:08,102 He must wait his turn, like the others. 486 00:43:08,137 --> 00:43:09,414 See how the buzzards descend. 487 00:43:09,448 --> 00:43:12,072 Be on hand, Dr. Dee. 488 00:43:12,106 --> 00:43:14,868 Your Majesty, the Earl of Sussex. 489 00:43:17,905 --> 00:43:19,251 Your Majesty. 490 00:43:19,286 --> 00:43:20,874 Dear cousin. 491 00:43:22,323 --> 00:43:23,842 My lord Norfolk. 492 00:43:23,877 --> 00:43:25,499 I come to serve you. 493 00:43:25,533 --> 00:43:27,294 You have but to name it. 494 00:43:27,328 --> 00:43:29,158 I see your impatience has not lessened 495 00:43:29,192 --> 00:43:30,297 over the years, Thomas. 496 00:43:30,331 --> 00:43:32,782 Nor your wit, cousin. 497 00:43:32,817 --> 00:43:34,750 As ever, we are all diminished by it... 498 00:43:34,784 --> 00:43:35,785 as by your beauty. 499 00:43:37,649 --> 00:43:39,996 I shall take your offer under advice, cousin. 500 00:43:40,031 --> 00:43:44,311 If it is advice you seek, if the post of Secretary of State 501 00:43:44,345 --> 00:43:46,037 is not yet taken, then I will... 502 00:43:46,071 --> 00:43:49,109 As you know, I was tutored by the finest scholars in the land. 503 00:43:49,143 --> 00:43:54,045 I am fluent in five languages and conversant in the principles 504 00:43:54,079 --> 00:43:57,289 of economics and philosophy, both ancient and modern. 505 00:43:57,324 --> 00:44:00,603 I am also an expert in literature, music and poetry. 506 00:44:00,638 --> 00:44:03,571 And my horsemanship, they say, is unparalleled. 507 00:44:03,606 --> 00:44:07,506 But should I ever require... advice, 508 00:44:07,541 --> 00:44:10,820 you shall be the first to know it. 509 00:44:22,038 --> 00:44:23,695 Your Majesty. 510 00:44:39,573 --> 00:44:43,611 They were cleaning and, uh... 511 00:44:45,613 --> 00:44:47,201 there it was. 512 00:45:04,460 --> 00:45:05,530 How many more? 513 00:45:05,564 --> 00:45:07,497 They litter the palace like mouse holes. 514 00:45:07,532 --> 00:45:09,879 This is not the work of mice, Sir William, 515 00:45:09,914 --> 00:45:12,088 but rats. 516 00:45:12,123 --> 00:45:14,021 Seal them up, all of them. 517 00:45:25,101 --> 00:45:26,516 He is here? 518 00:45:26,551 --> 00:45:27,966 Your shawl, Lettice. 519 00:45:31,073 --> 00:45:33,627 If anyone asks, I am at prayer. 520 00:46:01,689 --> 00:46:02,725 Robbie? 521 00:46:18,741 --> 00:46:20,260 Look at you... 522 00:46:21,295 --> 00:46:23,677 And how do I look, pray? 523 00:46:23,711 --> 00:46:26,197 Ah, you want me to worship at the altar of your beauty, 524 00:46:26,231 --> 00:46:28,130 like all the others who court your favor? 525 00:46:28,164 --> 00:46:29,959 Mm-hmm. 526 00:46:29,994 --> 00:46:31,271 Is that a frown line I see? 527 00:46:31,305 --> 00:46:33,791 Oh, yes, the hands of a queen. 528 00:46:37,380 --> 00:46:39,451 They look the same to me as always. 529 00:46:39,486 --> 00:46:43,145 I've been waiting for you to summon me, Bess. 530 00:46:43,179 --> 00:46:45,630 I couldn't wait any longer. 531 00:46:47,666 --> 00:46:49,772 I trust your wife is well. 532 00:46:55,191 --> 00:46:57,021 Your court is stuffed full of married men. 533 00:46:57,055 --> 00:46:58,850 Am I to be the exception? 534 00:46:58,885 --> 00:47:01,094 Exiled and excluded with no explanation, 535 00:47:01,128 --> 00:47:02,820 no reprieve? 536 00:47:04,476 --> 00:47:07,617 My father was not a man to defy, Bess-- 537 00:47:07,652 --> 00:47:10,620 on the subject of marriage or any other. 538 00:47:10,655 --> 00:47:13,658 Am I to be punished for my obedience to him? 539 00:47:20,803 --> 00:47:23,737 Since you ask, my wife has been sickly of late 540 00:47:23,771 --> 00:47:25,808 or I would have come to you sooner-- 541 00:47:25,843 --> 00:47:27,741 invited or not. 542 00:47:27,775 --> 00:47:30,986 If she is unwell, your duty lies with her. 543 00:47:32,263 --> 00:47:34,299 Do you think it's duty that brings me here? 544 00:47:40,892 --> 00:47:44,309 Ride with me, Bess, hmm? 545 00:47:44,344 --> 00:47:46,070 Ride with me like you used to. 546 00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:49,970 I am needed in court. 547 00:48:39,778 --> 00:48:41,780 The post of Secretary of State, Sir William. 548 00:48:41,815 --> 00:48:46,026 I can think of no better man to serve me. 549 00:48:46,061 --> 00:48:48,270 But there is a condition: 550 00:48:48,304 --> 00:48:50,134 Whatever my personal will or preference, 551 00:48:50,168 --> 00:48:52,170 you shall always give me the counsel I need, 552 00:48:52,205 --> 00:48:54,345 not what I want to hear-- 553 00:48:54,379 --> 00:48:56,140 no matter how much I rail against you. 554 00:48:56,174 --> 00:48:59,212 I will hold you to that, Your Majesty. 555 00:48:59,246 --> 00:49:02,353 I would first counsel caution, if I may, 556 00:49:02,387 --> 00:49:04,458 that you become familiar with the functions of state, 557 00:49:04,493 --> 00:49:06,840 your new responsibilities, before you embark... 558 00:49:06,874 --> 00:49:09,739 I have endured the cautious life too long. 559 00:49:09,774 --> 00:49:11,569 You of all people know that. 560 00:49:11,603 --> 00:49:14,848 You saw how my people greeted me. 561 00:49:14,882 --> 00:49:17,195 If I am to keep their hearts, surely I act decisively 562 00:49:17,230 --> 00:49:18,886 with confidence and purpose. 563 00:49:18,921 --> 00:49:21,406 Then we must start by addressing the issue of your marriage 564 00:49:21,441 --> 00:49:24,513 before rumor and speculation undermine their fervor. 565 00:49:24,547 --> 00:49:26,722 The king of Denmark's son has been mooted 566 00:49:26,756 --> 00:49:28,034 as has King Eric of Sweden. 567 00:49:28,068 --> 00:49:29,483 God's breath, Sir William. 568 00:49:29,518 --> 00:49:31,761 Let us get my coronation ceremony out of the way 569 00:49:31,796 --> 00:49:33,763 before you plan another for my nuptials. 570 00:49:33,798 --> 00:49:37,146 The people need to know the succession is secure, 571 00:49:37,181 --> 00:49:40,632 the realm is safe. 572 00:49:40,667 --> 00:49:43,601 You cannot rule alone, can you? 573 00:49:47,432 --> 00:49:48,709 Is that the list of councilors? 574 00:49:48,744 --> 00:49:51,540 The first are those that served under your sister. 575 00:49:51,574 --> 00:49:53,404 The second are those I recommend. 576 00:49:58,685 --> 00:50:00,549 Pembroke is such a swaggerer. 577 00:50:00,583 --> 00:50:03,000 But he can raise an army of knights at your command. 578 00:50:03,034 --> 00:50:04,622 Norfolk? 579 00:50:04,656 --> 00:50:05,899 You saw how puffed up he is. 580 00:50:05,933 --> 00:50:08,246 And as my cousin, he has a claim to the throne, 581 00:50:08,281 --> 00:50:09,316 so he boasts. 582 00:50:09,351 --> 00:50:10,628 All the more reason to keep him close 583 00:50:10,662 --> 00:50:12,319 to the throne, where we can see him. 584 00:50:21,190 --> 00:50:23,158 Robert Dudley? 585 00:50:23,192 --> 00:50:25,988 The man's the son of a traitor. 586 00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:27,093 A rank opportunist. 587 00:50:27,127 --> 00:50:28,335 None of us are responsible 588 00:50:28,370 --> 00:50:30,061 for the sins of our fathers, Sir William. 589 00:50:30,096 --> 00:50:34,134 And opportunism is no sin when it's for survival. 590 00:50:34,169 --> 00:50:35,894 Or in his case, advancement. 591 00:50:35,929 --> 00:50:38,828 By that token, half the men in my court could be found wanting. 