1 00:00:04,749 --> 00:00:13,249 Created by GeoffS 2 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:19,430 In the back atrium. 3 00:00:26,484 --> 00:00:28,044 Who's winning? 4 00:01:01,924 --> 00:01:04,084 Bravo! 5 00:01:08,382 --> 00:01:11,222 You are most worthy loser, cousin. I commend you. 6 00:01:11,302 --> 00:01:12,982 But as a loser, nothing less. 7 00:01:13,022 --> 00:01:14,662 Your familiarity with the queen 8 00:01:14,702 --> 00:01:17,782 is as offensive as disrespectful, sir. 9 00:01:19,942 --> 00:01:22,862 Your need is greater than mine, I fear. 10 00:01:22,902 --> 00:01:25,582 It is damp but still serviceable. 11 00:01:26,062 --> 00:01:28,622 Next time, it will be your swollen head I aim for, Dudley! 12 00:01:28,662 --> 00:01:29,782 Judging from your performance 13 00:01:29,822 --> 00:01:31,222 your aim is nothing to boast of, Sir. 14 00:01:31,662 --> 00:01:32,942 Mi lord Norfolk, 15 00:01:32,982 --> 00:01:35,142 I will not tolerate threats of violence in my presence. 16 00:01:35,182 --> 00:01:38,622 God's blood, it is but a game! 17 00:01:38,662 --> 00:01:40,142 Now shake hands. 18 00:01:40,182 --> 00:01:41,662 Be done with it. 19 00:01:44,262 --> 00:01:47,302 If you think that such behavior finds favour with me, gentlemen, 20 00:01:47,302 --> 00:01:49,902 You are very much mistaken. 21 00:01:58,982 --> 00:02:02,462 That one is not destined to die in his bed, my lord... 22 00:02:02,502 --> 00:02:06,382 If indeed it is his own bed that he sleeps in. 23 00:02:09,662 --> 00:02:10,662 Robbie! 24 00:02:10,702 --> 00:02:13,982 Your familiarity boarders upon contempt. 25 00:02:14,022 --> 00:02:15,822 One of my own by recompense. 26 00:02:15,862 --> 00:02:16,742 No no no. 27 00:02:16,782 --> 00:02:19,382 You have to open it. 28 00:02:25,902 --> 00:02:27,142 It's a family heirloom, 29 00:02:27,182 --> 00:02:29,342 my late mother's favorite piece. 30 00:02:29,382 --> 00:02:32,062 Then by right your wife should have it. 31 00:02:32,302 --> 00:02:33,702 Hmm... 32 00:02:36,302 --> 00:02:38,902 Rubies are not your color. 33 00:02:40,622 --> 00:02:44,102 Will the Spanish ambassador be impressed? 34 00:02:44,142 --> 00:02:45,422 Your efforts are wasted, Bess. 35 00:02:45,462 --> 00:02:47,982 He is old, near sighted 36 00:02:48,022 --> 00:02:50,582 and has an abhorrence of red hair. 37 00:02:50,622 --> 00:02:53,222 See the insolence that I must endure, Letty? 38 00:03:11,622 --> 00:03:14,022 The Spanish ambassador. 39 00:03:23,142 --> 00:03:26,622 Send this gift as a little token 40 00:03:26,662 --> 00:03:28,342 of his esteem. 41 00:03:32,262 --> 00:03:34,022 A ruby, no less. 42 00:03:34,622 --> 00:03:36,822 And quite a magnificent specimen, 43 00:03:36,822 --> 00:03:37,862 to is it not? 44 00:03:37,902 --> 00:03:40,022 As you know, the word "ruby" 45 00:03:40,062 --> 00:03:42,662 stems from the Latin word "red", Your Grace, 46 00:03:43,102 --> 00:03:47,422 Symbolizing both heat and fire and thus passion. 47 00:03:47,462 --> 00:03:49,422 Some may think that a gift like this from the husband 48 00:03:49,422 --> 00:03:52,342 of my late sister is a little... inappropriate. 49 00:03:55,702 --> 00:03:58,062 Allow me, Your Majesty, please. 50 00:03:58,102 --> 00:04:00,462 Majesty, if I may... 51 00:04:00,902 --> 00:04:03,502 The Earl of Pembroke. 52 00:04:10,862 --> 00:04:12,982 From Spain. 53 00:04:13,022 --> 00:04:15,422 Let's hope he runs out of suitors before we do space. 54 00:04:15,462 --> 00:04:17,822 It was just a loving gesture from a friend, Bess! 55 00:04:17,822 --> 00:04:18,622 You make too much of it. 56 00:04:18,662 --> 00:04:20,422 Fondness exceeds propriety! 57 00:04:20,542 --> 00:04:22,142 I will not be made to look like a concubine 58 00:04:22,182 --> 00:04:23,662 Before my own court! 59 00:04:23,662 --> 00:04:25,182 You go too far, Robbie. 60 00:04:25,302 --> 00:04:26,462 Bess, wait! 61 00:04:27,782 --> 00:04:29,062 Your Majesty? 62 00:04:31,702 --> 00:04:34,302 Do we deal with her English suitors first 63 00:04:34,302 --> 00:04:35,542 or foreigners? 64 00:04:35,582 --> 00:04:37,462 We're not all assembled yet, sir. 65 00:04:37,462 --> 00:04:39,062 If Robert Dudley can't grace us with his presence, 66 00:04:39,102 --> 00:04:40,342 we proceed without him. 67 00:04:40,382 --> 00:04:42,062 Oh, the Earl of Arran asks 68 00:04:42,102 --> 00:04:43,382 that his name be added to the list 69 00:04:43,422 --> 00:04:44,662 of those for the Queen hand. 70 00:04:44,702 --> 00:04:46,422 As does the Earl of Arundel and Rutland. 71 00:04:46,462 --> 00:04:47,742 And the Earl of Shaftsbury. 72 00:04:48,182 --> 00:04:50,742 Likewise Sir William Pickering. 73 00:04:50,782 --> 00:04:52,942 His bastard children litter in every parish. 74 00:04:52,982 --> 00:04:55,102 Well, the queen seemed most taken with him. 75 00:04:55,142 --> 00:04:56,382 when they meet. 76 00:04:56,422 --> 00:04:59,022 This is about state politics, not about the whims of a woman. 77 00:04:59,062 --> 00:05:00,702 Sovereign or not her judgment can not be relied upon. 78 00:05:00,742 --> 00:05:03,342 Is it not her ill chosen attachment to Robert Dudley 79 00:05:03,382 --> 00:05:05,102 proof of that? 80 00:05:08,302 --> 00:05:12,022 What advantage is there in a domestic union? 81 00:05:12,062 --> 00:05:13,542 Any English we choose could cause 82 00:05:13,582 --> 00:05:15,062 dissent and division in the country. 83 00:05:15,182 --> 00:05:16,782 No, foreign is the one. 84 00:05:17,222 --> 00:05:20,702 The Spanish ambassador has been sniffing around the palace 85 00:05:20,742 --> 00:05:22,662 like a dog on heat. 86 00:05:22,702 --> 00:05:23,942 Is King Philip an contender? 87 00:05:23,982 --> 00:05:26,142 After his bloody purges he inflicted when married to her sister, 88 00:05:26,182 --> 00:05:28,502 the queen will never contemplate such a union. 89 00:05:28,542 --> 00:05:29,782 In terms of a foreign match, 90 00:05:29,822 --> 00:05:33,662 we kind of may have the Habsburg proposal... 91 00:05:33,702 --> 00:05:37,182 and, of course, the King of Sweden, of coarse, weather permitting. 92 00:05:44,542 --> 00:05:45,662 The Habsburg suite... 