All language subtitles for Six Wives (1970)

YOUR MAJESTY.

YOUR MAJESTY, I AM MORE--

DR. DE PUEBLA,

I HAVE COME
WITH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCE OF WALES

TO SEE THE PRINCESS CATHERINE.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS' PARENTS
HAVE GIVEN ORDERS.

MY INSTRUCTIONS ARE--

YOUR INSTRUCTIONS?

SIR, AS SPANISH AMBASSADOR,

BY THE LAWS OF SPAIN,

A ROYAL BRIDE MAY NOT BE SEEN
BEFORE HER WEDDING,

EVEN BY HER BRIDEGROOM.

DR. PUEBLA,
THIS IS ENGLAND.

HIS MAJESTY
KING HENRY VII,

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
PRINCE ARTHUR,

TO SEE HER
SERENE HIGHNESS

THE PRINCESS
CATHERINE OF ARAGON.

YOUR MAJESTY.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS
HAS RETIRED
FOR THE NIGHT.

THE WE WILL VISIT HER
IN HER BEDCHAMBER.

A MOMENT.

WELCOME.

WELCOME TO ENGLAND.

GRACIAS, MAJESTAD.

HER SERENE HIGHNESS--

MY SON--PRINCE ARTHUR.

YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.

DR. DE PUEBLA.

DOES SHE UNDERSTAND
HER SITUATION?

IF YOU MEAN,
MY LORD OF SURREY,
DOES SHE KNOW IT--NO.

SHE PREFERS
NOT TO KNOW IT.

YOU MEAN SHE'S STUPID?
NO.

STUPIDITY IS NOT
A MATTER OF CHOICE.

THIS IS.

THE PRINCESS CATHERINE
PREFERS NOT TO KNOW
CERTAIN THINGS.

IT IS A ROYAL ATTRIBUTE.

WELL, I'M GLAD THERE'S
SOMETHING ROYAL ABOUT HER.

COME, DE PUEBLA,
CONFESS IT.

YOUR PRINCESS IS A PAUPER,
A WIDOW,

AN UNSUCCESSFUL SUITOR

FOR THE HAND
OF HER LATE HUSBAND'S BROTHER.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS
AND PRINCE HENRY
ARE BETROTHED.

BETROTHED IS
A LONG WAY FROM BEING MARRIED,

AS EVERY AMBASSADOR KNOWS.

INCIDENTALLY,
I'VE HEARD IT SAID

THAT HER ROYAL HIGHNESS
HAS NO GREAT OPINION
OF HER AMBASSADOR.

I WONDER WHO TOLD YOU THAT.

THE DUENNA
DOESN'T LIKE YOU EITHER.

WHOSE SIDE IS SHE ON,
I WONDER?
SIDE?

DOES DONA ELVIRA SUPPORT
THE CLAIMS OF PRINCESS
CATHERINE'S FATHER

OR PRINCESS CATHERINE'S SISTER
IN THEIR DISAGREEMENT?

AS A MEMBER
OF THE PRINCESS' HOUSEHOLD,

SHE TAKES NO PART
IN AFFAIRS OF STATE.

HOW ABOUT
DOñA ELVIRA'S BROTHER?

DOES IT NEVER OCCUR
TO THE PRINCESS

THAT THE KING MAY NOT WISH
TO ALLY HIMSELF

TO A SPANISH
ROYAL FAMILY

WHO ARE SQUABBLING
AMONG EACH OTHER?

WHEN THE PRINCESS CATHERINE
WANTS SOMETHING,

SHE SEES NO DIFFICULTIES
IN THE WAY OF ACHIEVING IT

AND WISHES TO HEAR OF NONE.

IT IS ANOTHER ROYAL ATTRIBUTE.

AN AWKWARD ONE FOR YOU.

MY POOR PRINCESS.

SHE IS VERY YOUNG,

SHE IS MOTHERLESS,
SHE IS FAR FROM HOME.

I MUST DO
WHAT I CAN FOR HER!

THOUGH SHE THINKS
I DO NOTHING.

YOU'LL NOT MAKE HER
QUEEN OF ENGLAND,

DO WHAT YOU MAY.

WE SHALL SEE.

Catherine of Aragon:
DR. DE PUEBLA.

YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS.

HAVE YOU AN AUDIENCE
WITH THE KING TODAY?

YES, YOUR HIGHNESS.

HIS MAJESTY COMMANDED ME
TO CALL UPON HIM
AT 10:00 THIS MORNING.

THEN IF YOU
ARE NOT TOO BUSY

DISCUSSING MATTERS
OF INTEREST
TO HIS MAJESTY,

PERHAPS YOU WOULD BE SO GOOD
AS TO ASK HIM FOR SOME MONEY
FOR ME.

I DO ASK HIM,
YOUR HIGHNESS,
EVERY TIME I GO--

EVERY TIME YOU'RE NOT ENGAGED
IN MAKING JOKES OR--

BE GLAD THE KING LAUGHS
AT MY JOKES.

WHEN HE HAS LAUGHED,
THEN HE LISTENS...

A LITTLE.

AND DOES NOTHING!

DR. DE PUEBLA...

MY LADIES,
MY SPANISH LADIES,

HOW CAN THEY MARRY
WITHOUT DOWRIES?

THEY ARE IN RAGS.

I AM IN RAGS.

WHEN WE ARE HERE AT COURT,
WE ARE DISGRACED,

AND WHEN WE ARE
AT DURHAM HOUSE,

I CANNOT MAINTAIN
MY HOUSEHOLD.

I AM SELLING MY PLATE
TO BUY FOOD.

YOUR PLATE IS
A PART OF YOUR DOWRY.
YOU MUST NOT SELL THAT!

WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?
WE ARE HUNGRY.

WE ARE HUNGRY.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

THEN DO SOMETHING!

YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS,
I MUST GO TO HIS MAJESTY.

DONA ELVIRA.

HE WILL DO NOTHING,
AS USUAL.

WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK
TO THE KING?

WHILE WE ARE STAYING
HERE AT COURT--

WHAT CAN I SAY TO HIM?

CAN I ASK HIM FOR MONEY?

CAN I BEG HIM
TO LET ME MARRY HIS SON

BECAUSE IF I DON'T
I HAVE NO PLACE
IN THE WORLD?

WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME?

UNLESS I MARRY PRINCE HENRY,

WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME?

HOW CAN I GO
BACK TO SPAIN UNMARRIED?

MY FATHER
WOULD NEVER RECEIVE ME.

AND EVEN IF HE DID...

WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME?

HAVE YOU THOUGHT
OF APPEALING
TO YOUR SISTER?

MY SISTER?

QUEEN JUANA.

WOULD SHE HELP ME?

IF SHE WERE TO COME HERE
WITH HER HUSBAND,

IF SHE SAW AND UNDERSTOOD
YOUR SITUATION,

ASSUREDLY
SHE WOULD HELP YOU.

THAT ILL-BRED,
VULGAR LITTLE MAN!

HOW CAN YOUR FATHER
EMPLOY HIM AS AMBASSADOR?

KING HENRY LIKES HIM
BECAUSE HE TOO IS--IS
ILL-BRED AND PARSIMONIOUS.

DONA ELVIRA,
MY FATHER-IN-LAW--
IS APT TO FORGET

THAT YOU ARE
A ROYAL PRINCESS OF SPAIN.

BUT IF HE SAW YOU
WITH YOUR SISTER...

WHY DON'T YOU WRITE TO HER?

TELL HER HOW YOU LONG
TO SEE HER AND HER HUSBAND

HERE IN ENGLAND.

PUEBLA, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE
WOULD ALWAYS RATHER BE ROBBED
THAN PAY TAXES.

De Puebla:
THAT DEPENDS, YOUR MAJESTY,
ON WHAT THE TAXES ARE FOR.

TRUE. VERY TRUE.

IF IT IS FOR WAR,
GOOD, EVERYONE IS HAPPY.

TELL THE PEOPLE THEY ARE
TO BE KILLED AND PILLAGED,

THEIR HOMES DESTROYED,
THEIR WOMEN RAPED,

AND THEY MUST PAY FOR IT
INTO THE BARGAIN,

AND THEY'RE
PERFECTLY AGREEABLE.

GIVE THEM
WHAT I HAVE GIVEN THEM--

YEARS OF PEACE
AND GOOD GOVERNMENT--

AND THEY'LL SAY,
"THIS MUST BE PAID FOR."

THEY WILL HATE YOU FOREVER.

SO, YOU SEE,
SINCE I DO NOT WISH
TO GO TO WAR,

I HAVE TO BE AS, UH,
ECONOMICAL AS I CAN.

SO, THE PRINCESS DOWAGER
IS SHORT OF MONEY, IS SHE?

THE, UH--OH,
THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

NOT YET.

SHE AND PRINCE HENRY
ARE BETROTHED.

BUT THEN, WHEN HE WAS 15.

THE AGE AT WHICH THE MARRIAGE
WAS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

THE PRINCE PROTESTED
AGAINST BETROTHAL.

HE DID?

ON THE GROUNDS
THAT IT CONTRAVENED CANNON LAW

FOR HIM TO MARRY
HIS LATE BROTHER'S WIFE.

THERE IS A PAPAL DISPENSATION.

WAS THIS PROTEST
MADE PUBLICLY?

BEFORE A SELECT COMPANY.

SO, IF AT ANY TIME
IN THE FUTURE,

THEIR MARRIAGE
SHOULD NOT BE--
PRECISELY.

SEE HERE, MY GOOD FRIEND.

WHEN YOU PERSUADED ME
INTO THIS MARRIAGE...

HA! YOUR MAJESTY!
OH, VERY WELL.

WHEN YOU PERSUADED
KING FERDINAND OF ARAGON
AND QUEEN ISABELLA OF CASTILE

TO ALLOW THEIR DAUGHTER
TO MARRY MY SON ARTHUR,

SHE BROUGHT WITH HER
THE GOOD WILL OF ALL SPAIN

TO BE A POWERFUL BUTTRESS
AGAINST THE ENMITY OF FRANCE.

BUT NOW
QUEEN ISABELLA IS DEAD.

HER DAUGHTER JUANA
IS QUEEN OF CASTILE,

AND THEY SAY
SHE AND HER HUSBAND

ARE PLOTTING
TO SEIZE ARAGON, AS WELL.

SO, WHAT BENEFIT
COULD THERE BE NOW

IN A MARRIAGE
BETWEEN PRINCE HENRY
AND PRINCESS CATHERINE?

ESPECIALLY SINCE
KING FERDINAND HASN'T EVEN PAID
THE SECOND PART OF THE DOWRY?

I UNDERSTAND
WHEN PRINCE ARTHUR DIED,

THERE WAS SOME QUESTION
OF RETURNING THE FIRST PART
OF THE DOWRY.

THERE NEVER WAS ANY QUESTION
OF RETURNING THE FIRST PART
OF THE DOWRY.

WELL, YOU WILL WRITE
TO KING FERDINAND

ABOUT THE TERMS
ON WHICH OUR MERCHANTS
MAY TRADE WITH SPAIN...

YES, YOUR MAJESTY.

AND TELL HIM
YOU UNDERSTAND

HIS DAUGHTER IS
IN NEED OF MONEY.

OH, BY THE WAY,

YOU'D, UH, BETTER WARN
PRINCESS CATHERINE

TO BE CAREFUL
OF HOW SHE SELLS HER PLATE.