592 00:50:38,863 --> 00:50:41,038 Will you be inviting his wife to court also? 593 00:50:41,072 --> 00:50:44,351 A wife's place is at home. 594 00:50:46,422 --> 00:50:48,459 Indulge me in this one thing, William. 595 00:50:48,493 --> 00:50:51,807 I shall forever be amenable to your demands. 596 00:50:51,841 --> 00:50:56,467 As you say, we must act decisively. 597 00:52:09,402 --> 00:52:11,749 My lords, I bid you welcome. 598 00:52:11,783 --> 00:52:15,856 I require of you nothing more than faithful hearts 599 00:52:15,891 --> 00:52:18,963 in your preservation of me and this commonwealth. 600 00:52:18,997 --> 00:52:22,518 Let I with my ruling and you with your service 601 00:52:22,553 --> 00:52:24,589 make a good account to God 602 00:52:24,624 --> 00:52:28,145 and leave on this earth some legacy of comfort 603 00:52:28,179 --> 00:52:30,457 in our posterity. 604 00:52:32,839 --> 00:52:35,842 Here are my wishes and intentions. 605 00:52:38,085 --> 00:52:41,641 I dislike waste and profligacy in all its forms. 606 00:52:41,675 --> 00:52:44,471 I intend to oversee the national budget 607 00:52:44,506 --> 00:52:47,509 with the same rigor as with my households and estates. 608 00:52:47,543 --> 00:52:52,099 My foreign policy shall be directed by the same principles. 609 00:52:52,134 --> 00:52:55,413 I will always defend England's shores, 610 00:52:55,448 --> 00:52:57,933 but I will not decimate our resources 611 00:52:57,967 --> 00:53:00,004 trying to expand on them. 612 00:53:00,038 --> 00:53:02,903 You shall find me resolute on this. 613 00:53:02,938 --> 00:53:06,942 As for religion... 614 00:53:06,976 --> 00:53:10,532 henceforth all services will be conducted 615 00:53:10,566 --> 00:53:16,434 not in Latin, but English, starting with my coronation. 616 00:53:16,469 --> 00:53:18,712 How can my people understand the power of prayer 617 00:53:18,747 --> 00:53:21,819 unless they first understand its meaning? 618 00:53:21,853 --> 00:53:24,994 If they are to accept the Protestant faith, 619 00:53:25,029 --> 00:53:29,447 it must be through persuasion, not purges. 620 00:53:29,482 --> 00:53:32,485 Let the Catholics keep their crucifixes and robes, 621 00:53:32,519 --> 00:53:34,003 if they wish. 622 00:53:36,282 --> 00:53:39,285 There is but one Jesus Christ. 623 00:53:40,872 --> 00:53:42,909 The rest is trifles. 624 00:53:59,477 --> 00:54:02,169 She thinks to make herself legitimate 625 00:54:02,204 --> 00:54:04,171 by legitimizing her faith. 626 00:54:04,206 --> 00:54:06,312 We should live so long. 627 00:56:03,498 --> 00:56:06,293 She's her father's daughter, no matter what they say. 628 00:56:06,328 --> 00:56:08,330 The hair proves it. 629 00:56:08,365 --> 00:56:11,747 Look closely, sir, her eyes are her mother's. 630 00:56:39,534 --> 00:56:43,330 Long live Elizabeth, our blessed queen! 631 00:56:43,365 --> 00:56:47,162 Long live Elizabeth, our blessed queen! 632 00:56:47,196 --> 00:56:51,442 Long live Elizabeth, our blessed queen! 633 00:56:51,477 --> 00:56:57,586 Long live Elizabeth, our blessed queen! 634 00:57:28,030 --> 00:57:29,169 Who's winning? 635 00:58:03,065 --> 00:58:05,516 Bravo! 636 00:58:09,831 --> 00:58:12,212 You were a most worthy loser, cousin. 637 00:58:12,247 --> 00:58:13,075 I commend you. 638 00:58:13,110 --> 00:58:14,560 But a loser nonetheless. 639 00:58:14,594 --> 00:58:16,527 Your familiarity with the queen 640 00:58:16,562 --> 00:58:19,461 is as offensive as it is disrespectful, sir. 641 00:58:21,567 --> 00:58:23,845 Your need is greater than mine, I fancy. 642 00:58:23,879 --> 00:58:26,917 It is damp but is still serviceable. 643 00:58:27,780 --> 00:58:30,092 Next time it will be your swollen head I aim for! 644 00:58:30,127 --> 00:58:31,335 Judging by your performance 645 00:58:31,369 --> 00:58:32,647 your aim is nothing to boast of. 646 00:58:32,681 --> 00:58:34,096 My lord Norfolk, 647 00:58:34,131 --> 00:58:36,513 I will not tolerate threats of violence in my presence. 648 00:58:36,547 --> 00:58:39,999 God's blood, it is but a game! 649 00:58:40,033 --> 00:58:42,104 Now, shake hands. 650 00:58:42,139 --> 00:58:43,347 Be done with it. 651 00:58:45,314 --> 00:58:48,559 If you think such behavior finds favor with me, gentlemen, 652 00:58:48,594 --> 00:58:51,597 you are very much mistaken. 653 00:59:00,502 --> 00:59:03,850 That one is not destined to die in his bed, my lord... 654 00:59:03,885 --> 00:59:07,889 if indeed it is his own bed that he sleeps in. 655 00:59:10,305 --> 00:59:12,272 Robbie! 656 00:59:12,307 --> 00:59:15,621 Your familiarity borders on contempt. 657 00:59:15,655 --> 00:59:17,312 One of mine own by recompense. 658 00:59:17,346 --> 00:59:18,313 No, no, no. 659 00:59:18,347 --> 00:59:21,040 You must open it. 660 00:59:27,356 --> 00:59:28,634 It's a family heirloom-- 661 00:59:28,668 --> 00:59:30,843 my late mother's favorite piece. 662 00:59:30,877 --> 00:59:33,708 Then by rights your wife should have it. 663 00:59:33,742 --> 00:59:35,054 Hmm... 664 00:59:37,712 --> 00:59:40,473 Rubies are not her color. 665 00:59:41,957 --> 00:59:45,512 So... will the Spanish ambassador be impressed? 666 00:59:45,547 --> 00:59:47,100 Your efforts are wasted, Bess. 667 00:59:47,135 --> 00:59:49,447 He's old, nearsighted 668 00:59:49,482 --> 00:59:51,898 and has an abhorrence of red hair. 669 00:59:51,933 --> 00:59:54,729 See the insolence I must endure, Letty? 670 01:00:12,609 --> 01:00:15,542 The Spanish ambassador. 671 01:00:24,621 --> 01:00:28,210 He sends this gift as a little token 672 01:00:28,245 --> 01:00:29,971 of his esteem. 673 01:00:33,560 --> 01:00:34,872 A ruby no less, 674 01:00:34,907 --> 01:00:38,255 and quite a magnificent specimen, too, 675 01:00:38,289 --> 01:00:39,290 is it not? 676 01:00:39,325 --> 01:00:41,361 As you know, the word "ruby" 677 01:00:41,396 --> 01:00:44,261 stems from the Latin word for "red," Your Grace, 678 01:00:44,295 --> 01:00:48,679 symbolizing both heat and fire and thus passion. 679 01:00:48,714 --> 01:00:50,370 Some might think such a gift 680 01:00:50,405 --> 01:00:51,682 from the husband of my late sister 681 01:00:51,717 --> 01:00:53,857 a little... inappropriate. 682 01:00:57,136 --> 01:01:00,277 Please allow me, Your Majesty, please. 683 01:01:00,311 --> 01:01:02,175 Your Majesty, if I may... 684 01:01:02,210 --> 01:01:04,902 the Earl of Pembroke. 685 01:01:12,323 --> 01:01:14,256 From Spain. 686 01:01:14,291 --> 01:01:16,707 Let us hope she runs out of suitors before we do space. 687 01:01:16,742 --> 01:01:19,227 It was but a fond gesture from a friend, Bess! 688 01:01:19,261 --> 01:01:20,228 You make too much of it. 689 01:01:20,262 --> 01:01:21,954 Your fondness exceeds propriety! 690 01:01:21,988 --> 01:01:23,887 I will not be made to look like a concubine 691 01:01:23,921 --> 01:01:25,371 before my own court! 692 01:01:25,405 --> 01:01:26,993 You go too far, Robbie! 693 01:01:27,028 --> 01:01:28,098 Bess, wait! 694 01:01:29,237 --> 01:01:30,687 Your Majesty?! 695 01:01:33,034 --> 01:01:35,588 Do we deal with her English suitors first 696 01:01:35,622 --> 01:01:36,934 or the foreign? 697 01:01:36,969 --> 01:01:39,385 We are not all assembled yet, sir. 698 01:01:39,419 --> 01:01:41,559 We proceed without Dudley.Hear, hear. 699 01:01:41,594 --> 01:01:43,389 Oh, the Earl of Arran asks 700 01:01:43,423 --> 01:01:45,011 that his name be added to the list 701 01:01:45,046 --> 01:01:46,288 of those for the queen's hand. 702 01:01:46,323 --> 01:01:47,945 As does the Earl of Arundel and Rutland. 