93 00:05:45,702 --> 00:05:47,382 which son does the Emperor propose? 94 00:05:47,422 --> 00:05:51,502 His two youngest, either Ferdinand or Charles. 95 00:05:52,142 --> 00:05:54,062 Charles is the most manly. 96 00:05:54,102 --> 00:05:55,382 The French will opposed. 97 00:05:55,422 --> 00:05:57,102 As will Spain. 98 00:05:57,142 --> 00:05:58,862 We will need someone closer to home, I'm fancy. 99 00:06:09,702 --> 00:06:10,982 Then it's Austria. 100 00:06:11,022 --> 00:06:12,302 Shall we make it official? 101 00:06:12,342 --> 00:06:13,382 Our remit is to recommend 102 00:06:13,422 --> 00:06:15,302 our preferences to the queen, my lord, nothing more. 103 00:06:15,342 --> 00:06:17,542 And her remit is to accept our recommendations, Sir William. 104 00:06:17,542 --> 00:06:19,702 otherwise it flouts our authority. 105 00:06:19,742 --> 00:06:21,382 We have a chance to end 106 00:06:21,422 --> 00:06:23,302 this wretched petticoat government, Mi Lords. 107 00:06:23,342 --> 00:06:24,422 Let us seize it. 108 00:06:24,462 --> 00:06:26,622 Subject to negotiation, 109 00:06:27,062 --> 00:06:28,902 The queen will marry Archduke Charles. 110 00:06:28,942 --> 00:06:30,262 Agreed? 111 00:06:47,302 --> 00:06:48,782 Is this your doing? 112 00:06:49,582 --> 00:06:53,062 You are a fool indeed. 113 00:06:53,382 --> 00:06:56,982 It was never my intention for you to witness 114 00:06:57,022 --> 00:07:01,342 such a craven indulgence, Your Majesty. 115 00:07:01,782 --> 00:07:04,382 My shame is already too much to bear. 116 00:07:04,822 --> 00:07:08,222 Tread carefully, Robbie. 117 00:07:08,262 --> 00:07:11,742 One day you may strain my patience too far. 118 00:07:39,502 --> 00:07:42,102 It's uplifting to hear her laugh again, is it not? 119 00:07:42,542 --> 00:07:44,262 A joy indeed, my lord. 120 00:07:46,422 --> 00:07:47,382 Now... 121 00:07:47,582 --> 00:07:50,382 You are to stay with Mrs. Odingsell 122 00:07:50,502 --> 00:07:53,382 until your health is restored, my love. 123 00:07:53,422 --> 00:07:55,982 She will ensure your every need is met. 124 00:07:56,022 --> 00:07:59,462 You are all that I need, husband. 125 00:08:01,622 --> 00:08:02,942 Can you not stay with me? 126 00:08:05,542 --> 00:08:09,422 You know what the snake pit that duplicates court is, Amy. 127 00:08:09,862 --> 00:08:11,582 If I am absent for too long, 128 00:08:11,622 --> 00:08:14,622 there are plenty who will fill the void. 129 00:08:15,062 --> 00:08:17,342 And the queen's favor can be capricious. 130 00:08:17,382 --> 00:08:19,862 When it shines on you, her generosity knows no bounds 131 00:08:19,862 --> 00:08:23,302 and probably all ready, reaping the rewards of that. 132 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:26,874 A house in Queensborough to start, and she speaks of another in Surrey 133 00:08:26,942 --> 00:08:29,542 And an estate in Warwickshire. 134 00:08:31,542 --> 00:08:35,462 Is it only for that, that you seek her favor? 135 00:08:37,622 --> 00:08:40,582 Power is not always visible, Amy. 136 00:08:41,302 --> 00:08:43,142 If you have a voice, 137 00:08:43,182 --> 00:08:45,862 you can shape not just how that power is used, 138 00:08:46,822 --> 00:08:49,742 but your own destiny. 139 00:08:50,182 --> 00:08:53,462 Now, I have risked the Tower and the Scaffold 140 00:08:53,462 --> 00:08:54,942 for such an chance. 141 00:08:55,262 --> 00:08:58,462 Do not ask me to forgo that now. 142 00:09:18,422 --> 00:09:20,142 Her physician will see her daily. 143 00:09:20,582 --> 00:09:22,622 And if the pain... if it weakens... 144 00:09:22,662 --> 00:09:25,342 I will summon you, sir, as I promised. " 145 00:09:25,382 --> 00:09:28,182 Be vigilant in your care for her, ma'am. 146 00:09:28,222 --> 00:09:30,982 She may well be the best part of me. 147 00:10:06,102 --> 00:10:07,862 Make me go, Bess. 148 00:10:10,462 --> 00:10:11,342 Say it. 149 00:10:36,902 --> 00:10:37,782 No, we must not! 150 00:10:38,222 --> 00:10:39,262 We can not! 151 00:10:41,702 --> 00:10:43,862 Another of your bad dreams, child. 152 00:10:43,902 --> 00:10:45,822 Oh... 153 00:10:46,942 --> 00:10:48,622 Stay close, Kat. 154 00:10:50,782 --> 00:10:51,662 Your Majesty, Your Grace... 155 00:10:52,102 --> 00:10:53,382 Your Grace... 156 00:10:53,382 --> 00:10:54,662 Your Grace, Maj... 157 00:10:54,702 --> 00:10:56,022 Your Grace... Your Majesty... 158 00:10:56,062 --> 00:10:57,742 Your Majesty... Your Britta... no. 159 00:10:57,862 --> 00:10:59,422 Your Excellency, I am delighted to tell you 160 00:10:59,462 --> 00:11:02,062 that the council has reached a decision on the matter of... 161 00:11:02,102 --> 00:11:03,862 Now there is another matter to which we must attend to, 162 00:11:03,902 --> 00:11:05,462 That of your marriage. 163 00:11:05,462 --> 00:11:08,142 We feel that a match with Archduke Charles of Austria 164 00:11:08,182 --> 00:11:09,422 Is the most propitious. 165 00:11:09,462 --> 00:11:12,422 Here are the negotiating terms as I have drafted. 166 00:11:15,502 --> 00:11:17,222 A union with the Habsburg empire 167 00:11:17,262 --> 00:11:19,422 Will not only assure you of your future prosperity, 168 00:11:19,462 --> 00:11:21,302 But will deter any act of aggression 169 00:11:21,342 --> 00:11:23,302 from France or Spain. 170 00:11:23,342 --> 00:11:25,942 And the Archduke has no principality of his own, 171 00:11:25,982 --> 00:11:27,142 so he is free to reside here 172 00:11:27,142 --> 00:11:29,382 and relieve you of the burdens of the state. 173 00:11:31,582 --> 00:11:34,502 If sharing sovereignty dissuades you, 174 00:11:34,542 --> 00:11:36,342 Then let him be your consort. 175 00:11:36,382 --> 00:11:38,022 That, too, can be negotiated. 176 00:11:38,062 --> 00:11:41,322 For God's breath, what whim of man would accept such a meager status? 177 00:11:41,342 --> 00:11:42,822 If he doe, he will never reach my bed. 178 00:11:42,862 --> 00:11:45,022 In the months since my accession to the throne, Sir William, 179 00:11:45,062 --> 00:11:47,622 Have I been negligent in my duties of the State? 