ITS VALUE, YOU MAY RECALL,

WAS TO FORM
THE THIRD PART OF THE DOWRY.

DE PUEBLA.

I UNDERSTAND
PRINCESS CATHERINE'S SISTER
QUEEN JUANA

HAS A DAUGHTER
OF MARRIAGEABLE AGE.

YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS,
I AM AFRAID--

DR, DE PUEBLA,
I HAVE WRITTEN
TO MY SISTER.

YOUR SISTER?

QUEEN JUANA OF CASTILE.

SUGGESTING THAT SHE
AND HER HUSBAND
SHOULD VISIT ME HERE.

YOU SEE, DONA ELVIRA CARES
WHAT BECOMES OF ME,

AS YOU DO NOT.

DONA ELVIRA--
DID SHE SUGGEST THIS?

LET ME SEND IT FOR YOU.

NO.

DONA ELVIRA
WILL SEND IT FOR ME.

BUT YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS!

YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS,
PLEASE BELIEVE ME.

IF YOU SEND THAT LETTER--

THE KING IS
CONSIDERING A MARRIAGE

BETWEEN PRINCE HENRY
AND QUEEN JUANA'S
DAUGHTER ELEANOR.

BUT DONA ELVIRA SAID--

DONA ELVIRA'S BROTHER
IS IN FLANDERS

PLOTTING WITH YOUR SISTER
AGAINST YOUR FATHER.

DONA ELVIRA HAS BEEN MY DUENNA
EVER SINCE SHE CAME TO ENGLAND.

SHE HAS BEEN
LIKE A MOTHER TO ME.

I WILL TRUST HER
AS I TRUST MY OWN MOTHER.

YOUR HIGHNESS,

HAVE YOU LIVED FOR 15 YEARS
IN THE COURT OF SPAIN

AND HAVE NOW LIVED
FOR FIVE YEARS MORE
IN THE ENGLISH COURT,

AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T LEARNT
THAT YOU CAN TRUST NOBODY?

NOT EVEN YOU,
DR. DE PUEBLA.

YOU CAN TRUST ME
IN ONE THING.

I HAVE FOUGHT
FOR THIS MARRIAGE
FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.

I WILL NOT
SEE IT DESTROYED.

THERE IS NO QUESTION
OF THAT.

PRINCE HENRY AND I
ARE BETROTHED.

BUT YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS--

AT YOUR NEXT AUDIENCE
WITH KING HENRY,

YOU WILL PLEASE ASK HIM
FOR SOME MONEY

FOR THE EXPENSES
OF MY HOUSEHOLD
WHEN I RETURN TO DURHAM HOUSE

AND ASK HIM AS TO BE SO GOOD
AS TO SUPPLY ME
WITH A NEW DUENNA.

NOW LEAVE ME.

SHALL I SEND--
LEAVE ME!

DONA ELVIRA.

SO, THE PRINCESS' DUENNA
HAS, UH, GONE TO VISIT

HER BROTHER IN FLANDERS.

De Puebla:
RATHER UNEXPECTEDLY.

VERY UNEXPECTEDLY.

WILL SHE BE GONE FOR LONG?

ALMOST INDEFINITELY,
I THINK.

WELL, PRINCESS CATHERINE
CERTAINLY CAN'T GO ON

LIVING AT DURHAM HOUSE
WITHOUT A DUENNA.

MY MOTHER WOULD BE
GREATLY SHOCKED AT THE IDEA.

SO, IF SOME NOBLE
ENGLISH LADY
COULD BE FOUND--

AND YET, WHEN SHE IS
VISITING THE PALACE,

SHE COMES UNDER
THE PROTECTION OF MY MOTHER.

YES, YOUR MAJESTY,
BUT WHEN SHE RETURNS
TO HER OWN HOUSEHOLD

AT DURHAM HOUSE--
WHY SHOULD SHE?

YOUR MAJESTY?

WELL,
SHE'S ALWAYS COMPLAINING

ABOUT THE EXPENSE
OF OUR HOUSEHOLD.

HERE'S A WAY
OF SAVING IT.

YES, THAT IS THE ANSWER!

IN FUTURE,
SHE CAN LIVE AT COURT
ALL THE TIME.

THAT WAY, SHE CAN
SAVE HERSELF THE EXPENSE
OF HER OWN HOUSEHOLD

AND SAVE ME THE TROUBLE
OF FINDING HER A NEW DUENNA.

A VERY HAPPY SOLUTION,
DON'T YOU THINK?

SO...I AM TO LOSE
MY HOUSEHOLD.

I AM TO LIVE AT COURT
LIKE A PENSIONER,

A PENSIONER
WITHOUT A PENSION.

HOW AM I TO PAY MY SERVANTS?

MY SPANISH SERVANTS--
I BROUGHT THEM HERE,
I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.

AND MY LADIES--
HOW AM I TO FIND YOUR DOWRIES?

DOWRIES, YOUR HIGHNESS?

IF YOU COULD HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY FOR A NEW DRESS,

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING.
FRANCESCA!

I KNOW,
IT'S HARD FOR YOU.

OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT US,
YOUR HIGHNESS.

IF WE HAVE NO DOWRIES,
THEN THE ENGLISHMEN
MUST TAKE US WITHOUT.

OH, MARIA...

IF I WERE MARRIED,

THEN AS PRINCESS OF WALES,
I WOULD HAVE MY OWN INCOME,

EVEN DURING
THE KING'S LIFETIME.

THE MARRIAGE TREATY
WAS SIGNED YEARS AGO.

ALL DE PUEBLA HAD TO DO
WAS TO ARRANGE THE MARRIAGE.

INSTEAD OF THAT,
HE ACCUSES MY--

I BELIEVE THE WHOLE AFFAIR
WAS A PLOT

BETWEEN HIM AND KING HENRY

TO ROB ME OF MY HOUSEHOLD
AND TO SAVE KING HENRY MONEY.

AND NOW DE PUEBLA SAYS
HE IS ILL IN BED
AND CAN'T SEE ME.

I'LL WRITE TO MY FATHER.

I'LL WRITE TO MY FATHER
AND ASK HIM TO SEND ME
A NEW AMBASSADOR.

DON GUTIERRE GOMEZ
DE FUENSALIDA.

I HAVE BROUGHT
65,000 DUCATS OF ARAGON,
AND I NOW CLAIM--

OF ARAGON?

WHICH ARE WORTH MORE
THAN THE ESCUDOS OF CASTILE

MENTIONED IN THE DOCUMENT.

I NOW CLAIM ON BEHALF
OF HIS SERENE HIGHNESS,
KING FERDINAND OF ARAGON,

THE FULFILLMENT
OF THE SAID MARRIAGE CONTRACT.

THIS IS WHAT
WE ALL DESIRE, AMBASSADOR.

AND KING HENRY,
WHO DEARLY LOVES THE PRINCESS,

DESIRES IT MORE THAN ANYONE.

YOU HAVE BROUGHT
THE 65,000 DUCATS,

AND I TRUST, ALSO,
THE JEWELS AND PLATE,

WHICH WERE TO FORM
THE THIRD PART OF THE DOWRY?

MY LORD BISHOP,
YOU KNOW QUITE WELL

THE PRINCESS BROUGHT THOSE
WITH HER IN 1501.

WE KNOW NO SUCH THING.

WHAT SHE BROUGHT THEN
WAS HER OWN PROPERTY.

IT WAS PART OF HER DOWRY!
ON THE CONTRARY.

IT WAS HER OWN
PERSONAL PROPERTY,

HER HOUSEHOLD GOODS,

WHICH
ON PRINCE ARTHUR'S DEATH,

REVERTED TO HIS HEIR--
THAT IS, KING HENRY VII,

ALTHOUGH HE HAS
KINDLY ALLOWED

PRINCESS CATHERINE
TO CONTINUE TO USE IT.

BUT--

ARE YOU SUGGESTING
THAT THE PRINCESS' DOWRY

SHOULD BE PAID TO THE KING
WITH THE KING'S OWN GOODS?

BUT--

THEY MUST ACCEPT
THE PRINCESS' PLATE AND JEWELS.

IT WAS EXPRESSLY STATED
IN THE MARRIAGE TREATY.

OF COURSE, THE DEPLETIONS
MUST BE MADE GOOD.

I WARNED KING FERDINAND
THE PRINCESS WAS HAVING TO
SELL HER PLATE,

BUT HE TOOK NO NOTICE.

UGH.

NOW,
WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST--

IT IS OUTRAGEOUS,
SIMPLY OUTRAGEOUS

THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD
TO SELL YOUR PLATE.

AND YOU, YOUR HIGHNESS,

I'M AFRAID YOU HAVE BEEN GUILTY
OF SOME LITTLE EXTRAVAGANCE.

EXTRAVAGANCE?

BUT THEN,
THESE ARE SMALL MATTERS.

YOU HAVE BEEN HAVING TO ACT
AS YOUR OWN AMBASSADOR, I KNOW,

FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS,

BUT NOW I AM HERE
TO GUIDE YOU.

WE'LL TAKE ALL THESE THINGS
OFF YOUR SHOULDERS.

WILL HE BUY US FOOD?
FRANCESCA.

YES, YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS.

IF YOU WILL FORGIVE
MY MENTIONING IT,

THE QUALITY OF YOUR PURVEYING
LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED.

THE FISH
THAT WE HAD AT DINNER,

I WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN IT
TO MY HORSE BOY.

YOUR HIGHNESS!

IT WAS STALE!

YES, I KNOW.

YOU KNOW?!

IF YOU BUY FISH
IN THE MARKET
WHICH IS A DAY OLD,

IT DOESN'T COST AS MUCH.

YOU MEAN,
YOU BUY STALE FISH
FOR YOUR TABLE

BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER?

WELL, OF COURSE.

IT IS BETTER
THAN GOING HUNGRY.

YOU MAY BE CERTAIN
I SHALL COMPLAIN

IN THE STRONGEST
POSSIBLE TERMS

NOT ONLY TO YOUR FATHER,
BUT TO KING HENRY.

NO. NO, DON'T DO THAT.

AND I NOTICED
YOU WERE NOT GIVEN
YOUR CORRECT PRECEDENCE

WHEN YOU DINED
WITH THE KING YESTERDAY.

OH! WHAT DOES THAT MATTER?

AS SOON AS I AM MARRIED,

I SHALL HAVE
MY PROPER PLACE BY RIGHT,

AND ALL THESE SLIGHTS
AND DISCOMFORTS
WILL BE FORGOTTEN.

NOT BY ME!

YOU ARE
A ROYAL PRINCESS OF SPAIN,

AND I OWE IT TO MYSELF
AND TO MY ROYAL MASTER

TO SEE THAT YOU ARE
TREATED BY THESE ENGLISH
WITH ALL HONOR AND OBSERVANCE,

YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS.

AT LAST IT SEEMS
YOUR HIGHNESS HAS FOUND
A CHAMPION.

YES.

WE UNDERSTAND, AMBASSADOR,

THAT YOU ARE NOW PREPARED
TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY

OF KING FERDINAND
MAKING GOOD THE DEPLETIONS

IN PRINCESS CATHERINE'S
PLATE AND JEWELS.

I AM, THOUGH
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
NO NEED FOR ANY DEPLETION

IF KING HENRY
HAD MADE PROPER PROVISION
FOR THE PRINCESS' MAINTENANCE.

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS THE DUTY
OF A FATHER

TO PROVIDE
FOR HIS UNMARRIED DAUGHTER.