703 01:01:47,980 --> 01:01:49,326 And the Earl of Shaftsbury. 704 01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:52,225 Likewise Sir William Pickering. 705 01:01:52,260 --> 01:01:54,607 His bastard children litter every parish. 706 01:01:54,641 --> 01:01:56,436 Well, the queen seemed most taken with him 707 01:01:56,471 --> 01:01:57,748 when they met. 708 01:01:57,783 --> 01:02:00,440 This is about state policy, not the whims of a woman. 709 01:02:00,475 --> 01:02:01,959 Her judgment cannot be relied upon. 710 01:02:01,994 --> 01:02:04,824 Is not her ill-chosen attachment to Robert Dudley 711 01:02:04,859 --> 01:02:06,446 proof of that? 712 01:02:09,173 --> 01:02:13,350 What advantage is there in a domestic union? 713 01:02:13,384 --> 01:02:14,627 Any Englishman we choose could cause 714 01:02:14,661 --> 01:02:16,767 dissent and division in the country. 715 01:02:16,802 --> 01:02:18,251 No, a foreign match is the one. 716 01:02:18,286 --> 01:02:22,393 The Spanish ambassador's been sniffing round the palace 717 01:02:22,428 --> 01:02:24,568 like a dog on heat. 718 01:02:24,602 --> 01:02:25,914 Is King Philip a contender? 719 01:02:25,949 --> 01:02:27,916 After his bloody purges when married to her sister, 720 01:02:27,951 --> 01:02:29,987 the queen would never contemplate such a union. 721 01:02:30,022 --> 01:02:31,368 In terms of a foreign match, 722 01:02:31,402 --> 01:02:34,992 we currently have the Habsburg proposal... 723 01:02:35,027 --> 01:02:38,755 and the king of Sweden, of course, weather permitting. 724 01:02:45,727 --> 01:02:47,453 The Habsburg suite-- 725 01:02:47,487 --> 01:02:49,455 which son does the emperor propose? 726 01:02:49,489 --> 01:02:53,183 His two youngest, either Ferdinand or Charles. 727 01:02:53,217 --> 01:02:55,392 Charles is the more manly. 728 01:02:55,426 --> 01:02:57,049 The French will be implacably opposed. 729 01:02:57,083 --> 01:02:58,602 As will Spain. 730 01:02:58,636 --> 01:03:00,638 As will someone closer to home, I fancy. 731 01:03:11,132 --> 01:03:12,547 Then it's Austria. 732 01:03:12,581 --> 01:03:13,928 Shall we make it official? 733 01:03:13,962 --> 01:03:14,860 Our remit is to recommend 734 01:03:14,894 --> 01:03:16,585 our preference to the queen, my lord. 735 01:03:16,620 --> 01:03:19,278 And her remit is to accept our recommendation, Sir William. 736 01:03:19,312 --> 01:03:21,176 To do otherwise flouts our authority. 737 01:03:21,211 --> 01:03:22,833 We have the chance to end 738 01:03:22,868 --> 01:03:25,077 this wretched petticoat government, my lords. 739 01:03:25,111 --> 01:03:26,147 Let us seize it. 740 01:03:26,181 --> 01:03:28,321 Subject to negotiation, 741 01:03:28,356 --> 01:03:30,323 the queen will marry the archduke Charles. 742 01:03:30,358 --> 01:03:31,531 Agreed? 743 01:03:48,479 --> 01:03:49,653 Is this your doing? 744 01:03:51,724 --> 01:03:54,554 Then you are a fool indeed. 745 01:03:54,589 --> 01:03:58,489 It was never my intention for you to witness 746 01:03:58,524 --> 01:04:02,873 such craven indulgence, Your Majesty. 747 01:04:02,908 --> 01:04:06,049 My shame is already too much to bear. 748 01:04:06,083 --> 01:04:09,569 Tread carefully, Robbie. 749 01:04:09,604 --> 01:04:13,435 One day you may strain my patience too far. 750 01:04:40,669 --> 01:04:43,672 It's uplifting to hear her laugh again, is it not? 751 01:04:43,707 --> 01:04:45,847 A joy indeed, my lord. 752 01:04:47,538 --> 01:04:51,922 Now... you are to stay with Mrs. Odingsells 753 01:04:51,957 --> 01:04:55,339 until your health is restored, my love. 754 01:04:55,374 --> 01:04:57,479 She will ensure your every need is met. 755 01:04:57,514 --> 01:05:00,793 You are all that I need, husband. 756 01:05:03,071 --> 01:05:04,452 Can you not stay with me? 757 01:05:07,006 --> 01:05:11,183 You know the snake pit of duplicity the court is, Amy. 758 01:05:11,217 --> 01:05:13,288 If I am absent too long, 759 01:05:13,323 --> 01:05:16,360 there are plenty who will fill the void. 760 01:05:16,395 --> 01:05:19,053 And the queen's favor can be capricious. 761 01:05:19,087 --> 01:05:21,572 When it shines on you, her generosity knows no bounds, 762 01:05:21,607 --> 01:05:25,611 and aren't we already reaping the rewards of that? 763 01:05:25,645 --> 01:05:27,578 The house in Kew is but a start, 764 01:05:27,613 --> 01:05:30,478 and she speaks of another in Surrey 765 01:05:30,512 --> 01:05:32,963 and an estate in Warwickshire. 766 01:05:32,998 --> 01:05:36,933 Is it only for that you seek her favor? 767 01:05:38,796 --> 01:05:42,110 Power is not always visible, Amy. 768 01:05:42,145 --> 01:05:44,526 If you have a voice, 769 01:05:44,561 --> 01:05:47,322 you can shape not just how that power is used, 770 01:05:47,357 --> 01:05:50,981 but your own destiny. 771 01:05:51,016 --> 01:05:54,778 Now, I have risked the Tower and the scaffold 772 01:05:54,812 --> 01:05:56,469 for such a chance. 773 01:05:56,504 --> 01:05:59,921 Do not ask me to forgo that now. 774 01:06:19,665 --> 01:06:21,770 Your physician will attend her daily. 775 01:06:21,805 --> 01:06:23,703 And if the pain... if she weakens... 776 01:06:23,738 --> 01:06:26,430 I will summon you, sir, as I promised. 777 01:06:26,465 --> 01:06:29,399 Be vigilant in your care for her, madam. 778 01:06:29,433 --> 01:06:32,471 She might well be the best part of me. 779 01:07:07,816 --> 01:07:09,508 Bid me go, Bess. 780 01:07:11,889 --> 01:07:12,890 Say it. 781 01:07:38,295 --> 01:07:39,365 No, we mustn't! 782 01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:40,090 We cannot! 783 01:07:43,197 --> 01:07:45,164 Another one of your bad dreams, child. 784 01:07:45,199 --> 01:07:47,994 Oh... 785 01:07:48,029 --> 01:07:50,411 Stay close, Kat. 786 01:07:52,344 --> 01:07:53,241 Your Majesty, Your Grace... 787 01:07:53,276 --> 01:07:55,036 Your Grace... 788 01:07:55,071 --> 01:07:56,244 Your Grace, Your Maj... 789 01:07:56,279 --> 01:07:58,281 Your Grace... Your Majesty... 790 01:07:58,315 --> 01:07:59,385 Your Britannic Maj... no. 791 01:07:59,420 --> 01:08:00,938 Your Grace, I am delighted to tell you 792 01:08:00,973 --> 01:08:03,562 that the council has reached a decision on the issue of... 793 01:08:03,596 --> 01:08:06,047 Now there is another matter we must attend to, 794 01:08:06,082 --> 01:08:07,497 that of your marriage. 795 01:08:07,531 --> 01:08:09,947 We feel that a match with the archduke Charles of Austria 796 01:08:09,982 --> 01:08:10,879 is the most propitious. 797 01:08:10,914 --> 01:08:13,986 The negotiating terms I have drafted. 798 01:08:17,162 --> 01:08:18,611 A union with the Habsburg empire 799 01:08:18,646 --> 01:08:20,855 will not only assure your future prosperity, 800 01:08:20,889 --> 01:08:23,099 but will deter any act of aggression 801 01:08:23,133 --> 01:08:24,893 from France or Spain. 802 01:08:24,928 --> 01:08:27,551 And the archduke has no principality of his own, 803 01:08:27,586 --> 01:08:29,001 so he's free to reside here 804 01:08:29,035 --> 01:08:31,072 and relieve you of the burdens of state. 805 01:08:32,763 --> 01:08:36,146 If sharing the sovereignty deters you, 806 01:08:36,181 --> 01:08:38,079 then let him be your consort. 807 01:08:38,114 --> 01:08:39,322 That, too, can be negotiated. 808 01:08:39,356 --> 01:08:41,358 God's breath, what worm of a man would accept 809 01:08:41,393 --> 01:08:42,670 such a meager status? 