180 00:11:47,662 --> 00:11:49,902 The Religious Acts before the Parliament in my name, 181 00:11:49,942 --> 00:11:52,262 The legislation for the aid of the poor- 182 00:11:52,302 --> 00:11:54,542 was I not instrumental in their construction? 183 00:11:54,582 --> 00:11:56,742 Your diligence is not in dispute, Your Grace, 184 00:11:56,862 --> 00:11:58,382 but it is not fitting for a woman to bear the weight 185 00:11:58,422 --> 00:12:01,502 of responsibility on her own. 186 00:12:01,542 --> 00:12:03,662 Your duty is now to secure succession, 187 00:12:04,102 --> 00:12:05,822 providing England with an heir. 188 00:12:05,942 --> 00:12:07,982 Just as my duty lies in 189 00:12:08,022 --> 00:12:09,502 giving you advice without fear or favour. 190 00:12:09,502 --> 00:12:11,422 By all means offer me advice, My Lord, 191 00:12:11,942 --> 00:12:15,822 But I am under no obligation to act upon it! 192 00:12:39,142 --> 00:12:42,342 I am fear I was precipitous in my response 193 00:12:42,342 --> 00:12:43,982 to the issue of marriage, Sir William. 194 00:12:44,342 --> 00:12:46,262 If you furnish me 195 00:12:46,302 --> 00:12:48,302 with the details of the Archduke's suit, 196 00:12:48,662 --> 00:12:52,262 I shall consider his proposal most carefully. 197 00:13:02,222 --> 00:13:08,742 So the sharks have chosen a minnow to share your throne- 198 00:13:08,782 --> 00:13:11,262 The bedsitter to do their bidding. 199 00:13:11,422 --> 00:13:15,142 Archduke Charles is but a puny boy, 200 00:13:15,182 --> 00:13:16,982 barely weaned from his mother's breast. 201 00:13:17,022 --> 00:13:18,702 As always, you exaggerate, Robbie. 202 00:13:18,742 --> 00:13:20,022 He is my age, more or less. 203 00:13:20,462 --> 00:13:23,062 And well endowed, or so they say. 204 00:13:23,462 --> 00:13:28,382 Mmm, maybe in wealth and power perhaps. 205 00:13:28,422 --> 00:13:29,542 In other respects... 206 00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:34,542 If someone had bothered to consult me, 207 00:13:34,582 --> 00:13:36,942 I would have forewarned them... 208 00:13:37,782 --> 00:13:39,782 even as a child you vowed 209 00:13:39,782 --> 00:13:42,382 never to take a husband. 210 00:13:42,422 --> 00:13:45,222 Dear God, after what happened to your mother, 211 00:13:45,262 --> 00:13:47,022 who can blame you? 212 00:13:49,502 --> 00:13:54,702 Would you forgo the chance of motherhood, Bess, 213 00:13:54,742 --> 00:13:57,702 for the sake of a childish vow? 214 00:13:57,742 --> 00:14:01,222 It's not only men can be corrupted by power. . 215 00:14:01,662 --> 00:14:04,702 an heir can be a much a threat as a comfort in her. 216 00:14:07,302 --> 00:14:09,462 But the love of a man is hardly that of a child. 217 00:14:09,902 --> 00:14:12,342 It can be just as fickle. 218 00:14:12,422 --> 00:14:13,582 As can a woman's. 219 00:14:13,382 --> 00:14:17,262 But a ruling woman is not as other woman, is she? 220 00:14:17,622 --> 00:14:19,422 Like the coin 221 00:14:19,422 --> 00:14:22,902 that bears her image, there are two sides to her. 222 00:14:22,942 --> 00:14:25,062 On the one, 223 00:14:25,062 --> 00:14:29,622 She embodies the feminine frailty of her sex, 224 00:14:29,662 --> 00:14:34,182 and on the other,she is the body politic, 225 00:14:34,222 --> 00:14:36,742 ordained by God. 226 00:14:36,782 --> 00:14:41,542 Ah.. well then it is the frail and feminine one that I must appeal. 227 00:14:41,582 --> 00:14:46,342 Oh, but she listens only to the counsel of the other. 228 00:14:46,382 --> 00:14:47,782 And how can a woman be sure 229 00:14:47,822 --> 00:14:50,902 if a man truly loves her for herself 230 00:14:50,942 --> 00:14:53,262 or for her power as queen? 231 00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:58,062 Can not a man love both? 232 00:15:13,222 --> 00:15:15,382 So do you think so little of my honor 233 00:15:15,422 --> 00:15:17,542 that I may endanger yours? 234 00:15:17,582 --> 00:15:18,702 If you saw more of your wife, 235 00:15:18,742 --> 00:15:23,422 your honor would not be in doubt. 236 00:15:23,462 --> 00:15:26,142 Your weakness is your protection, Bess, 237 00:15:26,182 --> 00:15:28,822 but I'm afraid it makes to a lonely bed. 238 00:15:47,942 --> 00:15:49,022 The doctor has ordered 239 00:15:49,062 --> 00:15:52,262 that I must spend my days resting now, my love, 240 00:15:52,302 --> 00:15:55,742 but a visit from you, no matter how brief, 241 00:15:55,782 --> 00:15:59,222 will do me more good than all of his potions. 242 00:16:02,222 --> 00:16:07,862 I know that duty to a queen must come before a wife, 243 00:16:07,902 --> 00:16:12,182 but I keep hearing rumors from court 244 00:16:12,222 --> 00:16:15,702 how the queen is apt to flirt with her courtiers. 245 00:16:16,102 --> 00:16:18,302 How young men mortgage their estates 246 00:16:18,342 --> 00:16:20,422 to buy outfits so as to catch her eye, 247 00:16:20,462 --> 00:16:24,182 how she plays one off against the other. 248 00:16:24,942 --> 00:16:29,902 Take care Robert, because such games are about power. 249 00:16:29,942 --> 00:16:33,462 it could be your soul you mortgage, 250 00:16:33,502 --> 00:16:35,502 for the women are not so versed in these rules, 251 00:16:35,542 --> 00:16:37,822 they make them up. 252 00:16:37,862 --> 00:16:39,942 therein the danger lies. 253 00:16:39,982 --> 00:16:42,982 The favors she bestows can be withdrawn 254 00:16:42,982 --> 00:16:46,062 as surely as the clouds obscure the sun. 255 00:16:50,542 --> 00:16:51,622 I see now... 256 00:16:51,742 --> 00:16:54,022 if my life has a purpose 257 00:16:54,342 --> 00:16:58,622 is to protect you from your vanity 258 00:16:59,062 --> 00:17:01,142 and the price you will pay 259 00:17:02,342 --> 00:17:04,942 if you fall prey to hers. 260 00:17:22,062 --> 00:17:23,342 Your Majesty, 261 00:17:23,782 --> 00:17:25,942 May I present Sir Francis Walsingham. 262 00:17:26,382 --> 00:17:28,502 He has come from France with news for us. 263 00:17:28,542 --> 00:17:30,062 I hope your news is worthy of 264 00:17:30,102 --> 00:17:32,022 rousing me from my slumber, Sir Francis. 265 00:17:32,062 --> 00:17:34,142 Two weeks ago, 266 00:17:34,182 --> 00:17:36,782 The king of France fell ill by an ear infection. 