PRINCESS CATHERINE
IS A WIDOW.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN
TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THE MARRIAGE
WITH PRINCE ARTHUR
WAS NOT CONSUMMATED,

AND THEREFORE--
THAT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT!

THE PRINCESS IS
LIVING IN ENGLAND

AND IS BETROTHED
TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.

YOUR KING IS NOTORIOUS
FOR HIS MEANNESS
AND DOUBLE-DEALING

THAT I SHOULD
HAVE THOUGHT THAT--

THAT IS ENOUGH!

I REFUSE TO LISTEN
TO ANOTHER WORD.

WHILE THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR
SEES FIT TO INSULT OUR KING,

THE COUNCIL MUST UTTERLY
REFUSE TO MEET WITH HIM.

BUT HOW CAN WE DISCUSS
THE MARRIAGE TREATY?

HOW, INDEED.

THE ENGLISH WANT TO DELAY
THE DISCUSSIONS.

KING HENRY HAS ANOTHER MARRIAGE
IN MIND FOR THE PRINCE.

HE IS WAITING TO SEE
WHETHER KING FERDINAND
DEFEATS HIS ENEMIES

BEFORE HE FINALLY
COMMITS HIMSELF.

THEN WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?

I SUGGEST NOTHING.

I AM ILL.

THE PRINCESS SAID SHE SENT
HER PERSONAL PHYSICIAN TO YOU.

YES. HER OWN PHYSICIAN.

AND HER WISHES
FOR MY RECOVERY.

KING HENRY, TOO, IS NOT WELL.
YOU KNOW THAT?

WELL OR ILL,
HE'S DELAYED LONG ENOUGH.

YOU MUST SEE HIM,
YOU MUST TELL HIM!

I MUST SEE HIM?
I TELL YOU,
I CAN DO NO MORE!

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN TWIST
THE KING OF ENGLAND'S EARS?

I UNDERSTAND
THAT KING FERDINAND
HAS NOW SENT ENOUGH MONEY

TO COVER THE VALUE
OF THE MISSING PLATE.

YES, AND HE NOW EXPECTS
FORTHWITH THE PUBLIC BETROTHAL

OF PRINCE HENRY
AND PRINCESS CATHERINE.

I SHALL OF COURSE
REQUIRE A PAPER
ANNOUNCING IN FULL

THE DOWER RIGHTS
OF THE PRINCESS.

DOWER? UH...

THE LAND AND PROPERTY
SHE HOLDS AS DOWER PRINCESS.

THAT IS OUT OF THE QUESTION!

OUT OF THE--
YOU DARE TO TELL ME--

AND IT IS A SUGGESTION,
WHICH IN YOUR POSITION,

THE KING OF ARAGON
WOULD'VE BEEN
ASHAMED TO MAKE.

ASHAMED?!

THE KING OF ARAGON
WAS NOT ASHAMED

TO ALLOW HIS DAUGHTER
TO LIVE LIKE A PAUPER
IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

MY KING DOES NOT KEEP HIS MONEY
LOCKED UP IN CHESTS.

HE GIVES IT
TO HIS VICTORIOUS SOLDIERS.

IF YOU'LL TAKE MY SUGGESTION,
YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT

AND BE CAREFUL
HOW YOU PROVOKE HIM.

GO AWAY!

Go away...

DOWER RIGHTS?!

BUT I RENOUNCED THOSE
ON THE SIGNING
OF THE MARRIAGE TREATY.

I RENOUNCED THOSE
SIX YEARS AGO.

DO YOU THINK I WANT THE TITLE
OF "PRINCESS DOWAGER"?

I AM THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

I AM BETROTHED
TO PRINCE HENRY.

SHALL I NEED DOWER RIGHTS
WHEN I AM QUEEN OF ENGLAND?

GO TO THE KING AT ONCE
AND TELL HIM--

I CAN'T DO THAT,
YOUR HIGHNESS.

WHY? WHY CAN'T YOU?

BECAUSE THE KING HAS SAID
THAT HE REFUSES TO SEE ME.

THEN IF THE KING
WILL NOT SEE YOU,
NEITHER WILL I.

NOW LEAVE ME.

YOUR HIGHNESS.

YOUR HIGHNESS,
THE PRICE IS COMING THIS WAY.

...IS VERY HUMAN,
AND MUST BE FULL OF ERROR.

BUT CAN WE MAKE
SUCH A DISTINCTION

BETWEEN HUMANE
AND DIVINE LEARNING?

SURELY, MY LORD.

IT IS TRUE,
THE BIBLE COMES FROM GOD,

BUT THEN GOD GAVE MAN
ALSO HIS MIND,

AND THEREFORE,
HUMAN LEARNING
ALSO COMES FROM GOD.

DOESN'T THAT MEAN,
YOUR HIGHNESS,

THAT YOU'RE
SETTING UP YOUR MIND
IN OPPOSITION TO GOD?

NO, NO.

IT MEANS THAT I WANT TO USE
ALL GOD'S GIFTS TO HIS GLORY,

AS BEST I MAY.

THAT WOULD SUGGEST
THAT THE MIND OF A PAGAN

WAS OF THE SAME VALUE
AS THE MIND OF THE POPE.

YOUR HIGHNESS,
IT IS HOPELESS.

WE MUST GO BACK TO SPAIN.

TO SPAIN, NEVER!

YOUR HIGHNESS, THIS MARRIAGE
WILL NEVER TAKE PLACE.

NEVER.

HOW LONG IS IT
SINCE PRINCE ARTHUR DIED?

MORE THAN SIX YEARS.

AND YOUR MARRIAGE
TO PRINCE HENRY
IS FURTHER AWAY THAN EVER.

EVERYONE KNOWS IT,
YOUR HIGHNESS.

EVERYONE EXCEPT YOURSELF.
FRANCESCA!

DON FUENSALIDA KNOWS
THAT IT IS HOPELESS.

HE IS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
TO SEND YOUR DOWRY
OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

FUENSALIDA IS A TRAITOR!

AND YOU ARE A TRAITOR, TOO,
TO SPEAK OF GOING BACK
TO SPAIN.

NEVER SPEAK TO ME
OF IT AGAIN!

I SUPPOSE YOU, TOO,
WISH TO GO BACK TO SPAIN.

WHEREVER YOU GO, I WILL GO.

I AM BETROTHED
TO PRINCE HENRY.

MY MOTHER WISHED
THE MARRIAGE TO TAKE PLACE.

I WOULD RATHER DIE
THAN GO BACK TO SPAIN
UNMARRIED.

YOUR HIGHNESS...

I WOULD RATHER DIE.

Man: MARIA.

LORD WILLOUGHBY.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?
WHAT NEWS?

THE COUNCIL HAS MET
TWICE ALREADY.

I AM TOLD THEY WERE DISCUSSING
THE MATTER OF THE PRINCESS--
THE KING'S MARRIAGE.

HIS MARRIAGE TO WHOM?

THERE IS ONE PARTY
FOR A FRENCH MARRIAGE
TO MARGARET D'ALENCON

AND ONE FOR THE HAPSBURG
PRINCESS ELEANOR.

BUT NONE FOR...?

NONE THAT I'VE HEARD OF.

WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME?

WHAT WILL BECOME OF HER?

I'M MORE CONCERNED
WITH WHAT BECOMES OF YOU.

LORD WILLOUGHBY,
THE PRINCESS
COMES FIRST WITH ME.

SHE ALWAYS WILL.

IF SHE GOES BACK TO SPAIN,
I WILL GO WITH HER.

WILL HER FATHER WELCOME HER
BACK TO SPAIN UNMARRIED?

PERHAPS IF SHE COULD
SPEAK TO THE KING.

WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT DO?

I SUPPOSE THERE NEVER HAS BEEN
A YOUNG MAN SO PROTECTED
FROM THE WORLD.

HE'S LIVED ALL HIS LIFE
WITH PRIESTS AND TUTORS.

ONE HAD TO GO THROUGH
THE OLD KING'S BEDCHAMBER
TO GET TO HIS ROOM.

HE EVEN WENT OUT
INTO THE GARDEN
BY A PRIVATE DOOR.

ALL HIS LIFE,
HE'S DONE AS HE WAS TOLD
AND NOW...

HE WILL DO
WHAT THE COUNCIL
TELLS HIM.

MY POOR PRINCESS.

MADRE DE DIOS,
MY POOR PRINCESS.

MY LORD OF SURREY.

OH, HE ALWAYS
BRINGS BAD NEWS.

I WAS TOLD
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS
WAS IN THE GALLERY.

YES, SHE'S--
AH.

YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS.
MY LORD.

HIS MAJESTY BEGS
TO BE ALLOWED TO WAIT
UPON YOUR HIGHNESS.

HIS MAJE...
OH, YES.

YES, I SHALL BE GLAD
TO RECEIVE THE KING.

WHEN WILL HIS MAJESTY--

WHEN I LEFT HIS MAJESTY,
HE WAS ALREADY--

YOU MEAN,
HE IS COMING HERE NOW?

YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS.

YOUR MAJESTY.

THANK YOU FOR RECEIVING ME
WITH--WITH SO LITTLE WARNING.

MAY I EXPRESS THE SORROW
THAT I FEEL FOR THE DEATH
OF YOUR FATHER?

HE WAS LIKE A FATHER
TO ME, TOO.

THANK YOU.

HE EXPRESSED A DYING WISH
WHICH I HOPE YOU WILL HELP ME
TO FULFILL.

THAT IS WHY--THAT IS WHY
I'VE COME TO SEE YOU.

I WILL DO WHATEVER
YOUR MAJESTY WISHES.

MY FATHER'S
LAST REQUEST WAS...

IT WAS THAT YOU AND I
SHOULD BE MARRIED

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND CATHERINE,

DEAREST CATHERINE,

IT IS MY WISH, TOO.

Henry: NOT JUST
TO HAVE A FINE COURT

AND WEAR RICH CLOTHES
AND JEWELS.

I WANT...

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WHAT DO I WANT?

BESIDES YOU.

HOW THE PEOPLE
CHEERED YOU TODAY.

THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KIND TO ME.

EVEN WHEN EVERYONE ELSE
WAS UNKIND.

I PROMISE YOU
THAT NO ONE WILL BE UNKIND
TO YOU AGAIN.

WORD OF A KING.

I WOULD RATHER
HAVE WORD OF A HENRY.

WORD OF A HENRY.

SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT,
BESIDES ME?

I WANT...

WHEN MY FATHER CAME
TO THE THRONE,

ENGLAND WAS NOTHING--
A BANKRUPT COUNTRY

WHOSE LEADERS
HAD BEEN FIGHTING
AMONG THEMSELVES

FOR GENERATIONS.

HE'S GIVEN US WEALTH
AND PUT MONEY IN THE TREASURY,

BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.

DID YOU KNOW
YOUR FATHER WANTS ME
TO TAKE AN ARMY INTO FRANCE?

YES. YES, HE THINKS
THE POWER OF FRANCE IS
A DANGER TO US ALL.

I'LL FIGHT ANOTHER AGINCOURT

AND WIN BACK
ALL OUR POSSESSIONS
IN ACQUITAINE AND BORDEAUX,

AND WHILE I'M IN FRANCE,
I'LL MAKE YOU REGENT HERE.

WILL YOU HOLD ENGLAND FOR ME
AGAINST THE SCOTS?