810 01:08:42,704 --> 01:08:44,430 If he does, he will never grace my bed! 811 01:08:44,465 --> 01:08:46,674 In the months since my accession, Sir William, 812 01:08:46,708 --> 01:08:49,055 have I been negligent in my duties of state? 813 01:08:49,090 --> 01:08:51,575 The Religious Acts before Parliament in my name, 814 01:08:51,610 --> 01:08:53,508 the legislation for the relief of the poor-- 815 01:08:53,543 --> 01:08:56,062 was I not instrumental in their construction? 816 01:08:56,097 --> 01:08:58,444 Your diligence is not in dispute, Your Grace. 817 01:08:58,479 --> 01:09:00,515 But it is not fitting for a woman to bear 818 01:09:00,550 --> 01:09:02,966 such weighty responsibility on her own. 819 01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,348 Your duty is now to secure succession, 820 01:09:05,382 --> 01:09:06,970 providing England with an heir. 821 01:09:07,004 --> 01:09:09,455 As my duty lies 822 01:09:09,490 --> 01:09:11,354 in giving you advice without fear or favor. 823 01:09:11,388 --> 01:09:13,390 By all means offer your advice, my lord. 824 01:09:13,425 --> 01:09:15,910 But I am under no obligation to act upon it! 825 01:09:40,762 --> 01:09:43,800 I fear I was precipitous in my response 826 01:09:43,834 --> 01:09:45,595 to the issue of my marriage, Sir William. 827 01:09:45,629 --> 01:09:47,873 If you will furnish me 828 01:09:47,907 --> 01:09:49,806 with the details of the archduke's suit, 829 01:09:49,840 --> 01:09:53,775 I shall consider his proposal most carefully. 830 01:10:03,854 --> 01:10:10,275 So, the sharks have chosen a minnow to share your throne-- 831 01:10:10,309 --> 01:10:12,242 the better to do their bidding. 832 01:10:12,277 --> 01:10:16,557 The archduke Charles is but a puny boy, 833 01:10:16,591 --> 01:10:18,559 barely weaned from his mother's breast. 834 01:10:18,593 --> 01:10:20,250 As always, you exaggerate, Robbie. 835 01:10:20,285 --> 01:10:21,700 He is my age, more or less. 836 01:10:21,734 --> 01:10:24,772 And well endowed, so they say. 837 01:10:24,806 --> 01:10:30,191 Mmm, in wealth and power perhaps. 838 01:10:30,226 --> 01:10:31,399 In other respects... 839 01:10:34,885 --> 01:10:36,473 Had anyone bothered to consult me, 840 01:10:36,508 --> 01:10:38,372 I would have forewarned them... 841 01:10:39,165 --> 01:10:41,375 how even as a child, you vowed 842 01:10:41,409 --> 01:10:42,617 never to take a husband. 843 01:10:42,652 --> 01:10:46,311 Dear God, after what happened to your mother, 844 01:10:46,345 --> 01:10:47,553 who can blame you? 845 01:10:50,936 --> 01:10:56,182 Would you forgo the chance of motherhood, Bess, 846 01:10:56,217 --> 01:10:59,013 for the sake of a childish vow? 847 01:10:59,047 --> 01:11:02,775 It's not only men who can be corrupted by power. 848 01:11:02,810 --> 01:11:06,020 An heir can be as much a threat as a comfort in that. 849 01:11:08,747 --> 01:11:11,267 But the love of a man is hardly that of a child. 850 01:11:11,301 --> 01:11:13,441 It can be as fickle. 851 01:11:13,476 --> 01:11:14,925 As can a woman's. 852 01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:19,067 But a woman ruler is not as other women, is she? 853 01:11:19,102 --> 01:11:21,138 Like the coin 854 01:11:21,173 --> 01:11:22,278 that bears her image, 855 01:11:22,312 --> 01:11:24,418 there are two sides to her. 856 01:11:24,452 --> 01:11:26,627 On the one, 857 01:11:26,661 --> 01:11:31,425 she embodies the feminine frailty of her sex, 858 01:11:31,459 --> 01:11:35,567 and on the other, she is the body politic, 859 01:11:35,601 --> 01:11:38,121 ordained by God. 860 01:11:38,155 --> 01:11:42,884 Ah, well, then, it is to the frail and feminine one I must appeal. 861 01:11:42,919 --> 01:11:48,062 Oh, but she listens only to the counsel of the other. 862 01:11:48,096 --> 01:11:49,374 And how can a woman be sure 863 01:11:49,408 --> 01:11:51,652 if a man truly loves her for herself 864 01:11:51,686 --> 01:11:54,724 or for her power as queen? 865 01:11:57,382 --> 01:11:59,591 Cannot a man love them both? 866 01:12:14,813 --> 01:12:17,125 Do you think so little of my honor 867 01:12:17,160 --> 01:12:18,886 that I might endanger yours? 868 01:12:18,920 --> 01:12:20,301 If you thought more of your wife, 869 01:12:20,336 --> 01:12:24,926 your honor would not be in doubt. 870 01:12:24,961 --> 01:12:27,619 Your wit is your protection, Bess, 871 01:12:27,653 --> 01:12:30,587 but I fear it makes for a lonely bed. 872 01:12:49,434 --> 01:12:50,883 The doctor has ordered 873 01:12:50,918 --> 01:12:53,610 that I must spend my days resting now, my love, 874 01:12:53,645 --> 01:12:57,027 but a visit from you, no matter how brief, 875 01:12:57,062 --> 01:13:00,824 will do me more good than all his potions. 876 01:13:03,309 --> 01:13:09,419 I know that duty to a queen must come before a wife, 877 01:13:09,454 --> 01:13:13,768 but I keep hearing rumors from court 878 01:13:13,803 --> 01:13:17,427 about how the queen is apt to flirt with her courtiers, 879 01:13:17,462 --> 01:13:19,774 how young men mortgage their estates 880 01:13:19,809 --> 01:13:21,914 to buy outfits to catch her eye, 881 01:13:21,949 --> 01:13:26,540 how she plays one off against the other. 882 01:13:26,574 --> 01:13:31,441 Take care, Robert, for such games are about power. 883 01:13:31,476 --> 01:13:35,065 It could be your soul you mortgage, 884 01:13:35,100 --> 01:13:38,068 for women are not so well versed in its rules, 885 01:13:38,103 --> 01:13:39,449 so make them up. 886 01:13:39,484 --> 01:13:41,244 Therein danger lies. 887 01:13:41,278 --> 01:13:44,316 The favors she bestows can be withdrawn 888 01:13:44,350 --> 01:13:47,595 as surely as the clouds obscure the sun. 889 01:13:52,048 --> 01:13:56,224 I see now if my life has a purpose, 890 01:13:56,259 --> 01:14:00,263 it is to protect you from your vanity 891 01:14:00,297 --> 01:14:06,821 and the price you will pay if you fall prey to hers. 892 01:14:23,562 --> 01:14:25,012 Your Majesty, 893 01:14:25,046 --> 01:14:27,670 may I present Sir Francis Walsingham? 894 01:14:27,704 --> 01:14:30,569 He has come from France with news for us. 895 01:14:30,604 --> 01:14:31,777 I hope your news is worthy 896 01:14:31,812 --> 01:14:33,503 of rousing me from my slumber, Sir Francis. 897 01:14:33,538 --> 01:14:35,056 Two weeks ago, 898 01:14:35,091 --> 01:14:38,266 the king of France fell ill with an ear infection. 899 01:14:38,301 --> 01:14:39,613 He died 900 01:14:39,647 --> 01:14:40,717 on Friday in Orleans. 901 01:14:40,752 --> 01:14:42,995 As a widow, your cousin, 902 01:14:43,030 --> 01:14:44,100 the queen of Scots, 903 01:14:44,134 --> 01:14:46,033 will now be competing in the marriage market, 904 01:14:46,067 --> 01:14:48,380 to forge her own political alliance against us. 905 01:14:48,414 --> 01:14:51,901 I fear her youth and beauty are such 906 01:14:51,935 --> 01:14:54,938 she will be a magnet for every Catholic prince in Europe. 907 01:14:54,973 --> 01:14:58,114 It is for this I was so rudely summoned from my bed? 908 01:14:58,148 --> 01:14:59,943 My agents inform me 909 01:14:59,978 --> 01:15:02,532 she plans to return to Scotland, Your Majesty, 910 01:15:02,567 --> 01:15:06,260 to rally her Catholic followers there. 911 01:15:06,294 --> 01:15:07,537 They boast 912 01:15:07,572 --> 01:15:10,471 she is the one true queen of England. 