267 00:17:37,022 --> 00:17:38,262 He died 268 00:17:38,302 --> 00:17:39,382 on Friday in Orleans. 269 00:17:39,422 --> 00:17:41,262 As a widow, your cousin, 270 00:17:41,302 --> 00:17:42,342 The Queen of Scotland, 271 00:17:42,382 --> 00:17:44,822 will now be competing in the marriage market, 272 00:17:44,862 --> 00:17:47,382 To forge their own political alliance against us. 273 00:17:47,422 --> 00:17:50,662 I fear her youth and beauty are such 274 00:17:50,702 --> 00:17:53,702 she will be a magnet for every Catholic prince in Europe. 275 00:17:53,742 --> 00:17:56,702 It is for this I was so rudely summoned from bed? 276 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:58,462 My agents inform me 277 00:17:58,502 --> 00:18:01,102 she plans to return to Scotland, Your Majesty, 278 00:18:01,142 --> 00:18:04,582 to rally her Catholic followers there. 279 00:18:04,982 --> 00:18:05,862 They boast 280 00:18:06,302 --> 00:18:08,902 she is the one true queen of England. 281 00:18:10,062 --> 00:18:12,822 Only assassination can end your heretic rule. 282 00:18:12,942 --> 00:18:14,662 A view encouraged by the French, 283 00:18:14,702 --> 00:18:17,102 Who have declared to support the cause. 284 00:18:17,142 --> 00:18:20,742 Henceforth, you must be guarded at all times. 285 00:18:20,782 --> 00:18:22,302 All your food must be tasted, 286 00:18:22,342 --> 00:18:24,462 All gifts and tokens, examined for poison. 287 00:18:24,502 --> 00:18:27,102 Your progress amongst the people must be curtailed.... 288 00:18:27,142 --> 00:18:28,822 Curtailed? 289 00:18:29,142 --> 00:18:32,382 My best defense lies in the love of my people. 290 00:18:32,422 --> 00:18:34,462 How can they do that if they cannot see me? 291 00:18:34,502 --> 00:18:36,662 With respect, Your Majesty, your best defense lies 292 00:18:36,702 --> 00:18:38,382 in marrying someone the French will fear? 293 00:18:38,422 --> 00:18:39,902 I'm not so bereft of logic 294 00:18:39,942 --> 00:18:43,142 I don't know common sense when I hear it, Sir William. 295 00:18:43,182 --> 00:18:46,022 Have I not said I will consider the Archduke's Charles proposal 296 00:18:46,062 --> 00:18:47,102 most carefully? 297 00:18:47,142 --> 00:18:48,782 Now I bid you good night, 298 00:18:48,822 --> 00:18:50,502 gentlemen, 299 00:18:50,542 --> 00:18:53,582 Lest my beauty suffer for my interrupted rest! 300 00:19:04,422 --> 00:19:07,462 I come to the point, Your Majesty. 301 00:19:07,502 --> 00:19:09,182 King Philip has asked... 302 00:19:09,622 --> 00:19:13,182 He asked me to ascertain if you would do him the honor 303 00:19:13,182 --> 00:19:17,662 that of considering a proposal of marriage from him? 304 00:19:17,702 --> 00:19:21,342 Of course, the enmity of such an alliance will cause 305 00:19:21,382 --> 00:19:24,022 could be costly for Spain. 306 00:19:24,062 --> 00:19:27,742 Military conflict with France can not be ruled out. 307 00:19:27,782 --> 00:19:31,302 And does he ask for something as a reward for his sacrifice? 308 00:19:31,742 --> 00:19:33,902 Conversion to the faith of Rome 309 00:19:33,902 --> 00:19:37,822 It's not a big sacrifice on your part, is it? 310 00:19:37,862 --> 00:19:42,142 Think of the reward. 311 00:19:42,142 --> 00:19:47,382 Our two nations united bound by the sacred bond on marriage. 312 00:19:47,382 --> 00:19:49,902 Europe will be on its knees before us. 313 00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:52,102 We are but a small kingdom 314 00:19:52,142 --> 00:19:54,222 compared to the might of Spain, My Lord. 315 00:19:54,262 --> 00:19:56,422 Such an alliance could threaten our nation's state. 316 00:19:56,462 --> 00:19:58,422 My people will never sanction it. 317 00:19:58,462 --> 00:20:03,262 The people will take their queue from you, Your Majesty. 318 00:20:03,302 --> 00:20:06,902 Such is their love for you. 319 00:20:09,502 --> 00:20:11,662 Please inform the king 320 00:20:12,102 --> 00:20:16,422 that I will consider his proposal...... most carefully. 321 00:20:34,662 --> 00:20:36,382 Child, you must rise. 322 00:20:38,542 --> 00:20:40,702 Prepare! 323 00:20:40,702 --> 00:20:45,502 Baron Breuner, Archduke Charles' envoy has arrived. 324 00:20:45,542 --> 00:20:51,582 And the gifts he brings: Damask with chests 325 00:20:51,982 --> 00:20:55,902 And a white horse fit only for a king. 326 00:20:55,942 --> 00:20:59,822 If it's to be a courtship by proxy, 327 00:20:59,822 --> 00:21:03,262 let us sweep him off his feet. 328 00:21:10,022 --> 00:21:11,942 Sorry to have to do this to you. 329 00:21:14,542 --> 00:21:17,742 Now see how attentive she is, as she leans toward him? 330 00:21:17,742 --> 00:21:19,742 The archduke chose well in his envoy. 331 00:21:19,742 --> 00:21:21,262 No woman can resist such a man. 332 00:21:21,302 --> 00:21:23,862 Let's hope he has the wit to let her win. 333 00:21:23,902 --> 00:21:26,702 If he doesn't, then God help him. 334 00:21:27,142 --> 00:21:32,222 Oh, the acid test - The Archduke's portrait. 335 00:21:35,382 --> 00:21:36,862 Is she smiling? 336 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,062 I cannot tell. 337 00:21:38,102 --> 00:21:40,582 We are nudging towards a result, My Lords. 338 00:21:40,622 --> 00:21:42,742 I feel it in my bones. 339 00:21:47,942 --> 00:21:49,702 Ah.. as we were! Quickly! 340 00:21:55,742 --> 00:21:59,662 Ah, Baron... Come and join us. 341 00:21:59,702 --> 00:22:01,622 I hope your pursuit progresses well. 342 00:22:01,662 --> 00:22:03,542 Yes, thank you, it progresses 343 00:22:03,582 --> 00:22:06,022 Though in what direction, I'm not certain. 344 00:22:06,182 --> 00:22:08,622 Was she not amenable to the Archduke's picture? 345 00:22:08,662 --> 00:22:11,822 Oh, yes, she said she found his features most pleasing. 346 00:22:11,862 --> 00:22:13,982 She also said how she never trusts a portrait, 347 00:22:14,022 --> 00:22:15,662 how an artist can use their skills 348 00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:17,862 to disguise the faults of the subject. 349 00:22:17,902 --> 00:22:21,502 Well, I trust that his Lordship is faultless in the flesh. 