I'LL HOLD THE WORLD FOR YOU
AGAINST ALL COMERS.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING
THE GOLDEN AGE BACK
TO ENGLAND.

THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WANT.

NOT JUST TO HAVE
A--A RICH COURT,
BUT A FAMOUS ONE--

FAMOUS FOR POETS
AND MUSICIANS AND PAINTERS,

FAMOUS FOR SCHOLARS.

YES. YOU ALREADY HAVE
SCHOLARS AMONG YOUR FRIENDS.

ERASMUS, COLET,
THOMAS MORE.
THOMAS MORE.

YES. BUT THEY'RE
YOUR FRIENDS, TOO.
THAT'S THE BEST OF IT.

THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE
WE CAN SHARE.

YOU'RE THE ONLY WOMAN I KNOW
WHO WOULD UNDERSTAND
AND HELP ME.

YOU'RE SO WISE
AND LEARNED AND...

CATHERINE, LET'S GO
HAWKING TOMORROW!

OH, YES, LET'S.
I LOVE IT SO MUCH!

YOU RIDE SO WELL.
YES. NOT AS WELL AS YOU--

AND IN THE AFTERNOON,
WE'LL HAVE A TOURNAMENT,

AND I'LL WEAR YOUR FAVOR
IN MY HELMET.
YES.

AND IN THE EVENING,
WE'LL DANCE!

I GET TIRED
BEFORE YOU DO.

YOU'RE SUCH
A LITTLE THING.

I COULD BLOW YOU AWAY.

I AM STRONG ENOUGH
TO BEAR YOUR SON, PRAY GOD.

PRAY GOD.

OH! I TELL YOU,
CATHERINE,

IF I WERE FREE NOW,
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER WOMAN
IN THE WHOLE WORLD

WHO I WOULD WANT
TO MARRY...

...EXCEPT YOU.

Catherine.

MY LORD WILLOUGHBY,

I BELIEVE THESE BELLS
HAVE NOT STOPPED RINGING

SINCE NEW YEAR'S DAY,
WHEN THE CHILD WAS BORN.

YOU MUST ADMIT, MY LORD,
THEY HAVE GOOD CAUSE TO RING.

A SON AND HEIR FOR THE KING

MIGHT KEEP THEM
RINGING FOR A YEAR
INSTEAD OF TWO MONTHS,

ESPECIALLY AFTER
THAT FIRST STILLBORN CHILD.

THE KING IS WORSE
THAN EVER NOW.

"WHERE'S THE QUEEN?
I MUST SHOW THIS
TO THE QUEEN.

THE QUEEN MUST BE
THE FIRST TO KNOW."

MATRIMONIAL DEVOTION
IS A VIRTUE, NO DOUBT,

BUT IT CAN BE CARRIED
TO EXCESS.

SURELY NOT.

YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE
YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE
MARRIED YOURSELF.

YOUR OPINION ON MARRIAGE
IS ABOUT AS RELIABLE

AS THAT
OF A CONDEMNED MURDERER
UPON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

ONE CAN SEE NO HARM IN IT,
THE OTHER NO GOOD.

I'M SURE I SHALL ALWAYS BELIEVE
THAT HUSBAND AND WIFE
SHOULD LOVE EACH OTHER.

A KING AND QUEEN
ARE NOT HUSBAND AND WIFE,

THEY ARE FLUCTUATING
SOURCES OF POWER.

WHILE KING HENRY
FEELS AS HE DOES
TOWARDS QUEEN CATHERINE,

THIS COUNTRY
WILL ALWAYS BE GOVERNED
AT ONE REMOVE

BY THAT WILY
OLD SPANISH FOX,
HER FATHER.

DO NOT EXPECT ME
TO WISH THE KING LESS FOND.

WHILE MY FUTURE WIFE
SERVES QUEEN CATHERINE,

THE QUEEN'S HAPPINESS
MAKES HER HAPPY,

AND MARIA'S HAPPINESS
MAKES ME HAPPY.

WELL, I'LL JOIN
IN YOUR RAPTURES
IN THE QUEEN'S SON AND HEIR.

SO I THINK
THAT AFTER TWO MONTHS,

THOSE DAMN BELLS HAVE RUNG
QUITE LONG ENOUGH.

MY LORD OF SURREY,

I NEVER KNEW
YOU HAD SUCH POWER.

MARIA?
WHAT IS IT?

A MESSAGE HAS JUST COME
FROM RICHMOND.

THE PRINCE...

NOT DEAD.
THE CHILD IS NOT DEAD.

HOW IS THE QUEEN?

I WAS WITH HER
WHEN SHE HAD THE NEWS.

THE KING IS WITH HER NOW.

NO ONE ELSE
COULD COMFORT HER AS HE CAN.

DON'T CRY ANYMORE.

DEAREST, DEAREST CATHERINE,
DON'T CRY ANYMORE.

MY LITTLE BOY.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

THE BOY!

YOU--YOU WANTED
A SON SO MUCH.

I WANTED
TO GIVE YOU A SON.

WE'RE YOUNG.

WE'LL HAVE MORE SONS.

WE WILL.

NOTHING MATTERS SO LONG
AS WE LOVE EACH OTHER.

♪ GRUDGE WHO WILL,
BUT NONE DENY ♪

♪ SO GOD BE PLEASED,
THUS LIVE WILL I ♪

♪ AND SING AND DANCE
FOR MY PAST DANCE ♪

♪ WHO SHALL ME LET ♪

♪ ALL GOODLY SPORT
FOR MY COMFORT ♪

♪ MY HEART IS SET ♪

THE SONG HE WROTE
FOR THE QUEEN.

DID HE?

IS THAT FOR THE KING?

YES.

ONE OF HIS NEW SHIRTS.

OF COURSE,
I ONLY HEM THEM.

THE QUEEN
EMBROIDERS THEM HERSELF.
MM-HMM.

IT'S ALL SHE'S GOOD FOR.

MISTRESS ANNE.

HMM? WELL, AFTER ALL,
18 YEARS OF MARRIAGE

AND NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT
BUT A HANDFUL
OF STILLBORN SONS?

AND THE PRINCESS MARY.

WELL, IF YOU ASK ME,
IT'S AN ACT OF GOD.

ON THE QUEEN?
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?

THERE'S NO ONE SO GOOD
OR SO DEVOUT

OR WHO DOES SO MUCH
FOR THE POOR.

YES. BUYING THEIR LOYALTY.

BUT SHE COULDN'T BUY A SON.

WELL, WE ALL KNOW
IT'S NOT THE KING'S FAULT.

IF YOU MEAN--
HENRY FITZROY.

WE DO NOT SPEAK OF HIM HERE.

OH? OR OF HIS MOTHER
BESSIE BLOUNT?

CERTAINLY NOT!

YOUR STITCHES
ARE GETTING AWFULLY LARGE.

I WAS IN FRANCE WHEN
THE KING MADE HENRY FITZROY
DUKE OF RICHMOND,

BUT I HEARD
THAT THE QUEEN WAS FURIOUS,

AND WHO COULD BLAME HER?
I MEAN, THE DUKE OF RICHMOND.

AFTER ALL, THAT WAS THE TITLE
THE KING'S FATHER HAD
BEFORE HE WAS MADE KING.

THAT BOY HENRY FITZROY
WOULD NEVER BE MADE KING.

NOT A--

BASTARD?

YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.

ANYWAY,
BESSIE BLOUNT WAS A FOOL.

PRINCESS MARY
IS HEIR TO THE THRONE.

SHE WILL BE QUEEN ONE DAY.

UNLESS THE KING HAS
A LEGITIMATE HEIR.

YES. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE,

BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

POSSIBLE?

THAT WOULD NEED A MIRACLE.

WHEN WAS HER LAST PREGNANCY,
EIGHT YEARS AGO?

MISTRESS ANNE!

THE KING DOESN'T EVEN GO
TO HER BEDCHAMBER NOW.

HE DOES!

HE GOES EVERY EVENING
TO HEAR VESPERS WITH HER.

VESPERS?
HMM!

VESPERS!

OH...

HAVEN'T YOU HEARD THE RUMORS
OF THE KING'S MARRIAGE?

RUMOR?

WHAT RUMORS?!

MARIA!

INEZ!

OR RATHER,
SHOULD I SAY "COUNTESS"?

INEZ, HOW CAN YOU BE
SO FOOLISH?

IT IS MARIA, OF COURSE.

I WAS SO SORRY TO HEAR
OF THE DEATH OF YOUR HUSBAND.

THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.

IT SEEMED SUCH
A VERY SHORT TIME TO BE HAPPY,

BUT PERHAPS WE WERE FORTUNATE
TO HAVE THE HAPPINESS AT ALL.

THE QUEEN WILL BE SO PLEASED
TO HAVE YOU WITH HER AGAIN!

HOW IS SHE?
NOT VERY WELL.

SHE HASN'T BEEN WELL NOW
FOR SO MANY YEARS.

BUT SHE'S ALWAYS CHEERFUL,
NEVER COMPLAINS.

WELL, YOU KNOW HER.

YES, I KNOW HER.

WHO IS THAT?

ANNE BOLEYN.

OH!

SHE WAS IN FRANCE
LAST TIME I WAS AT COURT.

SO THAT IS THE LADY.

SHE'S JUST LIKE
ALL THE OTHERS,

ONLY BOLDER
AND MORE KNOWING.

SHE'S EVERY REASON
TO BE KNOWING.

NO DOUBT SHE'S LEARNT IT
FROM HER SISTER.

THEY SAY THIS ONE
IS QUITE DIFFERENT
FROM HER SISTER.

DIFFERENT?

THEY SAY SHE HAS NOT YET GIVEN
THE KING...what he wants.

THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

THE KING WOULD
SOON LOSE INTEREST
IF SHE DIDN'T.

MAYBE SHE THINKS HE WOULD SOON
LOSE INTEREST IF SHE DID.

HOW MUCH LONGER CAN SHE...

DOES THE QUEEN KNOW
ABOUT HER?

CERTAINLY NOT.

THE QUEEN NEVER KNOWS.

THE QUEEN MUST BE TOLD,
YOUR GRACE.

I KNOW!

SHE MUST BE TOLD AT ONCE.

THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURT
HAS FOUND IN YOUR FAVOR.

NOT IN MY FAVOR.

IT FOUND THAT THE MARRIAGE
WAS OPEN TO QUESTION.

NOW THE POPE'S DISPENSATION
MUST BE ANNULLED.

I WILL SEE TO THAT.

BUT YOUR GRACE
MUST TELL THE QUEEN.

YES, I--I MEAN TO TELL HER,
BUT--BUT IT MUST BE DONE...

GENTLY.

OF COURSE, YOUR GRACE.

YOU CAN SIMPLY TELL HER
THAT YOU HAVE DOUBTS

ABOUT THE VALIDITY
OF YOUR MARRIAGE,

THAT AN ECCLESIASTICAL COURT
HAS CONFIRMED THOSE DOUBTS,

AND THAT YOU ARE SEEKING
THE POPE'S ASSISTANCE.

MEANWHILE,
YOU THINK IT BEST
TO SEPARATE.

MMM...

IF YOU GO ON LIVING WITH HER
AFTER YOU HAVE DISCOVERED
THE ILLEGALITY OF THE MARRIAGE,

YOU WILL ENDANGER YOUR MARRIAGE
WITH THE FRENCH PRINCESS.