913 01:15:12,438 --> 01:15:14,544 Only assassination can end your heretic rule. 914 01:15:14,579 --> 01:15:16,822 A view encouraged by the French, 915 01:15:16,857 --> 01:15:18,755 who've pledged to support that cause. 916 01:15:18,790 --> 01:15:22,621 Henceforth, you must be guarded at all times. 917 01:15:22,656 --> 01:15:23,898 All your food must be tasted, 918 01:15:23,933 --> 01:15:25,797 all gifts and tokens examined for poison. 919 01:15:25,831 --> 01:15:28,938 Your progress amongst the people must be curtailed... 920 01:15:28,972 --> 01:15:30,560 Curtailed?! 921 01:15:30,595 --> 01:15:33,356 My best defense lies in the love of my people. 922 01:15:33,390 --> 01:15:35,876 How can they do that if they cannot see me? 923 01:15:35,910 --> 01:15:38,050 With respect, Your Majesty, your best defense lies 924 01:15:38,085 --> 01:15:39,707 in marrying someone the French will fear. 925 01:15:39,742 --> 01:15:41,226 I am not so bereft of logic 926 01:15:41,260 --> 01:15:44,332 I don't know common sense when I hear it, Sir William. 927 01:15:44,367 --> 01:15:47,025 Have I not said I will consider the archduke Charles's proposal 928 01:15:47,059 --> 01:15:48,302 most carefully? 929 01:15:48,336 --> 01:15:50,097 Now I bid you good night, 930 01:15:50,131 --> 01:15:51,685 gentlemen, 931 01:15:51,719 --> 01:15:55,136 lest my own beauty suffer from my interrupted rest! 932 01:16:05,871 --> 01:16:09,185 I come to the point, Majesty. 933 01:16:09,219 --> 01:16:10,876 King Philip has asked... 934 01:16:10,911 --> 01:16:15,156 He asked me to ascertain if you would do him the honor 935 01:16:15,191 --> 01:16:18,988 of considering a proposal of marriage from him. 936 01:16:19,022 --> 01:16:22,681 Of course, the enmity such an alliance will cause 937 01:16:22,716 --> 01:16:24,683 could be costly for Spain. 938 01:16:24,718 --> 01:16:28,584 Military conflict with France cannot be ruled out. 939 01:16:28,618 --> 01:16:32,898 And does he ask for nothing in return for his sacrifice? 940 01:16:32,933 --> 01:16:35,487 Converting to the faith of Rome 941 01:16:35,521 --> 01:16:39,284 is not such a sacrifice on your part, is it? 942 01:16:39,318 --> 01:16:43,633 Think of the reward-- 943 01:16:43,668 --> 01:16:48,845 our two nations bound by the sacred bond of marriage. 944 01:16:48,880 --> 01:16:50,778 Europe will be on its knees before us. 945 01:16:52,331 --> 01:16:53,505 We are but a small kingdom 946 01:16:53,539 --> 01:16:55,403 compared to the might of Spain, my lord. 947 01:16:55,438 --> 01:16:57,682 Such an alliance could threaten our nation-state. 948 01:16:57,716 --> 01:16:59,166 My people will never sanction it. 949 01:16:59,200 --> 01:17:05,034 The people will take their cue from you, Your Majesty. 950 01:17:05,068 --> 01:17:08,589 Such is their love for you. 951 01:17:11,212 --> 01:17:13,249 Please inform the king 952 01:17:13,283 --> 01:17:17,909 that I shall consider his proposal... most carefully. 953 01:17:36,065 --> 01:17:38,067 Child, you must rise. 954 01:17:39,862 --> 01:17:41,898 Prepare! 955 01:17:41,933 --> 01:17:46,869 Baron Breuner, the archduke Charles's envoy, has arrived. 956 01:17:46,903 --> 01:17:53,323 And the gifts he brings-- damask, caskets 957 01:17:53,358 --> 01:17:57,465 and a white horse fit only for a king. 958 01:17:57,500 --> 01:18:01,331 If it's to be a courtship by proxy, 959 01:18:01,366 --> 01:18:04,749 let us sweep him off his feet. 960 01:18:11,617 --> 01:18:13,619 I'm sorry to have to do this to you. 961 01:18:16,174 --> 01:18:19,764 Now, see how attentive she is, how she leans towards him? 962 01:18:19,798 --> 01:18:22,249 The archduke chose well in his envoy. 963 01:18:22,283 --> 01:18:24,044 No woman can resist such a man. 964 01:18:24,078 --> 01:18:26,736 Let's hope he has the wit to let her win. 965 01:18:26,771 --> 01:18:28,531 If he doesn't, God help him. 966 01:18:28,565 --> 01:18:34,710 Ah, the acid test-- the archduke's portrait. 967 01:18:36,712 --> 01:18:38,265 Is she smiling? 968 01:18:38,299 --> 01:18:39,542 I cannot tell. 969 01:18:39,576 --> 01:18:42,234 We are nudging towards a result, my lords. 970 01:18:42,269 --> 01:18:44,098 I feel it in my bones. 971 01:18:49,586 --> 01:18:51,485 As we were! Quickly! 972 01:18:57,318 --> 01:19:01,322 Ah, Baron... come and join us. 973 01:19:01,357 --> 01:19:03,324 I hope your suit progresses well. 974 01:19:03,359 --> 01:19:04,843 Yes, thank you, it progresses, 975 01:19:04,878 --> 01:19:07,225 though in what direction, I'm not so certain. 976 01:19:07,259 --> 01:19:10,262 Was she not amenable to the archduke's picture? 977 01:19:10,297 --> 01:19:13,127 Oh, yes, she said she found his features most pleasing. 978 01:19:13,162 --> 01:19:15,612 She also said how she never trusts the portrait, 979 01:19:15,647 --> 01:19:17,338 how an artist can use his skills 980 01:19:17,373 --> 01:19:19,133 to disguise the faults of his subject. 981 01:19:19,168 --> 01:19:22,412 Well, I trust that His Lordship is faultless in the flesh. 982 01:19:23,862 --> 01:19:25,001 She insists 983 01:19:25,036 --> 01:19:26,727 on meeting the archduke personally 984 01:19:26,762 --> 01:19:28,660 before considering a commitment to him. 985 01:19:28,694 --> 01:19:30,938 She's adamant on that point. 986 01:19:30,973 --> 01:19:33,285 Then we will issue a formal invitation 987 01:19:33,320 --> 01:19:35,253 that he may come to England and... 988 01:19:35,287 --> 01:19:37,255 And if he comes and she rejects him? 989 01:19:37,289 --> 01:19:40,879 The archduke will never expose himself to such humiliation. 990 01:19:40,914 --> 01:19:43,088 I've learned from experience, Baron, 991 01:19:43,123 --> 01:19:44,641 that, like others of her sex, 992 01:19:44,676 --> 01:19:47,644 the queen can tend to frivolity and prevarication 993 01:19:47,679 --> 01:19:49,577 when faced with a decision. 994 01:19:49,612 --> 01:19:51,648 But time will mellow her. 995 01:19:52,857 --> 01:19:54,962 Sir Robert Dudley's name was constantly on her lips. 996 01:19:54,997 --> 01:19:57,827 Is there anything there I should be aware of? 997 01:19:59,553 --> 01:20:01,486 A friend from childhood, my lord. 998 01:20:01,520 --> 01:20:02,936 Her fondness for him 999 01:20:02,970 --> 01:20:06,318 is nothing more than that of a sister-- nothing more. 1000 01:20:06,353 --> 01:20:07,975 I see. 1001 01:20:08,010 --> 01:20:11,082 If she has been neglectful of her honor, 1002 01:20:11,116 --> 01:20:15,362 the archduke will never countenance a match with her, 1003 01:20:15,396 --> 01:20:17,122 nor I collude with it. 1004 01:20:17,157 --> 01:20:19,642 My lords. 1005 01:20:33,898 --> 01:20:35,865 Thank you. 1006 01:20:48,464 --> 01:20:50,017 He has duties at court. 1007 01:20:50,052 --> 01:20:51,639 He cannot come. 1008 01:20:52,502 --> 01:20:55,160 Will you leave me, please? 1009 01:21:18,218 --> 01:21:20,806 The pearl ones. 1010 01:24:17,535 --> 01:24:19,019 He has a wife! 1011 01:24:19,054 --> 01:24:21,125 You cavort with him as though he were a suitor! 1012 01:24:21,159 --> 01:24:24,093 I treat him as he deserves-- as a loyal and trusted friend! 1013 01:24:24,128 --> 01:24:25,646 He is my only joy, Kat! 1014 01:24:25,681 --> 01:24:29,478 When I am with him, the burden I must carry is lifted. 1015 01:24:29,512 --> 01:24:31,411 I am the child I was never allowed to be. 1016 01:24:31,445 --> 01:24:32,550 You, of all people, 1017 01:24:32,584 --> 01:24:34,103 know the dark days of that! 1018 01:24:34,138 --> 01:24:37,624 And the talk he plans to poison his wife so he can marry you-- 1019 01:24:37,658 --> 01:24:39,108 does that bring you joy, too? 1020 01:24:39,143 --> 01:24:41,352 The poison lies with those saying such vile things! 