350 00:22:22,222 --> 00:22:23,302 She insists 351 00:22:23,302 --> 00:22:24,822 on meeting with the Archduke personally, 352 00:22:24,862 --> 00:22:26,382 before considering a commitment to him. 353 00:22:26,422 --> 00:22:28,342 His adornment on that point. 354 00:22:28,382 --> 00:22:31,782 Then we will issue a formal invitation 355 00:22:31,782 --> 00:22:33,502 that he may come to England and 356 00:22:33,942 --> 00:22:35,662 if he comes and she rejects him? 357 00:22:36,102 --> 00:22:39,142 The Archduke will never exposed himself to such humiliation. 358 00:22:39,182 --> 00:22:41,102 I have learned from experience, Baron, 359 00:22:41,142 --> 00:22:43,022 Who, like others of her sex, 360 00:22:43,022 --> 00:22:46,062 The queen can tend to...frivolity and prevarication 361 00:22:46,102 --> 00:22:47,822 when faced with a decision. 362 00:22:48,262 --> 00:22:49,982 But time will mellow her. 363 00:22:51,302 --> 00:22:53,742 Sir Robert Dudley's name was constantly on her lips. 364 00:22:53,782 --> 00:22:56,062 Is there anything there that I should be aware of? 365 00:22:57,782 --> 00:22:59,942 A friend from childhood, my lord. 366 00:22:59,982 --> 00:23:01,262 and... for him it's nothing more than that. 367 00:23:01,302 --> 00:23:04,742 It's like a sister. Nothing more. 368 00:23:04,782 --> 00:23:06,422 I see. 369 00:23:06,462 --> 00:23:09,462 If she has been neglectful of her honor, 370 00:23:09,502 --> 00:23:12,822 The archduke will never countenance a match with her. 371 00:23:12,862 --> 00:23:15,582 Nor I could live with it. 372 00:23:15,622 --> 00:23:17,742 My Lords. 373 00:23:32,062 --> 00:23:34,222 Thank you. 374 00:23:46,822 --> 00:23:49,822 He has duties at court. he cannot come. 375 00:23:51,142 --> 00:23:53,742 Will you leave me, please? 376 00:24:16,742 --> 00:24:19,342 The pearl ones. 377 00:27:15,862 --> 00:27:17,582 He has a wife! 378 00:27:17,622 --> 00:27:19,742 You cavort with him as if he were a suitor! 379 00:27:19,782 --> 00:27:22,382 I treat him as he deserves, as a loyal and trusted friend! 380 00:27:22,422 --> 00:27:24,982 It's my only joy, Kat! 381 00:27:25,022 --> 00:27:28,022 When I am with him, the burden that I must carry is lifted. 382 00:27:28,062 --> 00:27:29,662 I am a child that I was never allowed to be. 383 00:27:29,702 --> 00:27:31,022 You, more than anyone else, 384 00:27:31,062 --> 00:27:32,342 You, of all people, know those dark days! 385 00:27:32,382 --> 00:27:35,822 And there talk that he plans to poison his wife so he can marry you, 386 00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:37,542 Does that bring you joy too? 387 00:27:37,582 --> 00:27:40,022 Poison her, who say those vile things! 388 00:27:40,062 --> 00:27:41,022 Who are they? Name them! 389 00:27:41,022 --> 00:27:42,982 If you show yourself as an unworthy queen, 390 00:27:43,022 --> 00:27:45,822 The love of your people can become very despicable. 391 00:27:45,862 --> 00:27:47,502 Your enemies will seize that, 392 00:27:47,542 --> 00:27:50,582 And seek to take the throne away from you! 393 00:27:50,622 --> 00:27:53,462 Is any man worth that price? 394 00:27:53,502 --> 00:27:56,182 The tract of land that you've given him, the money, the titles. 395 00:27:56,662 --> 00:27:58,382 Will your next gift be your virtue, 396 00:27:58,422 --> 00:28:00,102 or the realm itself? 397 00:28:00,142 --> 00:28:01,782 Or is one reward for the other? 398 00:28:04,462 --> 00:28:05,542 I am sorry! 399 00:28:05,582 --> 00:28:06,542 Oh sorry. 400 00:28:06,582 --> 00:28:08,782 Say you forgive me. 401 00:28:09,662 --> 00:28:15,702 There has been no impropriety between us! 402 00:28:15,742 --> 00:28:18,782 God winds, when has there ever been a opportunity? 403 00:28:18,822 --> 00:28:20,942 Do not my ladies sleep beside me? 404 00:28:20,982 --> 00:28:23,102 And I have guards on my door? 405 00:28:23,262 --> 00:28:25,542 Am I not watched by thousands of eyes day and night? 406 00:28:25,582 --> 00:28:28,742 And thousands of eyes see how you look at him, my child. 407 00:28:28,782 --> 00:28:33,062 Admit your love for him. 408 00:28:33,102 --> 00:28:36,542 Only then will you find the courage to do what you must 409 00:28:36,982 --> 00:28:39,662 and discard him. 410 00:28:40,902 --> 00:28:45,662 We are guilty of nothing immoral, by thought or deed. 411 00:28:45,702 --> 00:28:47,622 But if I choose so to dishonor myself, 412 00:28:47,662 --> 00:28:49,582 No one shall forbid it. 413 00:28:49,622 --> 00:28:51,302 No one! 414 00:29:07,142 --> 00:29:09,742 Are not you going to the fair today? 415 00:29:09,742 --> 00:29:13,222 I was going to send my servants in my place, my lady. 416 00:29:13,262 --> 00:29:15,822 Do go, Mrs. Odingsells. 417 00:29:16,062 --> 00:29:18,182 I shall be sleeping. 418 00:29:18,222 --> 00:29:19,942 What harm can come to me? 419 00:29:22,102 --> 00:29:25,422 An hour, no longer. 420 00:29:29,062 --> 00:29:31,662 Wait for me! 421 00:29:33,862 --> 00:29:35,102 Come. 422 00:31:06,662 --> 00:31:08,822 I see now... 423 00:31:09,422 --> 00:31:12,422 If my life has a purpose 424 00:31:12,462 --> 00:31:15,302 It is to protect you from your vanity 425 00:31:16,062 --> 00:31:18,662 And the price you will pay 426 00:31:19,542 --> 00:31:22,462 If you are a prey of hers. 427 00:31:58,702 --> 00:32:01,942 She has rejected King Philip of Spain the proposal, 428 00:32:01,982 --> 00:32:05,222 the response to Archduke Charles is the same. 429 00:32:06,502 --> 00:32:10,302 "I have on my mind at this time to relinquish my single life." My Lord. 430 00:32:10,302 --> 00:32:12,102 She doesn't know her mind, 431 00:32:12,142 --> 00:32:13,422 that's the problem. 432 00:32:13,462 --> 00:32:16,022 She knows it well enough. 433 00:32:16,062 --> 00:32:19,102 Dudley has cleared the deck by disposing of his wife. 434 00:32:19,102 --> 00:32:20,182 She is doing the same. 435 00:32:20,222 --> 00:32:22,782 The coroner has not yet determined the cause of death, My Lord. 436 00:32:22,822 --> 00:32:24,622 I fear every court in Europe 437 00:32:24,662 --> 00:32:27,542 is rife with such talks, Sir William. 