BUT DO YOU THINK
WE CAN OBTAIN A DIVORCE?

OH, YES.
I SEE NO DIFFICULTY ABOUT THAT
WITH THE QUEEN'S CONSENT.

AFTER ALL, IT IS NOW
A MARRIAGE IN NAME ONLY,

AND THE TERMS YOU OFFER
ARE VERY GENEROUS.

WHY SHOULD SHE REFUSE?

Mary: "FOR THEY JUDGE IT
A GREAT POINT OF CRUELTY

"THAT ANYBODY
IN THEIR MOST NEED
OF HELP AND COMFORT

"SHOULD BE CAST OFF
AND FORSAKEN,

"AND THAT OLD AGE, WHICH BOTH
BRINGETH SICKNESS WITH IT
AND IS A SICKNESS ITSELF,

"SHOULD UNKINDLY
AND UNFAITHFULLY
BE DEALT WITHAL.

"BUT NOW AND THEN,
IT CHANCETH,

"WHEREAS THE MAN AND THE WOMAN
CANNOT WELL AGREE
BETWEEN THEMSELVES,

"BOTH OF THEM FINDING OTHER

"WITH WHOM THEY HOPE TO LIVE
MORE QUIETLY AND MERRILY,

"THAT THEY
BY THE FULL CONSENT
OF THEM BOTH

"BE DIVORCED ASUNDER
AND MARRIED AGAIN TO OTHER.

BUT THAT NOT
WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY
OF THE COUNCIL..."

"...WHICH AGREETH
TO NO DIVORCES

"BEFORE THEY
AND THEIR WIVES

HAVE DILIGENTLY TRIED
AND EXAMINED THE MATTER.
YEA--"

MY DEAR LORD,
WE ARE SO PLEASED
TO SEE YOU.

UH...

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

MARY IS READING
THOMAS MORE'S UTOPIA.

AH, UTOPIA!

I CAN WELL EXPLAIN IT,

SINCE THOMAS MORE
HAS FIRST EXPLAINED IT
TO ME.

HE CAME TO SUPPER
WITH US YESTERDAY

AND WAS SO PLEASANT
AND MERRY.

WE WERE SORRY
THAT YOU COULD NOT
BE WITH US.

I HAD SOME...BUSINESS.

MARY, SET A CHAIR
FOR HIS GRACE.

I WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK TO YOU ALONE.

OH, OF COURSE.

MARY, GO BACK
TO THE COUNTESS
OF SALISBURY NOW.

YES, MADAM.

MY DEAR LITTLE MARY.

WON'T YOU SIT DOWN,
MY LORD?

YEAH...

MARY'S TUTOR'S
PLEASED WITH HER?

VERY PLEASED.

I THINK SHE LOVES TO LEARN
MORE THAN SHE LOVES TO PLAY.

DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT YOU ONCE SAID TO ME?

SAID TO YOU?

ABOUT ESTABLISHING
LEARNING IN THE LAND.

"MARY IS YOUR DAUGHTER,
IN THAT ONE DAY

"SHE TOO WILL HELP
TO UNITE ALL EUROPE

IN ONE NOBLE CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP OF LEARNING."

MMM...

AND HER MUSIC,
IS SHE PRACTICING
AS SHE SHOULD?

OH, YES.
SHE LOVES IT DEARLY.

SHE KNOWS HOW MUCH YOU LOVE IT,
AND SHE LONGS TO PLEASE YOU.

YOU HAVEN'T HEARD HER PLAY
FOR A LONG TIME.

NO. I'VE BEEN...
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO.

I'VE BEEN...

CATHERINE,

I AM GREATLY TROUBLED
IN MY MIND.

WHAT IS IT?
CAN I HELP?

YES, YES, YES.
YOU ALWAYS HELP ME.

CATHERINE,
SOMEONE HAS SHOWN ME--

I--I HAVE SEEN--
THERE--THERE IS A TEXT
IN LEVITICUS...

LEVITICUS?
YES.

CHAPTER 20...THERE.

VERSE 21.

"AND IF A MAN
SHALL TAKE HIS BROTHER'S WIFE,

"IT IS AN UNCLEAN THING.

THEY SHALL BE CHILDLESS."

THAT'S THE TEXT.

LEARNED AND--AND PIOUS MEN
HAVE TOLD ME

THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE
FIRST MARRIED TO MY BROTHER,

OUR MARRIAGE IS UNLAWFUL
IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.

YOU AND I...WE ARE
LIVING IN SIN TOGETHER.

AND THAT IS WHY
WE HAVE NO SON.

WELL, THAT'S--
THAT'S THE TEXT,

AND IT PROVES
THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE ANSWER.

NOW THAT WE HEARD
THE TRUTH...

WE MUST SEPARATE.

YOU CAN CHOOSE
SOMEPLACE AWAY FROM COURT

AND LIVE THERE IN RETIREMENT.

YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE YOU LIKE
AND HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT,
OF COURSE.

ANYTHING!

WHERE WOULD YOU, UH...

WHERE WOULD YOU
LIKE TO GO?

CATHERINE?

CATHERINE, DON'T CRY!

DON'T--

YOU MUST UNDERSTAND,
CATHERINE.

IT'S--IT'S NOT THAT
I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE.

I--I STILL DO,
AS I ALWAYS HAVE.

IF WE COULD CONTINUE
TO LIVE TOGETHER,

I--I SHOULD BE SO GLAD,
BUT...

I--MY CONSCIENCE,
IT WON'T LET ME, CATHERINE!

OH, CATHERINE, DON'T!

CATHERINE, I--

SHE HAS ALREADY WRITTEN
TO HER NEPHEW THE EMPEROR
AND TO THE POPE

TELLING THEM ABOUT
WOLSEY'S PLOTS AGAINST THEM.

THE POPE WILL DECLARE
THE MARRIAGE VALID

AND THEN ALL THIS
WILL BE OVER.

THE POPE WILL HELP HER.
HE MUST!

CARDINAL LORENZO CAMPEGGIO,
YOUR GRACE.

THE PAPAL LEGATE.

YOUR MAJESTY.

YOUR EMINENCE.

I AM SORRY
THAT MY ILL HEALTH

AND THE DISCOMFORTS
OF THE JOURNEY

HAVE DELAYED MY ARRIVAL.

OH, NOW THAT YOU ARE HERE,
PERHAPS WE CAN MOVE
WITH SOME LITTLE SPEED.

INDEED, YOUR HIGHNESS.

HIS HOLINESS IS MOST ANXIOUS
THAT THIS UNHAPPY STATE
OF AFFAIRS

BETWEEN YOU
AND QUEEN CATHERINE

SHOULD BE COMPOSED
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

AND THAT THE BONDS OF MARRIAGE
SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED
AND PURIFIED.

BUT THE BONDS OF MARRIAGE
BETWEEN US DO NOT EXIST.

THAT IS WHAT
YOU ARE HERE TO PROVE.

THAT IS THE QUESTION,
YOUR GRACE,
THAT WE ARE HERE TO TRY.

TRY IT, BY ALL MEANS,

BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE
POSSIBLE CONCLUSION.

THE QUEEN AND I HAVE BEEN
LIVING IN SIN TOGETHER,

AND MY CONSCIENCE WILL NOT
ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.

SUCH A CONCLUSION WOULD LEAD
TO GREAT SCANDAL,

ESPECIALLY SINCE
THE POPE'S DISPENSATION--

DID NOT MEET THE CASE.

FOR EXAMPLE,
AMONG OTHER THINGS,

THIS WORD "FORSAN"--
"PERHAPS,"

IMPLIES A DOUBT
IN THE POPE'S MIND

WHICH MAKES THE DISPENSATION
INADEQUATE TO THE PURPOSE.

BUT THE PRESENT POPE
WOULD READILY MAKE GOOD
ANY DEFICIENCIES

THAT MIGHT BE FOUND
IN THE DISPENSATION.

THAT WOULD NOT PLEASE
THE KING'S CONSCIENCE.

BUT TO CALL THE EFFICACY
OF THE POPE'S DISPENSATION
INTO QUESTION,

IT WOULD LEAD TO SCANDAL
AND DIVISIONS

AND GIVE OFFENSE
TO THE EMPEROR,
THE QUEEN'S NEPHEW,

TO SUGGEST THAT...

HIS HOLINESS
IS MOST ANXIOUS

THAT A RECONCILIATION
SHOULD BE AFFECTED.

BUT IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE,
THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY.

THE POPE FEELS FOR YOU
SINCERELY, BUT--
BUT?

BUT HE MUST CONSIDER ALSO
THE WELFARE OF THE CHURCH.

WILL THE CHURCH
BE BEST DEFENDED
BY YIELDING

TO AN ATTACK
ON THE SANCTITY
OF MARRIAGE?

BY NO MEANS.

BEFORE I LEFT ROME,
HE IMPRESSED UPON ME
HIS MOST EARNEST DESIRE

THAT YOU AND THE KING
SHOULD BE RECONCILED.

THE KING AND I
HAVE NEVER QUARRELED.

WE LOVE EACH OTHER DEARLY.

WICKED MEN HAVE PUT DOUBTS
INTO HIS MIND.

ONCE THESE DOUBTS
ARE RESOLVED--

I HAVE HAD A LONG TALK
WITH THE KING,

AND HE ASSURES ME
THAT THESE DOUBTS
WILL NEVER BE RESOLVED.

THE POPE COULD RESOLVE THEM.

MADAM, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND

THAT THESE MATTERS CAN LEAD
TO MANY AND GREAT EVILS--

TO ENMITY BETWEEN
THE KING AND THE EMPEROR,

TO DIVISIONS
WITHIN THE ENGLISH CHURCH,

TO SCANDAL
THROUGHOUT CHRISTENDOM.

BUT THERE IS A WAY IN WHICH
ALL THIS CAN BE AVOIDED.

I WOULD REMIND YOU
OF THE SAINTLY WIFE
OF KING LOUIS OF FRANCE, WHO--

WHO ENTERED A NUNNERY
SO THAT HER HUSBAND
MIGHT MARRY AGAIN.

YES.

I KNOW WHAT A FAITHFUL
SERVANT OF THE CHURCH
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.

AND IF IT PLEASES YOU
TO ENTER A RELIGIOUS LIFE,

THE KING ASSURES ME
THAT ALL YOUR DOWER RIGHTS
WOULD BE PRESERVED.

DOWER RIGHTS?

AND THE KING IS
VERY WILLING TO AGREE

THAT YOUR DAUGHTER
SHALL BE GRANTED
THE RIGHT OF SUCCESSION,

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
HIS IMMEDIATE MALE HEIRS.

MY DAUGHTER IS
THE ONLY LEGITIMATE HEIR
TO THE THRONE.

FOR MY PART,
I HAVE NO CALLING
TO THE RELIGIOUS LIFE.

WHILE MY HUSBAND LIVES,
I AM HIS WIFE,

HIS OWN TRUE WIFE.

IF IT WERE NOT SO,
I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS WHORE
AND MY DAUGHTER A BASTARD,

AND THAT I WILL NEVER SAY.

THEN I MUST WARN YOU
THAT WHEN THE MATTER
COMES TO TRAIL--

NO COURT IN ENGLAND
HAS THE POWER TO TRY.

IT CAN ONLY BE TRIED
IN ROME.

THE KING MEANS
TO BRING IT TO TRIAL HERE

AND THAT I SHALL PRESIDE
WITH CARDINAL WOLSEY.