1021 01:24:41,386 --> 01:24:42,594 Who are they? Name them! 1022 01:24:42,629 --> 01:24:44,734 If you prove yourself unworthy as a queen, 1023 01:24:44,769 --> 01:24:47,496 the love of your people can as easily turn to contempt. 1024 01:24:47,530 --> 01:24:48,876 Your enemies will seize that, 1025 01:24:48,911 --> 01:24:52,259 seek to take the throne away from you! 1026 01:24:52,294 --> 01:24:53,847 Is any man worth that price? 1027 01:24:53,881 --> 01:24:56,091 The tracts of land you've given him? 1028 01:24:56,125 --> 01:24:57,816 The money, the titles? 1029 01:24:57,851 --> 01:24:59,991 Will your next gift be your virtue 1030 01:25:00,025 --> 01:25:01,648 or the realm itself? 1031 01:25:01,682 --> 01:25:03,305 Or is one the reward for the other? 1032 01:25:06,170 --> 01:25:07,205 I'm sorry! 1033 01:25:07,240 --> 01:25:08,482 Oh, forgive me. 1034 01:25:08,517 --> 01:25:10,553 Say you forgive me. 1035 01:25:11,451 --> 01:25:17,112 There has been no impropriety between us! 1036 01:25:17,146 --> 01:25:20,460 God's wounds, when has there been an opportunity? 1037 01:25:20,494 --> 01:25:22,255 Do not my ladies sleep beside me? 1038 01:25:22,289 --> 01:25:24,843 Are there not guards on my door? 1039 01:25:24,878 --> 01:25:27,052 Am I not watched by a thousand eyes day and night? 1040 01:25:27,087 --> 01:25:30,332 And a thousand eyes see how you look at him, child. 1041 01:25:30,366 --> 01:25:34,370 Admit your love for him. 1042 01:25:34,405 --> 01:25:38,340 Only then can you find the courage to do what you must 1043 01:25:38,374 --> 01:25:42,102 and discard him. 1044 01:25:42,137 --> 01:25:47,176 We are guilty of nothing immoral, by thought or deed. 1045 01:25:47,211 --> 01:25:49,523 But if I choose so to dishonor myself, 1046 01:25:49,558 --> 01:25:51,180 no one shall forbid me. 1047 01:25:51,215 --> 01:25:52,940 No one! 1048 01:26:08,922 --> 01:26:11,235 Are you not going to the fair today? 1049 01:26:11,269 --> 01:26:15,204 I was going to send the servants in my place, my lady. 1050 01:26:15,239 --> 01:26:17,551 Oh, do go, Mrs. Odingsells. 1051 01:26:17,586 --> 01:26:19,795 I shall be sleeping. 1052 01:26:19,829 --> 01:26:21,797 What harm can come to me? 1053 01:26:23,764 --> 01:26:26,871 For an hour-- no longer. 1054 01:26:30,185 --> 01:26:33,498 Wait for me! 1055 01:26:35,707 --> 01:26:36,777 Come. 1056 01:28:08,041 --> 01:28:13,046 I see now if my life has a purpose, 1057 01:28:13,080 --> 01:28:17,050 it is to protect you from your vanity 1058 01:28:17,084 --> 01:28:23,988 and the price you will pay if you fall prey to hers. 1059 01:29:00,162 --> 01:29:03,545 She has rejected King Philip of Spain's proposal. 1060 01:29:03,579 --> 01:29:06,755 Response to the archduke Charles is the same. 1061 01:29:08,032 --> 01:29:11,656 "I am not minded at this time to relinquish my single life." 1062 01:29:11,691 --> 01:29:13,520 She doesn't know her mind. 1063 01:29:13,555 --> 01:29:15,108 That's the problem. 1064 01:29:15,142 --> 01:29:17,317 She knows it well enough. 1065 01:29:17,352 --> 01:29:20,665 Dudley has cleared the decks by disposing of his wife. 1066 01:29:20,700 --> 01:29:22,080 She is doing the same. 1067 01:29:22,115 --> 01:29:24,738 The coroner has not yet determined the cause of death. 1068 01:29:24,773 --> 01:29:26,706 I fear every court in Europe 1069 01:29:26,740 --> 01:29:28,432 is rife with such talk, Sir William. 1070 01:29:28,466 --> 01:29:31,711 My agents report even the queen of Scots 1071 01:29:31,745 --> 01:29:34,265 saying how the queen's favorite has killed his wife 1072 01:29:34,299 --> 01:29:35,611 to make room for her in his bed. 1073 01:29:35,646 --> 01:29:38,131 Sir Robert was here in court that day, sir. 1074 01:29:38,165 --> 01:29:39,684 I can vouch for it. 1075 01:29:39,719 --> 01:29:42,273 Death by design requires only a willing mercenary 1076 01:29:42,307 --> 01:29:43,585 to service it, my lord. 1077 01:29:43,619 --> 01:29:46,277 Thanks to the queen, Dudley is not without funds. 1078 01:29:46,311 --> 01:29:50,177 I will not tolerate such talk of Her Majesty in my presence, sir! 1079 01:29:50,212 --> 01:29:53,146 Do not let your loyalty blind you, Sir William. 1080 01:29:53,180 --> 01:29:55,113 Her complicity is the talk 1081 01:29:55,148 --> 01:29:57,392 of every pulpit and parish in the land. 1082 01:29:57,426 --> 01:30:00,118 If she chooses this corrupt union, 1083 01:30:00,153 --> 01:30:01,603 she will go to bed a queen 1084 01:30:01,637 --> 01:30:04,433 and wake up as Lady Elizabeth again... 1085 01:30:04,468 --> 01:30:06,435 if she wakes at all. 1086 01:30:35,809 --> 01:30:37,259 Leave us. 1087 01:30:41,159 --> 01:30:42,678 The coroner's verdict. 1088 01:30:42,713 --> 01:30:46,199 No evidence or presumption of evil by any third party. 1089 01:30:47,372 --> 01:30:49,098 Then I'm exonerated-- it's over. 1090 01:30:49,133 --> 01:30:52,377 Malicious tongues might take more convincing. 1091 01:30:52,412 --> 01:30:55,208 A few weeks, it'll be but a memory, Bess. 1092 01:30:55,242 --> 01:30:57,072 Have to ride it out, that's all. 1093 01:30:58,798 --> 01:31:00,972 It'll be worth the wait, I promise you. 1094 01:31:02,077 --> 01:31:04,424 You know we're destined to be together, Bess. 1095 01:31:06,253 --> 01:31:07,600 Marry me. 1096 01:31:08,601 --> 01:31:11,535 Do you not see your dishonor is mine, too? 1097 01:31:11,569 --> 01:31:14,261 I cannot let what started with such hope for my people 1098 01:31:14,296 --> 01:31:15,815 end in shameful ignominy. 1099 01:31:15,849 --> 01:31:17,437 There is only dishonor... 1100 01:31:19,715 --> 01:31:22,718 There is only dishonor where there is guilt. 1101 01:31:22,753 --> 01:31:26,895 Or must I swear my innocence to you, too? 1102 01:31:28,690 --> 01:31:30,657 You looking for a reason not to love me? 1103 01:31:30,692 --> 01:31:32,970 Careful, Bess, you might find one. 1104 01:31:38,285 --> 01:31:39,873 We must not, I cannot! 1105 01:31:41,703 --> 01:31:44,222 If you love me as you claim, 1106 01:31:44,257 --> 01:31:47,605 you must leave court-- now, today. 1107 01:31:47,640 --> 01:31:50,781 If you love me, you would never ask me to do such a thing. 1108 01:31:50,815 --> 01:31:52,886 I do not ask it. 1109 01:31:52,921 --> 01:31:54,612 I demand it. 1110 01:31:54,647 --> 01:31:57,581 If I am exiled, it will seem as proof of my guilt. 1111 01:31:57,615 --> 01:31:58,789 I'm done for! 1112 01:32:03,621 --> 01:32:06,831 All these months you kept me close, you were using me... 1113 01:32:08,592 --> 01:32:09,731 playing with me 1114 01:32:09,765 --> 01:32:13,873 for your own callous ends, as you do all men. 1115 01:32:15,460 --> 01:32:18,498 So long as I was married, you were safe. 1116 01:32:18,533 --> 01:32:21,777 Now I am free, you spurn me. 1117 01:32:27,714 --> 01:32:32,029 If I leave, I won't return, Bess. 1118 01:32:32,063 --> 01:32:35,550 It will be the last time you ever see me. 1119 01:32:42,833 --> 01:32:46,388 I will have but one mistress here and no master! 1120 01:32:46,422 --> 01:32:47,492 Do you hear me? 1121 01:32:48,701 --> 01:32:52,083 I will have no man rule over me! 1122 01:32:57,537 --> 01:32:59,090 Send for help. 1123 01:33:14,658 --> 01:33:17,177 Boleyn's little bastard. 