438 00:32:27,582 --> 00:32:29,622 My agents report that even the Queen of Scots 439 00:32:29,662 --> 00:32:32,342 is saying how the queen's favorite has killed his wife 440 00:32:32,382 --> 00:32:33,822 to make room for her in his bed. 441 00:32:34,262 --> 00:32:36,382 Sir Robert was here in court that day, sir. 442 00:32:37,062 --> 00:32:38,062 I can vouch for it. 443 00:32:38,062 --> 00:32:40,142 Death by design requires only a willing mercenary 444 00:32:40,182 --> 00:32:42,022 to service it, my lord. 445 00:32:42,062 --> 00:32:44,622 Thanks to the queen, Dudley is not without funds. 446 00:32:44,662 --> 00:32:48,582 I will not tolerate such talk of Her Majesty in my presence, sir! 447 00:32:48,622 --> 00:32:51,622 Do not let your loyalty blind you, Sir William. 448 00:32:51,662 --> 00:32:53,742 Her complicity is the talk 449 00:32:53,782 --> 00:32:55,502 of every pulpit and every parish in the country. 450 00:32:55,942 --> 00:32:58,542 If she chooses this corrupt union, 451 00:32:58,582 --> 00:32:59,862 she will go to bed a queen 452 00:32:59,902 --> 00:33:02,902 and will wake up again as Lady Elizabeth... 453 00:33:02,942 --> 00:33:04,622 If she wakes at all. 454 00:33:34,142 --> 00:33:35,822 Leave us. 455 00:33:39,782 --> 00:33:41,462 The coroner's verdict. 456 00:33:41,502 --> 00:33:44,542 No evidence or presumptions of evil by any third parties. 457 00:33:45,822 --> 00:33:47,822 Then I am exonerated, it is over. 458 00:33:47,982 --> 00:33:50,902 Malicious tongues might take more convincing. 459 00:33:51,422 --> 00:33:53,982 In a few weeks it will be but a memory, Bess. 460 00:33:53,982 --> 00:33:55,982 I have to ride it out, that's all. 461 00:33:57,102 --> 00:33:59,302 It will be worth the wait, I promise. 462 00:34:00,582 --> 00:34:02,742 You know we're destined to be together, Bess. 463 00:34:04,502 --> 00:34:05,782 Marry me. 464 00:34:07,102 --> 00:34:10,302 Do you not see that your dishonor is mine too? 465 00:34:10,342 --> 00:34:12,742 I can not let what started with such hope for my people 466 00:34:12,782 --> 00:34:14,022 end in shameful ignominy. 467 00:34:14,062 --> 00:34:15,782 There is no need to dishonor... 468 00:34:18,182 --> 00:34:20,982 There is only dishonor where there is guilt. 469 00:34:21,422 --> 00:34:25,302 Or must I swear my innocence to you too? 470 00:34:27,062 --> 00:34:29,222 You're looking for a reason not to love me? 471 00:34:29,262 --> 00:34:31,382 Careful, Bess, you might find some. 472 00:34:36,582 --> 00:34:38,302 We must not, I can not! 473 00:34:40,502 --> 00:34:42,622 If you love me as you claim, 474 00:34:42,662 --> 00:34:46,102 you must leave court now, today. 475 00:34:46,142 --> 00:34:49,182 If you loved me, you would never ask me to do such a thing. 476 00:34:49,182 --> 00:34:51,142 I do not ask it, 477 00:34:51,182 --> 00:34:53,022 I demand it. 478 00:34:53,062 --> 00:34:56,102 If I am exiled, it will seem as proof of my guilt. 479 00:34:56,142 --> 00:34:57,782 I'm done for! 480 00:35:02,182 --> 00:35:05,222 All these months, you kept me close, you were using me... 481 00:35:06,942 --> 00:35:08,222 playing with me 482 00:35:08,262 --> 00:35:12,142 for your own callous ends, as you do all men. 483 00:35:13,902 --> 00:35:16,942 So long as I was married you were safe. 484 00:35:16,982 --> 00:35:19,982 Now I am free, you spurn me. 485 00:35:26,022 --> 00:35:30,382 If I leave, I won't return, Bess. 486 00:35:30,822 --> 00:35:33,862 It will be the last time you ever see me. 487 00:35:41,062 --> 00:35:44,702 I will have but one mistress here, and no master! 488 00:35:44,742 --> 00:35:45,982 Can you hear me? 489 00:35:47,302 --> 00:35:50,622 I will have no man to rule over me! 490 00:35:55,982 --> 00:35:57,702 Send for help. 491 00:36:12,902 --> 00:36:15,502 Boleyn's a bastard. 492 00:36:18,102 --> 00:36:20,702 Keep the fire stoked, keep it stoked. 493 00:36:21,742 --> 00:36:24,262 This water's cold, Isabella. Bring more water. 494 00:36:30,822 --> 00:36:32,822 Where is the water? 495 00:36:57,982 --> 00:36:59,742 She is asking for you. 496 00:37:03,622 --> 00:37:06,222 Your successor, is there a name? 497 00:37:11,422 --> 00:37:14,062 An ancient Arab remedy for smallpox. 498 00:37:14,062 --> 00:37:16,662 The patient is entirely wrapped in red 499 00:37:16,702 --> 00:37:18,822 To make her sweat. 500 00:37:18,862 --> 00:37:20,942 Can see? 501 00:37:20,982 --> 00:37:22,462 Is it in her eyes? 502 00:37:22,502 --> 00:37:25,302 Please God help it not spread to her brain. 503 00:37:25,302 --> 00:37:29,222 My Lords, I... 504 00:37:31,822 --> 00:37:34,422 I fear death possesses me. 505 00:37:37,902 --> 00:37:39,822 A successor...Majesty 506 00:37:39,822 --> 00:37:42,222 We must a name. 507 00:37:48,302 --> 00:37:50,462 We need a name, Your Grace. 508 00:37:53,942 --> 00:37:56,982 The protector of the realm shall be... 509 00:38:06,982 --> 00:38:10,422 Sir, I can not hear.... Did you say a name? 510 00:38:10,462 --> 00:38:13,022 Robert Dudley. 511 00:39:56,702 --> 00:39:58,422 Where's the water? 512 00:40:21,422 --> 00:40:24,022 Oh oh. 513 00:40:26,222 --> 00:40:30,102 The queen lives! The queen lives! 514 00:40:38,782 --> 00:40:42,702 We must thank God for our merciful delivery, My Lords. 515 00:41:19,422 --> 00:41:22,142 I know the timing is not capricious, Excellency, 516 00:41:22,142 --> 00:41:23,422 but there's a matter of some urgency... 517 00:41:23,462 --> 00:41:27,342 Must you always indulge in these tiresome preambles, my lord? 518 00:41:27,382 --> 00:41:29,502 If it is so urgent, say it. 519 00:41:29,542 --> 00:41:33,542 I am relieved your spirit is restored along with your health, Your Majesty. 520 00:41:34,862 --> 00:41:38,182 A decree from Parliament. 521 00:41:38,222 --> 00:41:40,302 It is their will that your marriage negotiations 522 00:41:40,342 --> 00:41:42,982 with the Archduke Charles be reopened without delay. 523 00:41:43,022 --> 00:41:44,862 An invitation to his envoy 524 00:41:44,862 --> 00:41:46,102 has been issues to that effect. 525 00:41:46,142 --> 00:41:48,142 Issued without my consent? 526 00:41:48,182 --> 00:41:51,222 Without even the mere courtesy of the discussion? 