THE MATTER TO BE TRIED
IS WHETHER OR NOT

THE POPE HAD THE RIGHT
TO GRANT DISPENSATION

FOR THE KING TO MARRY
HIS BROTHER'S WIFE,

AND WHETHER
THE DISPENSATION HE GRANTED
WAS LEGALLY VALID,

AND THAT LEADS US
TO THE CONSIDER--

IT'S LEGAL,
BUT UNNECESSARY.

THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN
KING HENRY'S BROTHER
AND MYSELF

WAS NEVER CONSUMMATED.

I CAME A VIRGIN TO KING HENRY
AS HE TO ME,

AND THEREFORE,
I AM HIS LAWFUL WIFE.

IF I WERE TORN LIMB FROM LIMB
FOR SAYING SO,

I WOULD RISE FROM THE DEAD
TO SAY IT AGAIN.

THAT IS A MATTER
VERY HARD TO PROVE
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

WITNESSES--

THERE IS ONE WITNESS
WHO WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH.

I AM VERY SURE OF THAT.

WELL, NORFOLK,
SO THE QUEEN HAS COME
INTO COURT, AFTER ALL.

DIDN'T YOU EXPECT HER TO?

I DID HEAR SHE SAID

THIS COURT
WASN'T QUALIFIED
TO TRY A CASE.

WITH A PAPAL LEGATE HERE
TO PRESIDE WITH WOLSEY?

NOW SHE'S HERE,
I WONDER WHAT SHE'LL DO.

HOLD HER TONGUE,
IF SHE'S GOT ANY SENSE.

TRY TO GET OUT OF THE AFFAIR
WITH SOME DEGREE OF DIGNITY.

ANYWAY, WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE WHAT SHE DOES?

WOLSEY AND THE PAPAL LEGATE
WILL MANAGE IT ALL
BETWEEN THEM.

AS MUCH AS YOUR NIECE
IS NOW MANAGING THE KING.

MY LORD SUFFOLK,

THE LADY ANNE BOLEYN
HAS NO PART IN THIS AFFAIR.

THIS IS SOLELY A MATTER
FOR THE KING'S CONSCIENCE.

OH, YES, OF COURSE.

THAT'S WHAT WOLSEY
THOUGHT AT FIRST.

HENRY, KING OF ENGLAND,
COME INTO THE COURT.

Henry: HERE, MY LORDS.

CATHERINE, QUEEN OF ENGLAND,
COME INTO THE COURT.

CATHERINE, QUEEN OF ENGLAND,
COME INTO THE COURT.

MY LORD,

SINCE I CAN EXPECT
NO IMPARTIAL JUDGMENT
IN THIS COURT,

I APPEAL TO YOU
AS THE HEAD OF ALL JUSTICE
IN THE LAND.

HOW HAVE I OFFENDED YOU?

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
YOUR TRUE AND LOVING WIFE

AND HAVE BORNE YOU
MANY CHILDREN,

THOUGH IT PLEASED GOD
TO TAKE THEM FROM ME

FOR NO FAULT OF MINE.

THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION
BUT THAT WE ARE TRULY MARRIED,

FOR WHEN I FIRST CAME TO YOU,
I WAS A VIRGIN,

AS YOU YOURSELF
HAVE OFTEN SAID.

I PUT IT TO YOUR CONSCIENCE TO
SAY WHETHER THIS IS TRUE OR NO.

MY LORD...

I BEG OF YOU
TO SPARE ME THIS COURT.

BUT IF YOU WILL NOT,

I APPEAL MY CASE TO GOD.

CATHERINE, QUEEN OF ENGLAND,
COME INTO THE COURT.

MADAM,
THEY'RE CALLING FOR YOU.

I HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THIS COURT.

Man: CATHERINE,
QUEEN OF ENGLAND,
COME INTO THE COURT.

Man: LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!

WHO IS THIS?

EUSTACHE CHAPUYS.
WHO?

THE EMPEROR'S
NEW AMBASSADOR.

REALLY?

WHAT A MOMENT TO ARRIVE.

I WONDER WHAT HE THINKS
OF HIS MASTER'S AUNT NOW.

THE POWER OF THE KING,
THE POPE,

THE ENGLISH CHURCH
AND NOBLES

RANGED AGAINST ONE WOMAN

IS HARDLY A FAIR CONTEST,
EH, MY LORD?

HARDLY A FAIR CONTEST.

AND SINCE IT HAS PLEASED
QUEEN CATHERINE

WILLFULLY TO ABSENT HERSELF
FROM THIS COURT,

DULY AND LAWFULLY SUMMONED,

THE SAINT QUEEN CATHERINE
IS HEREBY DECLARED
CONTUMACIOUS.

THE COURT WILL CONTINUE
IN HER ABSENCE.

AS TOUCHING THE QUEEN,

IF SHE MAY BE ADJUDGED
TO BE MY LAWFUL WIFE,

NOTHING COULD BE
MORE PLEASING TO ME,

FOR SHE IS A WOMAN
OF GREAT GENTLENESS,

HUMILITY, WISDOM,
AND ALL GOOD QUALITIES,

SO THAT I'D TELL YOU,
IF I WERE TO MARRY AGAIN

AND KNEW THAT THE MARRIAGE
WAS LAWFUL IN THE SIGHT OF GOD,

I WOULD SURELY CHOOSE HER
ABOVE ALL WOMEN.

AND I WELL REMEMBER
PRINCE ARTHUR SAYING
NEXT MORNING,

"GIVE ME TO DRINK, SIRS.
THAT WAS WARM WORK."

AND HE WAS GIVEN WINE,
AND HE DRANK.

AND HE SAID,
"LAST NIGHT, MY LORDS,

I WAS IN SPAIN."

AND WHAT DID YOU TAKE
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
TO MEAN BY THAT?

WELL, UH, THERE WAS ONLY
ONE THING WE COULD UNDERSTAND
BY SUCH WORDS,

SPOKEN BY A YOUNG BRIDEGROOM
AFTER HIS WEDDING NIGHT.

AND WHAT WAS THAT?

WHY, THAT THE, UH,
PRINCESS CATHERINE,
AS SHE THEN WAS,

WAS NO LONGER A VIRGIN.

AND IN ADDITION TO THESE

WHO HAVE SUBSCRIBED
THEIR NAMES

TO TESTIFY AS TO THE JUSTICE
OF THE KING'S CAUSE,

ARE TO BE ADDED THE NAMES
OF DR. JOHN FISHER, BISHOP--

THAT IS NOT MY HAND
NOR SEAL.

MY LORD OF ROCHESTER...

BECAUSE ALTHOUGH
YOU ASKED ME,

I WOULD NOT CONSENT.

NO, NO. BUT YOU DID AGREE
THAT I SHOULD SUBSCRIBE FOR YOU

AND SET A SEAL TO IT MYSELF.

UNDER YOUR CORRECTION,
MY LORD ARCHBISHOP.

NOTHING COULD BE
MORE UNTRUE.

FOR I HELD THEN,
AS I HOLD NOW,

"WHOM GOD
HATH JOINED TOGETHER,

LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER."

YOU SENT FOR ME, MILORD.

THE FRENCH ARMY
HAS BEEN DEFEATED IN ITALY.

THE POPE IS NOW AT LIBERTY
TO OBLIGE THE EMPEROR,
THE QUEEN'S NEPHEW.

WHAT HOPE OF DIVORCE NOW?

HUH?! MY LORD CARDINAL!

CAMPEGGIO MAY NOT
KNOW OF IT YET.

IF WE COULD--

YOU'D BETTER SPEAK
TO THE QUEEN YOURSELF.

I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL KNOW
WHAT TO SAY TO HER.

MY LORD, FORGIVE
THIS LACK OF CEREMONY.

I DID NOT EXPECT YOU HERE.

MADAM, IF WE MAY GO
TO YOUR PRIVATE ROOM.

IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO SAY TO ME, MY LORD,
PRAY, SAY IT OPENLY.

THERE IS NOTHING
YOU CAN ALLEGE AGAINST ME

WHICH ALL THE WORLD
CANNOT HEAR.

I SHOULD PREFER
IF YOU WOULD SPEAK TO ME
IN ENGLISH,

ALTHOUGH
I DO UNDERSTAND LATIN.

MADAM,
I HAVE COME TO GIVE YOU
MY OWN PRIVATE COUNSEL.

I WOULD WISH
THAT IT SHOULD BE
IN PRIVATE.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
SOLICITUDE ON MY BEHALF,

BUT SINCE TRUTH AND JUSTICE
ARE ON MY SIDE,

I HAVE NO NEED
TO ASK FOR MERCY.

GOOD DAY,
MY LORD CARDINAL.

THEREFORE, IT HAS PLEASED
HIS HOLINESS THE POPE

TO ADVOKE THIS CASE TO ROME.

THE RIGHT OF THIS COURT
TO TRY THIS CASE

IS NOW WITHDRAWN.

YOU HAD LOST ONE
OF THESE PEARLS,

BUT I HAVE MATCHED IT
WITH ONE OF MINE.

MMM...

NOBODY EMBROIDERS
AS YOU DO.

THAT WAS
A VERY GOOD SUPPER, TOO.

YOUR SUPPERS
NEVER GIVE ME INDIGESTION.

I ONLY WISH
YOU CAME HERE MORE OFTEN.

THANK YOU.

WILL YOU THANK ME
IN ANOTHER WAY?

MMM?

MAY I HAVE MARY
WITH ME HERE?

YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

IF YOU WANT TO,
YOU CAN GO TO HER.

MY PLACE
IS WITH MY HUSBAND.

AS YOU PLEASE.

YOU KNOW IT IS NOT
AS I PLEASE.

HOW CAN YOU TREAT ME
LIKE THIS?

I AM YOUR WIFE,
I LOVE YOU,

AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS SAID
THAT YOU LOVE ME.

I DO LOVE YOU,
BUT YOU ARE NOT MY WIFE!

I CAN BRING
A HUNDRED LEARNED MEN

TO PROVE
THAT YOU ARE NOT MY WIFE!

BRING YOUR HUNDRED
LEARNED MEN!

I CAN BRING
A THOUSAND LEARNED MEN
FROM ALL OVER EUROPE

TO SAY THAT I AM YOUR WIFE.

I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN
YOUR WIFE,

AND I ALWAYS WILL BE!

ALWAYS.

MADAM?

MARIA, UH, BRING ME
THOSE HANDKERCHIEFS

I WAS EMBROIDERING
FOR THE KING.

I MUST HAVE THEM
READY FOR HIM
WHEN HE COMES AGAIN.

THE KING!

OH! THE KING!

THERE'S THE KING!

HE HAS A NEW COAT
COVERED WITH EMERALDS!

IS THE LADY WITH HIM?

YES. THERE SHE IS,
IN CLOTHS OF GOLD.

SHE'S WEARING
CLOTHS OF GOLD
AND EMERALDS!

AND THERE'S
SIR THOMAS BOLEYN
AND HER BROTHER!

ALL THE COURT
IS LEAVING.

THEY...

COME AWAY
FROM THE WINDOW, INEZ.

HE IS GOING TO WOODSTOCK
WITH ALL THE COURT.

DID YOU KNOW?

BUT HE WILL SEND FOR ME.

HAS HE LEFT YOU BEFORE
WITHOUT SAYING GOOD-BYE?

BUT HE WILL SEND FOR ME.

WE ALWAYS APPEAR TOGETHER
IN PUBLIC.