1124 01:33:19,732 --> 01:33:22,424 Keep the fire stoked, keep it stoked. 1125 01:33:22,458 --> 01:33:24,564 This water's cold, Isabella. 1126 01:33:24,599 --> 01:33:26,048 Bring more water. 1127 01:33:31,985 --> 01:33:34,539 Where's the water? 1128 01:33:59,599 --> 01:34:01,118 She is asking for you. 1129 01:34:05,398 --> 01:34:07,883 Her successor-- is there a name? 1130 01:34:12,854 --> 01:34:15,304 An ancient Arabic remedy for smallpox. 1131 01:34:15,339 --> 01:34:18,273 The patient is entirely wrapped in red 1132 01:34:18,307 --> 01:34:20,516 to sweat the pox out. 1133 01:34:20,551 --> 01:34:22,553 Can she... see? 1134 01:34:22,587 --> 01:34:23,968 Is it in her eyes yet? 1135 01:34:24,003 --> 01:34:26,799 Please God, it has not spread to her brain. 1136 01:34:26,833 --> 01:34:30,975 My lords, I... 1137 01:34:33,288 --> 01:34:36,291 I fear death possesses me. 1138 01:34:39,294 --> 01:34:42,262 A successor, Majesty. 1139 01:34:42,297 --> 01:34:43,954 We must have a name. 1140 01:34:50,063 --> 01:34:51,893 We need a name, Your Grace. 1141 01:34:55,517 --> 01:34:58,727 The protector of the realm shall be... 1142 01:35:08,599 --> 01:35:12,292 Sir, I cannot hear-- was there a name? 1143 01:35:12,327 --> 01:35:14,674 Robert Dudley. 1144 01:36:58,226 --> 01:36:59,952 Where's the water? 1145 01:37:23,009 --> 01:37:25,701 Oh... oh. 1146 01:37:27,738 --> 01:37:31,742 The queen lives! The queen lives! 1147 01:37:39,992 --> 01:37:44,237 We must thank God for our merciful deliverance, my lords. 1148 01:38:20,756 --> 01:38:23,069 I know the timing is not propitious, Your Grace, 1149 01:38:23,104 --> 01:38:25,002 but there is a matter of some urgency... 1150 01:38:25,037 --> 01:38:28,799 Must you always indulge in these tiresome preambles, my lord? 1151 01:38:28,833 --> 01:38:30,939 If it's urgent, say it. 1152 01:38:30,974 --> 01:38:33,942 I am relieved your spirit is restored along with your health, 1153 01:38:33,977 --> 01:38:34,978 Your Majesty. 1154 01:38:36,669 --> 01:38:39,637 A decree from Parliament. 1155 01:38:39,672 --> 01:38:41,846 It is their will that your marriage negotiations 1156 01:38:41,881 --> 01:38:44,401 with the archduke Charles be reopened without delay. 1157 01:38:44,435 --> 01:38:45,885 An invitation to his envoy 1158 01:38:45,920 --> 01:38:47,749 has been issued to that effect. 1159 01:38:47,783 --> 01:38:49,751 Issued without my consent? 1160 01:38:49,785 --> 01:38:53,030 Without even the meager courtesy of discussion? 1161 01:38:53,065 --> 01:38:55,722 Parliament have yet to approve your annual subsidy. 1162 01:38:55,757 --> 01:38:57,655 Now is not the moment to antagonize them. 1163 01:38:57,690 --> 01:39:00,555 Do they think to blackmail me, Sir William? 1164 01:39:00,589 --> 01:39:03,903 Your illness was a salutary reminder to us all 1165 01:39:03,938 --> 01:39:05,525 of your mortality. 1166 01:39:05,560 --> 01:39:10,254 The question of succession can be detained no longer. 1167 01:39:24,027 --> 01:39:25,718 Such fuss. 1168 01:39:25,752 --> 01:39:28,272 They're barely visible, child. 1169 01:39:28,307 --> 01:39:30,447 If I can see them, so can others. 1170 01:39:34,416 --> 01:39:38,489 Henceforth, my ladies must only wear subdued colors, Kat. 1171 01:39:41,147 --> 01:39:43,632 There can be but one sun in the universe! 1172 01:41:03,643 --> 01:41:06,543 Honorable members of Parliament, councilors-- 1173 01:41:06,577 --> 01:41:09,442 I am told that some of you still take the view 1174 01:41:09,477 --> 01:41:11,168 that I must take a husband. 1175 01:41:15,172 --> 01:41:19,073 It is monstrous that the feet should think to rule the head... 1176 01:41:21,040 --> 01:41:25,009 that you presume I shall bend my will to yours on such a subject. 1177 01:41:25,044 --> 01:41:29,255 Was it not God's will that preserved me from my sickness 1178 01:41:29,290 --> 01:41:31,119 for the life I must now lead? 1179 01:41:31,154 --> 01:41:34,398 And it shall be his will alone I obey 1180 01:41:34,433 --> 01:41:36,849 on the matter of my marriage. 1181 01:41:36,883 --> 01:41:41,129 If he so works my heart to incline it towards that state, 1182 01:41:41,164 --> 01:41:43,027 then I assure you 1183 01:41:43,062 --> 01:41:45,754 the realm shall not go destitute of an heir. 1184 01:41:45,789 --> 01:41:47,963 But if it be his will 1185 01:41:47,998 --> 01:41:50,621 I continue to live outside the state of marriage, 1186 01:41:50,656 --> 01:41:52,071 I tell you, 1187 01:41:52,106 --> 01:41:54,901 I would rather be turned out of the realm in my petticoats 1188 01:41:54,936 --> 01:41:56,455 than defy him! 1189 01:41:57,594 --> 01:41:59,803 It is England I married, my lords. 1190 01:41:59,837 --> 01:42:03,807 It shall be sufficient for me when I die 1191 01:42:03,841 --> 01:42:05,671 that a marble headstone declares 1192 01:42:05,705 --> 01:42:08,639 that this queen, having lived for such and such a time, 1193 01:42:08,674 --> 01:42:12,678 lived and died... a virgin! 1194 01:43:00,450 --> 01:43:02,555 The queen of Scots' envoy is due. 1195 01:43:02,590 --> 01:43:03,970 She will see no one else. 1196 01:43:04,005 --> 01:43:06,318 You'll find I'm the exception, sir. 1197 01:43:06,352 --> 01:43:08,906 "No exceptions," she said. 1198 01:43:43,665 --> 01:43:45,495 You startled me, sir. 1199 01:43:45,529 --> 01:43:46,530 Sir James Melville. 1200 01:43:46,565 --> 01:43:48,774 I am honored indeed, Your Majesty. 1201 01:43:49,637 --> 01:43:50,741 I hope my cousin fared well 1202 01:43:50,776 --> 01:43:52,226 in her journey back to Scotland. 1203 01:43:52,260 --> 01:43:53,468 Uncommonly well, Your Majesty. 1204 01:43:53,503 --> 01:43:55,677 She relishes being at home once again. 1205 01:43:58,646 --> 01:44:00,613 My father composed this ditty. 1206 01:44:00,648 --> 01:44:02,166 Charming, is it not? 1207 01:44:02,201 --> 01:44:03,754 Indeed so, Your Majesty. 1208 01:44:03,789 --> 01:44:06,792 My cousin, too, is musical, I hear. 1209 01:44:06,826 --> 01:44:11,106 She plays like an angel, Your Grace. 1210 01:44:11,141 --> 01:44:12,763 As dexterously as I? 1211 01:44:12,798 --> 01:44:16,250 There is no comparison. 1212 01:44:19,632 --> 01:44:23,981 I am told she also dances sublimely. 1213 01:44:24,016 --> 01:44:26,294 Oh, she is indeed deft of foot. 1214 01:44:26,329 --> 01:44:29,297 "Sublime" is the word, Your Majesty. 1215 01:44:29,332 --> 01:44:32,231 I heard she is uncommon tall. 1216 01:44:32,266 --> 01:44:34,198 Is she not ungainly? 1217 01:44:34,233 --> 01:44:35,165 She is as graceful 1218 01:44:35,199 --> 01:44:38,444 as a feather in the breeze, Your Grace. 1219 01:44:38,479 --> 01:44:41,930 So... she is taller than I or...? 1220 01:44:41,965 --> 01:44:43,794 Taller by a few inches, I'd say. 1221 01:44:43,829 --> 01:44:45,658 Then she is too tall. 1222 01:44:45,693 --> 01:44:47,764 For I am told I am the perfect height. 1223 01:44:47,798 --> 01:44:52,976 Your meeting with her has been delayed too long, Your Majesty. 1224 01:44:53,010 --> 01:44:56,462 Only then can you judge her true merits for yourself. 1225 01:44:56,497 --> 01:44:59,258 In that regard, she has sent you a gift. 1226 01:45:06,541 --> 01:45:11,201 I see now how she has so many suitors competing for her hand. 1227 01:45:11,235 --> 01:45:13,859 No doubt some foreign prince has caught her eye. 1228 01:45:13,893 --> 01:45:15,861 She favors an Englishman. 1229 01:45:15,895 --> 01:45:20,072 Her cousin Lord Darnley has been mooted in that regard. 