527 00:41:51,262 --> 00:41:54,262 Parliament have yet to approve your annual subsidy. 528 00:41:54,302 --> 00:41:56,462 Now is not the time to antagonize them. 529 00:41:56,502 --> 00:41:59,382 Do they think to blackmail me, Sir William? 530 00:41:59,422 --> 00:42:02,062 Your illness was a salutary reminder to us all 531 00:42:02,182 --> 00:42:03,782 of your mortality. 532 00:42:04,302 --> 00:42:07,862 The question of your succession can be detained any longer. 533 00:42:22,462 --> 00:42:24,142 Such fuss. 534 00:42:24,182 --> 00:42:26,342 Barely visible, child. 535 00:42:26,582 --> 00:42:28,542 If I see them, so can others. 536 00:42:32,862 --> 00:42:36,782 Henceforth, my ladies must only wear subdued colors, Kat. 537 00:42:39,822 --> 00:42:41,982 There can be but one sun in the Universe! 538 00:44:02,102 --> 00:44:04,982 Honorable Members of Parliament, Counselors.... 539 00:44:05,022 --> 00:44:07,862 I am told that some of you still take the view 540 00:44:07,902 --> 00:44:09,582 that I must take a husband. 541 00:44:13,782 --> 00:44:18,082 It is monstrous that the feet should think that the feet should rule the head... 542 00:44:19,582 --> 00:44:23,462 That you presume I should bend my will to yours on such a subject. 543 00:44:24,222 --> 00:44:27,062 Was it not God's will that preserved me from my sickness 544 00:44:27,102 --> 00:44:29,542 for the life I now have to lead? 545 00:44:29,582 --> 00:44:32,542 And it shall be his will alone, I obey, 546 00:44:32,582 --> 00:44:35,142 on the matter of my marriage. 547 00:44:35,182 --> 00:44:39,542 It does so works my heart to incline it towards that state, 548 00:44:39,542 --> 00:44:41,142 then I assure you 549 00:44:41,182 --> 00:44:44,302 the realm shall not be destitute of an heir. 550 00:44:44,342 --> 00:44:46,422 But if it be His will 551 00:44:46,462 --> 00:44:49,062 I will continue to live outside the state of marriage, 552 00:44:49,102 --> 00:44:50,382 I tell you, 553 00:44:50,502 --> 00:44:52,982 I would rather be turned out of the Realm in my petticoats 554 00:44:53,022 --> 00:44:54,702 than defy Him! 555 00:44:56,022 --> 00:44:58,422 It is England that I married, My Lords. 556 00:44:58,982 --> 00:45:02,062 Which will be sufficient for me when I die 557 00:45:02,502 --> 00:45:04,222 that a marble headstone declares 558 00:45:04,262 --> 00:45:06,862 that this queen, having lived for such and such a time, 559 00:45:06,902 --> 00:45:10,742 lived and died... A Virgin! 560 00:45:58,902 --> 00:46:00,982 The Queen of Scots envoy is due. 561 00:46:00,982 --> 00:46:02,302 She will not see no one else. 562 00:46:02,382 --> 00:46:04,542 You will find that I am an exception, sir. 563 00:46:04,582 --> 00:46:07,142 "No exception," she said. 564 00:46:41,982 --> 00:46:43,262 You startled me, sir. 565 00:46:43,302 --> 00:46:45,342 Sir James Melville. 566 00:46:45,382 --> 00:46:47,462 I am honored indeed, Your Majesty. 567 00:46:47,502 --> 00:46:50,502 I hope my cousin fared well on her journey back to Scotland. 568 00:46:50,542 --> 00:46:51,782 Uncommonly well, Your Majesty. 569 00:46:51,822 --> 00:46:55,582 She relishes being at home once again. 570 00:46:57,022 --> 00:46:58,742 My father composed this ditty. 571 00:46:58,902 --> 00:47:00,462 Charming, is it not? 572 00:47:00,502 --> 00:47:02,182 Indeed so, Your Majesty. 573 00:47:03,542 --> 00:47:06,102 My cousin too was musical, I hear. 574 00:47:06,142 --> 00:47:09,182 She plays like an angel, Your Grace. 575 00:47:09,622 --> 00:47:11,222 As dexterously as I? 576 00:47:11,342 --> 00:47:14,382 There is no more comparison. 577 00:47:17,862 --> 00:47:22,182 I am told she also dances sublimely. 578 00:47:22,302 --> 00:47:24,742 Oh, she is indeed deft afoot. 579 00:47:24,782 --> 00:47:27,382 "Sublime" is the word, Majesty. 580 00:47:27,742 --> 00:47:30,422 I hear she's uncommon tall. 581 00:47:30,462 --> 00:47:31,942 Is she not ungainly? 582 00:47:32,302 --> 00:47:33,462 It is so elegant 583 00:47:33,502 --> 00:47:36,222 She is as grace a feather on the breeze, Your Grace. 584 00:47:36,982 --> 00:47:39,542 So... she is taller than I or...? 585 00:47:39,582 --> 00:47:42,142 Taller by a few inches, I would say. 586 00:47:42,582 --> 00:47:44,262 Then she is too tall. 587 00:47:44,302 --> 00:47:46,022 for I am told that I am the perfect height. 588 00:47:46,462 --> 00:47:51,262 Your meeting with her has been delayed too long, Majesty. 589 00:47:51,262 --> 00:47:54,702 Only then can you judge her true merits for yourself. 590 00:47:55,142 --> 00:47:57,742 In that regard, she has sent you a gift. 591 00:48:05,142 --> 00:48:09,462 I see now how she has so many suitors competing for his hand. 592 00:48:09,502 --> 00:48:12,062 No doubt some foreign prince will have caught her eye. 593 00:48:12,502 --> 00:48:14,222 She favors an Englishman. 594 00:48:14,222 --> 00:48:18,142 Her cousin Lord Darnley has been mooted in that regard. 595 00:48:18,182 --> 00:48:19,822 Darnley? 596 00:48:19,862 --> 00:48:21,502 That fractious unstable youth, 597 00:48:21,542 --> 00:48:24,622 and as a Stuart, he has a claim to my throne. 598 00:48:25,062 --> 00:48:28,542 A union between the them both could pose a serious threat 599 00:48:28,582 --> 00:48:31,382 to the security of my kingdom, sir. 600 00:48:31,422 --> 00:48:34,182 Scotland is but a footfall away. 601 00:48:34,222 --> 00:48:35,902 As your sister, the queen, 602 00:48:35,942 --> 00:48:38,542 only seeks to strengthen the alliance between you. 603 00:48:43,742 --> 00:48:47,222 Then I have the perfect gift in mind for her... 604 00:48:47,222 --> 00:48:49,382 to achieve that goal. 605 00:48:51,702 --> 00:48:54,062 Oh! I would prefer banishment to this... 606 00:48:54,062 --> 00:48:55,902 a hundreds of times I would prefer! 607 00:48:55,942 --> 00:48:57,222 If she married a Catholic prince, 608 00:48:57,262 --> 00:48:59,742 she could use their power to seize my throne. 609 00:48:59,782 --> 00:49:01,942 Worse yet, if it's Darnley she chooses! 610 00:49:02,382 --> 00:49:04,902 Who else can I trust with such mission, 611 00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:06,702 who I know will not betray me? 612 00:49:06,742 --> 00:49:08,902 I..... I am Protestant, I am a commoner. 