ALWAYS.

YOU KNOW THAT WOLSEY DIED
ON HIS WAY TO THE TOWER?

YES. SO I HEARD.

POOR MAN.

HIS FATE WAS SEALED

AS SOON AS CAMPEGGIO
TRANSFERRED THE TRIAL
TO ROME.

YES.

AND THOMAS MORE
HAS BECOME LORD CHANCELLOR.

YES.

I AM SO AFRAID FOR HIM,

FOR THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER,
FOR ALL MY FRIENDS.

IF THEY OBEY THE KING,
THEY MUST GO AGAINST
THEIR CONSCIENCE,

AND IF THEY DISOBEY HIM,

THEY MAY LOSE THEIR LIVES.

AND IT IS ALL BECAUSE OF...

BUT WHAT CAN I DO?

IF ONLY THE POPE WOULD DECLARE
THAT OUR MARRIAGE IS VALID

AND ORDER THE KING
TO LEAVE THAT WOMAN.

IF ONLY HE WOULD DO THAT.
WHY DOES HE DELAY?

HE'S AFRAID OF LOSING
THE KING'S FRIENDSHIP.

BUT DOESN'T HE NEED
THE FRIENDSHIP OF MY NEPHEW
THE EMPEROR?

WELL, HE NEEDS THEM BOTH.

THAT IS WHY HE PREVARICATES.

THE POPE IS AFRAID
OF LOSING ENGLAND
TO THE LUTHERANS,

AND HE NEEDS
THE EMPEROR'S HELP
AGAINST FRANCE.

BUT MY HUSBAND
IS ENDANGERING
HIS IMMORTAL SOUL.

DOESN'T THE POPE
UNDERSTAND?

HE IS ENDANGERING
HIS IMMORTAL SOUL

AND THE SOULS OF ALL THOSE

WHO THROUGH FEAR AND AMBITION
ARE SUPPORTING HIM.

HE STILL LOVES ME.

IF ONLY HE COULD BE MADE
TO LEAVE THAT WOMAN
AND COME BACK TO ME.

THEN I KNOW
I--I COULD...

MADAM...

MADAM, THERE IS A WAY.

THE PEOPLE LOVE YOU.

IF YOU WOULD TAKE IT,
THERE IS A WAY.

YOUR MAJESTY,
THE DUKES OF NORFOLK
AND SUFFOLK ARE HERE

WITH A MESSAGE
FROM THE KING.

I WILL COME.

MY LORDS.

MADAM.

THE KING HAS LEFT
FOR WOODSTOCK
WITH HIS COURT AND--

I SHALL BE GLAD
TO FOLLOW HIS MAJESTY
AT HIS GOOD PLEASURE.

THAT IS NOT HIS PLEASURE.

HIS ORDERS ARE
THAT YOU ARE TO GO AT ONCE
TO MORE HOUSE IN HERTFORDSHIRE.

WOLSEY'S OLD HOUSE.

HE WON'T BE
WANTING IT ANYMORE.

IF I AM NOT TO BE
WITH THE KING,
THEN I WILL GO TO THE TOWER.

THE KING DOES NOT WISH--

YOU ARE TO GO TO MORE HOUSE.

AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD IS
TO BE SEVERELY REDUCED.

MY HOUSEHOLD...

LET ME HAVE MY CONFESSOR,
MY DOCTOR, AND TWO OF MY WOMEN.

THAT WILL BE ENOUGH.

OR IF THAT IS NOT ALLOWED,

I WILL GO OUT ONTO THE STREETS
AND BEG MY BREAD,
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

THERE WILL BE NO NEED
FOR THAT, MADAM.

THE KING WISHES YOU
TO BE PROPERLY ATTENDED

AS BEFITS
HIS BROTHER'S WIFE.

I MUST ALSO TELL YOU
THAT IT IS THE KING'S WILL

THAT YOU SHOULD NOT
APPEAR IN PUBLIC

AS OFTEN
AS YOU HAVE DONE LATELY.

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE LOVE YOU.
THEY LOVE YOU, MADAM!

I SHALL BE READY, MADAM,
TO ATTEND YOU TO MORE HOUSE
TOMORROW MORNING.

MADAM.

WILL THE PRINCESS MARY
BE ALLOWED TO JOIN ME THERE?

PRINCESS MARY--YOUR DAUGHTER
HAS BEEN SENT TO RICHMOND.

WHEN WILL I SEE HER?

WHEN WILL I SEE HER?

AT ANY TIME.

YOU CAN HAVE
ANYTHING YOU WANT

IF YOU'LL MEET
THE KING'S WISHES.

YOU MEAN
I CAN SEE MY DAUGHTER

IF I WILL DECLARE HER
A BASTARD.

MADAM.

WORD OF A HENRY.

I BELIEVE THE EMPEROR CHARLES
HAS GROWN A MUSTACHE.

SO I BELIEVE, MY LORD.

IT IS NOT A PRETENDED DIVORCE.

IF CATHERINE WON'T ACCEPT IT,
SHE MUST TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES,

AND I WISH THE EMPEROR
WOULD CEASE TO MEDDLE
IN MY AFFAIRS.

BE CAREFUL, MY LORD,
HOW FAR YOU PROVOKE
THE EMPEROR.

WHEN I TELL HIM WHAT YOU SAY,
HE MAY MEDDLE IN YOUR AFFAIRS
WITH MORE THAN WORDS.

HE HAS AN ARMY RAISED
AND IN THE FIELD.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE
THE EMPEROR AS MY ENEMY.

HE NEEDS MY FRIENDSHIP
AS I WISH FOR HIS.

THE EMPEROR WILL NEVER
TAKE THE FIELD AGAINST ME
IN THIS CAUSE, YOU KNOW THAT.

AND WHEN YOU NEXT WRITE
TO PRINCESS CATHERINE,

YOU CAN TELL HER SO,
AS WELL!

YOUR MAJESTY.

THE EMPEROR WILL NEVER
GO TO WAR WITH ME!

BUT CATHERINE MIGHT.

MY DEAREST LOVE.

Catherine.

IF SHE TOOK THE FIELD
AGAINST ME,

SHE COULD
CUT THE COUNTRY IN TWO.

NO.

MADAM...
NO.

I TELL YOU,
HALF THE NOBILITY OF ENGLAND
WOULD RISE IN YOUR DEFENSE

AND ALL THE COMMON PEOPLE--

THEY HATE NORFOLK
AND ALL THE BOLEYN CREW

AS MUCH AS
THEY HATED WOLSEY.

IF YOU WOULD ONLY
PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR HEAD.

NO, NOT EVEN THAT.

ONLY SAY THE WORD,

AND PRINCESS MARY
WILL BE RESCUED TO RIDE
WITH THE ARMY.

ONLY SAY THE WORD.

NO.

I HAVE BROUGHT ENGLAND
LITTLE GOOD.

I DON'T WANT
TO BRING HER HARM.

IT IS
YOUR ONLY HOPE, MADAM.

NO. I STILL HOPE.

THE KING STILL LOVES ME.

IF ONLY THE POPE
WOULD ORDER THE KING,

ON PAIN OF EXCOMMUNICATION,
TO LEAVE THAT WOMAN--

MADAM!

THE WHORE IS PREGNANT!

PREGNANT?

LAST CHRISTMAS.

AND SINCE THEN,
THEY HAVE BEEN
SECRETLY MARRIED.

I AM SORRY
THAT I CANNOT RISE
TO GREET YOU.

I HAVE PRICKED MY FOOT,
AND IT IS PAINFUL TO STAND.

WHAT IS THIS MESSAGE
YOU HAVE FOR US?

"IS IT HEREBY DECLARED
TO THE PRINCESS DOWAGER--

WHY DO YOU READ THIS TO ME?
THERE IS NO SUCH PERSON HERE.

THIS WILL DO YOU
NO GOOD, MADAM!

CONTINUE.

"THAT THE PRINCESS DOWAGER'S
MARRIAGE TO HIS MAJESTY

"BEING DECLARED INVALID,

"AND HIS MAJESTY,
HAVING CONTRACTING
A TRUE MARRIAGE

"WITH THE MOST
ILLUSTRIOUS LADY
ANNE BOLEYN,

"THE SAID LADY ANNE
IS THE ONLY QUEEN
OF ENGLAND,

"AND THE HEIRS BEGOTTEN
OF HER BODY

"ARE THE ONLY TRUE HEIRS
TO THE SAID MAJESTY

KING HENRY VIII."

FROM HENCEFORTH, MADAM,
YOU WILL STYLE YOURSELF
PRINCESS DOWAGER.

MY TITLE IS QUEEN,
AND THAT IT WILL BE
UNTIL I DIE.

YOUR DEATH MAY NOT BE
SO VERY FAR AWAY.

YOU KNOW THAT SIR THOMAS MORE
AND JOHN FISHER HAVE GONE
TO THE TOWER?

ONLY FOR REFUSING TO RECOGNIZE
THE KING'S MARRIAGE.

YES. I AM VERY SORRY FOR IT.

THEY ARE BOTH GOOD MEN.

BUT I WOULD DIE
A HUNDRED DEATHS

BEFORE I WOULD DAMN
MY HUSBAND'S SOUL OR MINE.

HIS MAJESTY HAS BEEN LENIENT
WITH YOU UNTIL NOW, BUT--

IF I AM TO BE PUT TO DEATH,

ALL I ASK IS THAT IT BE
A PUBLIC EXECUTION.

HER MAJESTY IS NOT WELL.

THIS HOUSE IS
ON THE MARSHES,

AND THE DAMP
AND THE CONSTANT MISTS

ARE DESTROYING
HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH.
I MUST ASK--

WE HAVE ONLY TWO MORE
SLIGHT MATTERS OF BUSINESS

TO DISCUSS
WITH THE PRINCESS DOWAGER

ONCE SHE'S
SIGNED THIS ACCOUNT
OF OUR INTERVIEW.

WHAT IS THIS?

"THE PRINCESS DOWAGER SAID."

THE QUEEN SAID.

THE QUEEN.

THE QUEEN.

NOW I WILL SIGN IT.

CATHERINE THE QUEEN.

WHAT FURTHER BUSINESS?

I'VE CALLED A MEETING
OF THE MEMBERS
OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.

THEY WILL BE REQUIRED
TO SIGN A PAPER

PROMISING TO
ADDRESS YOU HENCEFORTH
AS "PRINCESS DOWAGER."

I--
BEFORE YOU SPEAK,
COUNTESS,

I THINK I SHOULD
PERHAPS ALSO POINT OUT

THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES

WILL THE COUNTESS OF WILLOUGHBY
BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN WITH YOU.

AND THE OTHER BUSINESS?

I'LL LEAVE, UH, SUFFOLK
TO DEAL WITH THAT.

GOOD DAY TO YOU, MADAM.

MY LORD.

YOUR MAJESTY,
INEZ HAD BETTER SIGN.

YOU MUST HAVE
SOMEBODY YOU CAN TRUST.

NO, I WILL NOT
BE SERVED BY--

MARIA,
AS SOON AS HE HAS GONE,

SEND INEZ UP HERE
WITH TWO OTHERS.

YOU WILL KNOW WHO.

WE WILL STAY IN HERE
AND BOLT THE DOOR.

THEY WON'T DARE
TO BREAK IT DOWN.

OH, LET ME STAY.
NO!

NOT AGAINST THE KING'S
EXPRESS COMMAND.