1230 01:45:20,106 --> 01:45:21,418 Darnley? 1231 01:45:21,453 --> 01:45:23,109 That feckless, unstable youth? 1232 01:45:23,144 --> 01:45:26,285 And as a Stuart, he has a claim to my throne. 1233 01:45:26,320 --> 01:45:30,116 A union between them both could pose a serious threat 1234 01:45:30,151 --> 01:45:32,705 to the security of my kingdom, sir. 1235 01:45:32,740 --> 01:45:36,157 Scotland is but a footfall away. 1236 01:45:36,191 --> 01:45:37,296 As your sister queen, 1237 01:45:37,331 --> 01:45:40,126 she seeks only to strengthen the alliance between you. 1238 01:45:45,235 --> 01:45:48,997 Then I have the perfect gift in mind for her... 1239 01:45:49,032 --> 01:45:50,896 to achieve that goal. 1240 01:45:52,656 --> 01:45:55,763 Oh! I would prefer banishment to this-- 1241 01:45:55,797 --> 01:45:57,109 a hundred times I would prefer it! 1242 01:45:57,143 --> 01:45:59,456 If she marries a Catholic prince, 1243 01:45:59,491 --> 01:46:01,320 she will use their power to seize my throne. 1244 01:46:01,355 --> 01:46:03,736 Worse yet if it's Darnley she chooses! 1245 01:46:03,771 --> 01:46:06,705 Who else can I trust with such a mission, 1246 01:46:06,739 --> 01:46:08,465 who I know will not betray me? 1247 01:46:08,500 --> 01:46:10,502 I... I am a Protestant, I am a commoner. 1248 01:46:10,536 --> 01:46:13,021 She will never countenance such a match. 1249 01:46:14,368 --> 01:46:15,817 The earldom of Leicestershire 1250 01:46:15,852 --> 01:46:18,855 has a heritage akin to royalty, does it not? 1251 01:46:18,889 --> 01:46:20,408 And there are surely worse duties 1252 01:46:20,443 --> 01:46:21,858 than to be married to a queen. 1253 01:46:25,309 --> 01:46:29,590 You know, I hadn't yet forsaken all hope of that. 1254 01:46:34,318 --> 01:46:35,596 And there is no greater death 1255 01:46:35,630 --> 01:46:37,736 than that of hope, Bess. 1256 01:46:37,770 --> 01:46:40,048 And no greater love than to sacrifice it. 1257 01:46:42,465 --> 01:46:45,122 Is this the frail, feminine side talking... 1258 01:46:45,157 --> 01:46:48,125 or the divine virgin? 1259 01:46:49,955 --> 01:46:51,163 Hmm? 1260 01:46:55,650 --> 01:46:58,446 For queen and country. 1261 01:46:58,481 --> 01:47:00,103 So be it. 1262 01:47:02,933 --> 01:47:04,487 Robbie. 1263 01:47:07,628 --> 01:47:11,977 They say her beauty is unparalleled. 1264 01:47:12,011 --> 01:47:14,566 Perhaps it will not be such a sacrifice. 1265 01:47:46,287 --> 01:47:49,083 Be it known to all those present 1266 01:47:49,117 --> 01:47:53,328 that in recognition of his steadfast service and loyalty 1267 01:47:53,363 --> 01:47:55,399 to the queen and to the realm, 1268 01:47:55,434 --> 01:47:58,299 on this day we do confer upon Robert Dudley 1269 01:47:58,333 --> 01:48:03,994 the dignity, splendor and title of Earl of Leicester. 1270 01:48:24,394 --> 01:48:27,535 The queen of Scotland has defied you, Your Grace. 1271 01:48:27,570 --> 01:48:29,917 She has wed Lord Darnley. 1272 01:48:54,148 --> 01:48:56,426 "His Holiness Pope Pius V calls 1273 01:48:56,460 --> 01:48:59,015 upon all English Catholic subjects..." 1274 01:49:00,741 --> 01:49:02,259 "to renounce the heretic rule 1275 01:49:02,294 --> 01:49:04,745 of Elizabeth Tudor, usurper queen of England"-- 1276 01:49:04,779 --> 01:49:07,333 to all intent and purposes, a warrant for your death. 1277 01:49:07,368 --> 01:49:08,852 It's not just renegade Catholics 1278 01:49:08,887 --> 01:49:10,992 acting on the orders of the pope we must fear. 1279 01:49:11,027 --> 01:49:12,753 The queen of Scots has orchestrated 1280 01:49:12,787 --> 01:49:14,271 yet another plot to depose you. 1281 01:49:14,306 --> 01:49:15,583 In her letters to me, 1282 01:49:15,618 --> 01:49:17,827 she swears she has no knowledge of such a conspiracy! 1283 01:49:17,861 --> 01:49:20,001 Then her assurances are as threadbare as her honor. 1284 01:49:20,036 --> 01:49:21,485 Reckless she may be, 1285 01:49:21,520 --> 01:49:23,798 she is still an anointed queen, as I am! 1286 01:49:23,833 --> 01:49:25,904 Your spies are either lax in their efficiency 1287 01:49:25,938 --> 01:49:27,491 or in their loyalty, Sir Francis. 1288 01:49:27,526 --> 01:49:29,459 In the absence of a standing army, 1289 01:49:29,493 --> 01:49:32,289 they're your best protection, Your Majesty. 1290 01:49:32,324 --> 01:49:34,533 Thanks to their diligence, 1291 01:49:34,568 --> 01:49:37,087 her latest intrigue has been exposed. 1292 01:49:37,122 --> 01:49:41,057 It seems she has found a friend in court, 1293 01:49:41,091 --> 01:49:43,438 someone close to you, 1294 01:49:43,473 --> 01:49:46,580 who has elected to betray you. 1295 01:50:14,090 --> 01:50:16,437 I fear I shall soon have to sleep with a sword by my side, 1296 01:50:16,471 --> 01:50:20,717 as my sister did, for fear of being murdered in my own bed. 1297 01:50:20,752 --> 01:50:25,929 The queen of Scots persists in her cause to seize my throne. 1298 01:50:25,964 --> 01:50:28,276 But unseating a monarch requires more than force. 1299 01:50:28,311 --> 01:50:30,416 Without the support of the council or Parliament, 1300 01:50:30,451 --> 01:50:32,177 it could end in civil war. 1301 01:50:33,661 --> 01:50:38,632 So... who better to enlist to subvert their loyalty 1302 01:50:38,666 --> 01:50:41,220 than someone whose ambitions for advancement 1303 01:50:41,255 --> 01:50:42,981 have been thwarted in my court? 1304 01:50:44,568 --> 01:50:47,295 Who can conveniently dust off his Catholicism 1305 01:50:47,330 --> 01:50:49,504 as proof of his new fidelity to Rome? 1306 01:50:51,817 --> 01:50:54,855 And do you have proof of such an intrigue? 1307 01:50:54,889 --> 01:50:56,408 Mmm. 1308 01:50:56,442 --> 01:50:58,721 Thanks to God and Walsingham. 1309 01:50:58,755 --> 01:51:00,895 The sweet talk in his letters 1310 01:51:00,930 --> 01:51:03,933 to the queen of Scots speak volumes. 1311 01:51:06,625 --> 01:51:10,008 Of all qualities, I prize loyalty the most, 1312 01:51:10,042 --> 01:51:12,700 but now I perceive mercy to be as worthy. 1313 01:51:14,046 --> 01:51:17,187 To err is human, to forgive divine, 1314 01:51:17,222 --> 01:51:20,915 but the gateway to forgiveness must first be confession. 1315 01:51:33,721 --> 01:51:35,309 If loyalty be the issue, 1316 01:51:35,343 --> 01:51:38,726 then it is Dudley who should be called to account. 1317 01:51:38,761 --> 01:51:41,660 You think it was mischance that she came to marry Darnley? 1318 01:51:41,695 --> 01:51:44,628 It was Dudley's backdoor machinations 1319 01:51:44,663 --> 01:51:46,769 that he may remain here at court with you to further... 1320 01:51:46,803 --> 01:51:49,047 Impugning my lord Leicester's integrity insults 1321 01:51:49,081 --> 01:51:51,152 not just his good name but my intelligence, cousin! 1322 01:51:51,187 --> 01:51:54,155 And as your cousin, your blood kin, I tell you, 1323 01:51:54,190 --> 01:51:57,503 your trust is fatally misplaced, and always has been! 1324 01:51:57,538 --> 01:52:01,197 Our royal blood is from birth, Thomas. 1325 01:52:01,231 --> 01:52:03,889 How we use its power thereafter is from choice. 1326 01:52:03,924 --> 01:52:05,753 You have made yours, as I have. 1327 01:52:06,789 --> 01:52:09,136 And you have chosen her. 1328 01:52:20,526 --> 01:52:22,494 Take him to the Tower. 1329 01:52:22,528 --> 01:52:24,185 Dispose of him! 1330 01:54:16,850 --> 01:54:18,990 I had all but given up waiting for you, 1331 01:54:19,024 --> 01:54:21,233 my sweet Lettice.