613 00:49:08,942 --> 00:49:11,062 She will never countenance such a match. 614 00:49:14,102 --> 00:49:17,142 The Earldom of Lestershire has a heritage akin to royalty, does not it? 615 00:49:17,182 --> 00:49:18,662 There are surely worse duties 616 00:49:18,702 --> 00:49:20,182 than to be married to a queen. 617 00:49:23,622 --> 00:49:27,542 You know I hadn't yet forsaken all hope there. 618 00:49:32,742 --> 00:49:33,662 And there is no greater death 619 00:49:33,702 --> 00:49:36,182 than that of hope, Bess. 620 00:49:36,222 --> 00:49:38,382 And no greater love than to sacrifice it. 621 00:49:40,982 --> 00:49:43,582 Is this the frail feminine side that talking... 622 00:49:44,542 --> 00:49:46,622 or the divine virgin? 623 00:49:48,182 --> 00:49:49,662 Hmm? 624 00:49:54,022 --> 00:49:56,622 For queen and country. 625 00:49:56,742 --> 00:49:58,342 So be it. 626 00:50:01,382 --> 00:50:02,662 Robbie. 627 00:50:06,142 --> 00:50:09,382 They say her beauty is unparalleled, 628 00:50:09,422 --> 00:50:12,662 perhaps it would not be such a sacrifice. 629 00:50:44,742 --> 00:50:47,342 Be it known to all those present 630 00:50:47,382 --> 00:50:51,102 that in recognition of his steadfast service and loyalty 631 00:50:51,142 --> 00:50:53,342 to the queen and to the realm, 632 00:50:53,382 --> 00:50:56,862 on this day we we do confer Robert Dudley, 633 00:50:56,902 --> 00:51:02,102 the dignity, splendor and title of Earl of Leicester. 634 00:51:22,942 --> 00:51:25,542 The Queen of Scotland has defied you, Your Grace. 635 00:51:25,942 --> 00:51:28,142 He has wed Lord Darnley. 636 00:51:52,862 --> 00:51:54,582 "His Holiness Pope Pius V calls 637 00:51:54,622 --> 00:51:57,182 upon all English Catholics subjects... 638 00:51:59,342 --> 00:52:00,622 to renounce the heretic rule 639 00:52:00,662 --> 00:52:02,822 of Elizabeth Tudor, the usurping queen of England "- 640 00:52:02,862 --> 00:52:05,422 To all intents and purposes, a warrant for your death. 641 00:52:05,662 --> 00:52:07,022 It's not just renegade Catholics 642 00:52:07,022 --> 00:52:09,342 acting on the order's of the Pope's we must fear. 643 00:52:09,382 --> 00:52:11,022 The Queen of Scots has orchestrated 644 00:52:11,062 --> 00:52:12,382 yet another plot to depose you. 645 00:52:12,422 --> 00:52:13,622 In hes letters to me, 646 00:52:13,662 --> 00:52:15,862 she swears she had no knowledge of such a conspiracy! 647 00:52:15,862 --> 00:52:18,022 Then her assurances are as threadbare as her honor. 648 00:52:18,462 --> 00:52:19,702 Reckless she may be, 649 00:52:19,742 --> 00:52:21,902 but she's still the anointed queen, as am I! 650 00:52:22,342 --> 00:52:24,102 Your spies are rather lax in their efficiency 651 00:52:24,102 --> 00:52:26,022 or in his loyalty, Sir Francis. 652 00:52:26,062 --> 00:52:27,942 In the absence of a standing army, 653 00:52:27,982 --> 00:52:30,582 they are your best protection, Your Majesty. 654 00:52:30,622 --> 00:52:32,742 Thanks to his diligence, 655 00:52:32,742 --> 00:52:36,022 his latest intrigue has been exposed. 656 00:52:36,742 --> 00:52:39,262 It seems she's found a friend in court, 657 00:52:39,702 --> 00:52:41,742 someone close to you, 658 00:52:41,742 --> 00:52:44,462 who has elected to betray you. 659 00:53:12,582 --> 00:53:14,622 I fear I will soon have to sleep with a sword at my side 660 00:53:14,662 --> 00:53:19,142 as my sister did, for fear of being murdered in my own bed. 661 00:53:19,182 --> 00:53:24,382 The Queen of the Scots persists in her cause to seize my throne. 662 00:53:24,422 --> 00:53:26,542 Unseating a monarch requires more than force. 663 00:53:26,982 --> 00:53:28,502 Without the support of the 664 00:53:28,542 --> 00:53:30,462 council or Parliament, it could end in civil war. 665 00:53:31,742 --> 00:53:36,942 So... who better to enlist and subvert their loyalty 666 00:53:36,982 --> 00:53:39,542 than someone whose ambitions for advancement 667 00:53:39,542 --> 00:53:41,302 have been thwarted in my court? 668 00:53:43,022 --> 00:53:45,622 Who can conveniently dust off his Catholicism 669 00:53:45,662 --> 00:53:47,822 as proof of his new fidelity to Rome? 670 00:53:50,422 --> 00:53:53,022 And you have proof of such an intrigue? 671 00:53:53,062 --> 00:53:54,702 Mmm. 672 00:53:54,742 --> 00:53:57,302 Thank God and Walsingham. 673 00:53:57,662 --> 00:53:59,502 The sweet talk in his letters 674 00:53:59,542 --> 00:54:02,102 to the Queen of Scotland speak volumes. 675 00:54:05,142 --> 00:54:08,182 Of all qualities, I praise loyalty the most, 676 00:54:08,342 --> 00:54:10,782 but now I perceive mercy to be as worthy. 677 00:54:12,222 --> 00:54:15,542 To err is human, to forgive is divine, 678 00:54:15,582 --> 00:54:19,022 but the gateway to forgiveness must first be, confession. 679 00:54:32,062 --> 00:54:37,222 If loyalty be the issue, then it is Dudley who should be called to account. 680 00:54:37,262 --> 00:54:39,862 do you think it was mischance that she came to marry Darnley? 681 00:54:39,902 --> 00:54:42,902 Because it was Dudley's backdoor machinations, 682 00:54:42,942 --> 00:54:45,062 that he may remain here, at court, with you for more... 683 00:54:45,102 --> 00:54:47,462 Impugning my Lord Leicester's integrity insults 684 00:54:47,502 --> 00:54:49,982 not just his good name but my intelligence, cousin! 685 00:54:49,982 --> 00:54:52,422 I speak as your cousin, your blood relative, I tell you, 686 00:54:52,462 --> 00:54:55,902 That your trust is fatally mistaken, and it has always been! 687 00:54:55,942 --> 00:54:58,782 Our royal blood comes from birth, Thomas. 688 00:54:58,822 --> 00:55:00,629 How he uses power thereafter is from choice. 689 00:55:02,262 --> 00:55:04,942 You have taken yours, as I have. 690 00:55:05,022 --> 00:55:07,302 And you have chosen her. 691 00:55:18,902 --> 00:55:20,622 Take him to the Tower. 692 00:55:20,662 --> 00:55:22,382 Dispose of him! 693 00:57:14,942 --> 00:57:16,902 I had all but given up waiting for you, 694 00:57:16,942 --> 00:57:19,462 my sweet Lettice.