WHY SHOULD I
HAVE TO DO IT?

OH, DO IT
AND BE DONE WITH IT.

ARE YOU STILL HERE,
MY LORD?

WHAT FURTHER BUSINESS
HAVE YOU WITH THE QUEEN?

MY ERRAND IS
WITH THE PRINCESS DOWAGER.

THERE IS
NO SUCH PERSON HERE.

THESE FITS AND STARTS
WILL DO YOU NO GOOD AT ALL.

YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND
YOUR POSITION.

I UNDERSTAND
MY POSITION PERFECTLY

AND THE PLACE IN LIFE
TO WHICH IT HAS PLEASED GOD
TO CALL ME.

IT IS YOU,
MY LORD OF SUFFOLK,

WHO DO NOT PERFECTLY
UNDERSTAND YOURS.

I'M A SERVANT OF THE KING.

AND I AM HIS WIFE.

WHAT IS YOUR ERRAND?

THE KING REQUESTS--
COMMANDS--

WILL YOU BE SO GOOD
AS TO CONVEY TO ME THE...

WHAT?

WHAT HAVE YOU
COME FOR THIS TIME?

IT CAN'T BE MY JEWELS.

THEY WERE STOLEN FROM ME--
WHEN WAS IT?

LET ME SEE--OH, YES!

THEY WERE STOLEN FROM ME
LAST CHRISTMAS.

THE KING COMMANDS
THAT YOU SHOULD DELIVER TO ME
THE CHRISTENING ROBE.

THE CHRISTENING ROBE WHICH--

YOU ARE TO DELIVER TO ME
THE CHRISTENING ROBE.

I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE.

I HAVE INSTRUCTIONS
TO FIND THE ROBE IF I HAVE
TO SEARCH YOUR ROOMS.

YOU SHALL NOT SEARCH THEM.

I HAVE ORDERS
TO SEARCH THEM IF NEED BE.

STAND ASIDE!

YOU WILL NOT
SEARCH THIS CHEST

UNLESS YOU FIRST
THROW ME TO THE GROUND.

I SHALL
TELL THE KING WHAT--

I SHALL TELL THE KING--

TELL HIM WHAT YOU PLEASE!

OUR SON WORE IT.

IT'S NOT THE KING.

IT'S THAT--IT'S THAT WOMAN.

I HOPE THE WHORE
MISCARRIES.
NO.

THEY SAY THE KING
IS TIRED OF HER ALREADY.

THEY SPEND
ALL THEIR TIME QUARRELING.

OH, POOR CREATURE.

SHE IS AS LITTLE
TO BE ENVIED AS I AM.

THE NEWS CAME TODAY, MADAM.

IT WAS A GIRL.

A GIRL?
YES.

THEY'VE CALLED
THE LITTLE BASTARD
ELIZABETH.

IT'S SAID...

IT'S SAID THAT THEY ASKED
THE PRINCESS MARY
TO WAIT ON HER...

BUT SHE REFUSED.

MY POOR DAUGHTER.

MY POOR MARY.

SIR, THE PRINCESS MARY--

LADY MARY.

YOUR DAUGHTER IS ILL.

SHE IS SURROUNDED BY THOSE
WHO WISH HER DEAD.

SHE IS WITH THE QUEEN'S AUNT
LADY SHELTON.

I WILL SEND MY OWN PHYSICIAN.

READ THIS LETTER
FROM HER MOTHER,

I BEG OF YOU.

LET HER BE NURSED
BY HER MOTHER.

LET HER GO
TO HER MOTHER

OR LET HER MOTHER
GO TO HER.

IF CATHERINE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE

THE TITLE OF PRINCESS DOWAGER,

SHE MAY GO AS SHE LIKES
AND DO WHAT SHE PLEASES.

DECLARE HERSELF TO BE A WHORE
AND HER DAUGHTER A BASTARD?

DO YOU THINK
SHE WILL EVER DO THAT,

KNOWING HER AS YOU DO?

She must.

SHE MUST!

I SHALL HAVE A SON
NEXT TIME.

A SON AND HEIR.

INEZ.

YES, MADAM.

THEY SAY
SHE IS PREGNANT AGAIN.

YES.

BUT THEY SAY THE KING
HARDLY EVER SEES HER.

THERE'S TALK--
THERE'S TALK OF DIVORCE.

OH, NO...

NOT WHILE I AM ALIVE.

THE KING KNOWS
THAT IF HE SHOULD DIVORCE HER,

HE WOULD STILL
BE MARRIED TO ME.

NO...

WHILE I AM ALIVE,
MISTRESS ANNE IS SAFE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THIS AFFAIR IN ITALY? HMM?

MY LORD, I HEAR
FROM HER PHYSICIAN--

THE KING OF FRANCE PLANS
TO ATTACK YOUR EMPEROR.

MY LORD, I HEAR
FROM HER PHYSICIAN
THAT SHE IS VERY ILL.

MAY I BE ALLOWED
TO GO AND SEE HER?

IF THE EMPEROR
WANTS MILAN,

HE'S GOING TO NEED
MY FRIENDSHIP.

DON'T YOU THINK?

MY LORD, THE--
THE PRINCESS CATHERINE
HAS NO MONEY.

SHE IS GLAD OF THE FOOD
WHICH THE POOR PEOPLE,
OUT OF THEIR LOVE FOR HER,

BRING TO HER DOOR.

OH, THAT'S NO AFFAIR OF MINE!

YOU BETTER TALK
TO CROMWELL ABOUT IT.

MY LORD,
THE PRINCESS IS...

COURSE, I MIGHT JOIN
WITH THE KING OF FRANCE
AGAINST THE EMPEROR

IF HE CONTINUES TO MEDDLE
IN MY AFFAIRS.

AND IF THE POPE
EXCOMMUNICATES ME,

I'LL DECLARE THE POPE
A HERETIC.

AFTER ALL, I'M ALREADY
SUPREME HEAD OF THE CHURCH,

SO WHAT CAN HE
EXCOMMUNICATE ME FROM?

YOU SEE, I KNOW MY POWER NOW,

AND I MUST THANK
THE PRINCESS DOWAGER
FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO USE IT.

MY LORD,
THE PRINCESS IS ILL.

I BEG THAT I MAY BE ALLOWED
TO GO AND SEE HER.

GO TO HER WHEN YOU LIKE.

THEY TELL ME
SHE WON'T LIVE LONG.

WHEN THE OLD HEROINE IS DEAD,

THEN ALL MY TROUBLES
WILL BE OVER.

EUSTACHE, MY DEAR FRIEND.

HOW GOOD TO SEE YOU.

TELL ME ALL THE NEWS.

WELL, MOST IMPORTANT,

THE POPE HAS DECLARED
ANNE BOLEYN'S MARRIAGE INVALID.

HE COMMANDS THE KING
TO RETURN TO YOU

ON PAIN OF EXCOMMUNICATION.

IF ONLY HE WOULD HAVE
DONE THAT NINE YEARS AGO.

BUT IT WILL HELP MARY.

HOW IS SHE?
IS SHE BETTER?

TELL ME HOW SHE IS.

MUCH BETTER.
AND HAPPY.

THE KING HAS SENT FOR HER
TO BE WITH HIM.

I KNEW HE WOULD.

HE STILL LOVES ME.
I KNOW HE STILL LOVES ME.

CERTAINLY HE LOVES YOU.

HE ALWAYS HAS.

THAT IS WHY AT TIMES
HE HAS BEHAVED
AS IF HE HATED YOU.

HE WAS A PRISONER
OF HIS LOVE FOR YOU,

AND YOU KNOW
THAT PRISONERS HATE
EVEN THE KINDEST JAILER.

IS THAT WHY
HE HAS BEEN SO CRUEL?

BECAUSE HE LOVED ME?

THE MONKS HE TORTURED
AND KILLED,

HIS FRIENDS
MORE AND FISHER,

THE MONASTERIES HE DESPOILED,
THE RELIGION HE DESTROYED,

HE WHO WAS ONCE
DEFENDER OF THE FAITH,

OR IS THIS BECAUSE OF ME?

HAVE I MADE HIM CRUEL?

MY FRIEND...

WAS I WRONG?

NO. NO.

YOU FOLLOWED
YOUR CONSCIENCE

WHEN NO ONE ELSE DID.

CONSCIENCE AND LOVE.

THAT CAN'T BE WRONG,
CAN IT?

CAN IT?

NEVER.

NEVER.

SIR...

SHE HAS WRITTEN
A LETTER TO THE KING

TO BE GIVEN TO HIM
ON HER DEATH.

WAS IT TRUE?

HAS THE KING SENT
FOR PRINCESS MARY?

AND THE OTHER,
WAS THAT A LIE ALSO?

THE OTHER?

WAS SHE WRONG?

MY DEAR COUNTESS--

MARIA.
MARIA IS MY SPANISH NAME.

SPEAK TO THAT.

WHEN HER HIGHNESS
FIRST CAME TO ENGLAND,

IT IS SAID THAT THERE WERE
GREAT STORMS ALL THE WAY.

THE SHIP WAS NEARLY LOST.

YES, I KNOW.
I WAS WITH HER.

WHEN A STORM STRIKES,

IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS
THAT EVERYONE ONBOARD
RUNS ABOUT FROM SIDE TO SIDE

TRYING TO SAVE THEMSELVES.

THERE IS NO HAND
AT THE WHEEL.

THE SHIP YAWS TO AND FRO
WITH EVERY GUST
AND EVERY WAVE.

AND THEN, SOME HAND
MORE DETERMINED
THAN THE OTHERS

GRIPS THE WHEEL
AND TURNS THE SHIP
INTO THE WIND

AND HOLDS IT THERE.

PERHAPS THIS COURSE
DRIVES IT UPON THE ROCKS,

BUT ALTHOUGH THE SHIP
MAY BE BROKEN,

SOME FRAGMENTS OF IT
REMAIN.

OUR PRINCESS...

OUR QUEEN,
WHEN DANGER THREATENED,

TURNED HER SHIP'S HEAD
INTO THE WIND

AND HELD IT UPON
THE ONLY COURSE SHE KNEW--

THE COURSE OF TRUTH.

IT STRUCK UPON THE ROCKS
OF PASSION AND CIRCUMSTANCE

AND ALL ABOARD PERISHED--

HERSELF,
THE KING SHE LOVED,

HER FRIENDS,
THE OTHER WOMAN,
THE CHURCH,

EVEN SPAIN PERHAPS--
ALL PERISHED.

BUT THEY DID NOT DISAPPEAR
WITHOUT TRACE,

AS THEY MIGHT
OTHERWISE HAVE DONE.

SOME SPARS AND TIMBERS
OF THAT SHIP REMAIN
TO SHOW...

TO SHOW?

THAT THERE WERE
HUMAN BEINGS THERE

AND THAT
THEY CARED PROFOUNDLY

ABOUT THE TERMS
ON WHICH THEY LIVED
AND DIED.

EUROPE SUNDERED,

A KINGDOM NEARLY PLUNGED
IN REVOLUTION,

THE POWER
OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
WEAKENED FOREVER,

AND YET IT WAS
SUCH A LITTLE THING.

SHE WOULDN'T SAY
THAT SHE WAS NOT MARRIED

WHEN SHE WAS.

SHE WOULD NOT SAY IT.

Catherine's voice:
LASTLY, I MAKE THIS VOW--

THAT MINE EYES DESIRE YOU
ABOVE ALL THINGS.