The Spanish Princess (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Camelot - full transcript

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God save the King.

Your father passed
into God's mercy, Your Grace.

Maggie, I will see you
freed from here.

You have no power, Catherine.

We are at the mercy
of the Tudors.

Lina, I ask you this...

that you will pledge yourself
to me

and our new family.

I've made
a marriage plan for my sister,

Princess Mary.



And Charles, who is
to be your husband,

is my Spanish nephew.

A pardon.

You may return to court

with all your children.

You will be looked after.

The army marches out to Kent.

I go with them and then
perhaps to war in France.

I love you.

Harry, tell me what my fate
shall be.

The Spanish girl
will destroy us all.

If Harry marries her,
he is cursed.

No boys, no heirs.

We do not fear the morrow.



We make it as king and wife.

Your... Your Grace?

If my father is to visit...

I will wear
the most precious one.

Bessie, bring the crown.

- Your Grace.
- Good evening, Your Grace.

Chaplain Wolsey.

Unhand me at once.

How dare you touch your queen?

This is an outrage.

No, the outrage...

is that you've been
too many hours away from me.

A queen must ready

for the King of Spain's
arrival.

Her lips are moving,
but I cannot hear a word.

Take care, my lord...

or you may lose your kingship.

I think you'd be more upset
than I if that fate

should befall me.

He is here, your father.

The last steps
will be delicate,

but I have made a vow to Henry,
and I will deliver on it.

Oviedo will be glad.

The troops are tired
of waiting at the coast.

The French have felt
the heat of our gaze,

but if my father joins us,
and we sail,

then they will feel
our weapons.

Oh...

Maggie, I will take him now.

Oh, hello,
my handsome prince.

My little jewel, Henry.

Come, meet your tricky abuelo.

Ursula.

Lady mother, here.

Henry.

Reggie, we're going to meet
Catherine's father,

the King of Spain.

Well, he's only king
because he stole the crown

from his daughter, Joanna,
and threw her in the madhouse.

Princess Mary.

Well, next it will belong
to you.

Oh, heavens.

Is that who I've been betrothed
to all this time?

You could slice bread
with that chin.

Look how rich
his clothes are, Mary.

You could bathe in gold.

His Imperial Highness,

King Ferdinand
of Aragon and Castile,

and his heir and grandson,
Charles of Burgundy.

We present to you
the English court.

Your Graces, welcome.

Where is Katalina?

Behold...

my son and heir,

the future king of England,

Henry IX!

We welcome our Spanish guests,

my father, King Ferdinand,
my nephew Charles.

We hope that soon you will be
England's family, too.

King "Henary."

We meet.

Welcome to our court.

We hope before too many suns
have set

that we'll seal a Holy League
between our two great nations

and avenge the Pope

for the lands the French
have stolen from him.

Together, we will have war
against France.

But first, we eat.

We have this pescado...

but bigger.

I bring sugared grapes for you,

your favorite.

Remember?

Take one.

Please, enjoy our... Camelot.

He's shorter than I imagined.

He is challenged by you.

You should take it
as a compliment.

A young mischief and mystery.

There's no mystery in Mary.

Mm, she acts giddy,
but she can play the role

in seven languages.

I'm quite sure of it.

Uh, Thomas...

a scholar, statesman,
educator, and great intellect.

Mary, he will best you,

so do not even try
to take him on.

I wouldn't dream of it.

- I'm Thomas More.
- Lady Margaret Pole.

Pleasure.

I've recently had the honor

of being appointed
undersheriff to the King.

Your reputation
goes before you.

Is it true you nearly left
the law

to take religious orders?

I did.
I spent...

a happy year
with Carthusian monks

outside the city of London.

Alas, it was not my calling.

Excuse me.

Are we the center
of the world, Charlie?

Of course we are.

A shame that Meg
is not here, then.

I'm sure your sister's having
a splendid time

with her dashing Scottish king.

Come on, sit up.
You haven't finished yet.

Uh, no.
Stop it.

Food is for eating
and not throwing.

Ah, my love!

What a perfect sight
you all make.

James, your son
is throwing food.

Ah, he's a boy!

I'll not have his wings
clipped by a woman.

I told you
not to make gunpowder

when you're drunk.

That is not clipping
your wings.

It's saving your life.

Well, if we don't try our hand
at science,

we'll never learn
anything new, hen, eh?

Will you tend to them?

How much do I look
like a queen to you?

I'm covered in the mess
of your children.

Remind me again,
how many of them are mine?

Oh, yes, just two.

Aye.

Precious they are, too,
my love, the ones that lived.

While Catherine,
Queen of England...

Negasi, will you stop playing,
please?

It soothes the soul,
Your Grace.

Catherine writes
that her father

is visiting London

and all of Christendom
celebrates her

for the pact she is negotiating

between England, Spain,
and Burgundy.

Even the Pope
has praised her for it.

James...

What is that?

Teeth.

That's a Douglas,
and that one's a Stewart.

If they're gonna kill
each other,

they may as well
be used for science.

Catherine unites.

We should do the same
with the clans.

Ah, even the Bruce
found that tough weather.

That's why England
lords it over us.

My brother sent me here
to make the peace

between our countries,
and we have that.

And if Catherine can engage
in the running of her country,

so can I.

Stick to what you're good at...

keeping house
and raising bairns.

I wish for Spain and England
to be strong together.

This French campaign
against the Pope

must be defeated.

If we unite,
we can achieve that.

You wish to make war
with France

for the sake of the Pope,

or maybe you want to win back
your own land?

France could be
another golden ball

to ornament your Camelot.

You cannot countenance
the actions of the French.

Seizing lands so close to Rome,
it's an insult to the papacy.

It is an outrage, and my mother
would've ridden out already.

Your mother knew war
like she knew the Eucharist,

but you, "Henary,"

what do you know about war?

You are not a general.

I've had my foundry
in Greenwich

forge new armor like the world
has never seen.

You will be glad of it, if...

when we face
the French together.

Es la calidad, Katalina.

It is the quality
of the man within the metal

that is the key.

Well, I'll show you
both the metal of the suits

and the mettle of the men
who wear them.

We'll have a joust.

Katalina...

whose interests do you tend to,

your husband's or Espa?a?

Father...

I am a steadfast daughter
and a true wife.

I am loyal to Spain
and to Henry.

Who is here?

Should I defend myself?

Oviedo!

Oh!

Allah be praised,
but you smell good.

Oh, I smell of mutton fat.

They ate a whole farm
in there tonight.

Wh... why are you back
from Dover?

General Howard.
He gives us leave.

They say we will sail

and should rest
before campaign,

but I believe this
when it happens.

Mm, Catherine's father
is here now

with the King and Queen.

If he agrees to join them,
you will have your war.

Good.

You look tired.

King Henry wears out
the spirits of his men

before they have even crossed
into France.

I wonder if he even knows
how to use an army.

Well...

I know how to use you.

Can you see, Reggie?

Master Pole.

Master More.

Lady Pole.

- Uh, this is my wife, Alice.
- Ma'am.

My daughters, Margaret,
Elizabeth, and Cicely.

Milady.

Was that book given to you
at Sheen Priory?

- Hmm.
- That's the most response

I've had out of him all year.

A silent order
at such a young age,

it can take its toll.

I don't wish
to speak out of turn, but...

he is in dire need of a tutor.

I... I don't suppose
you would...

It would be an honor.

My daughters now speak
better Latin than I do

and correct me far too often.

It would actually be
a bit of a blessing

to believe that I still
have some wisdom to impart.

And thank you.

Lady Pole.

Lady Pole...

I was hoping that I may wear
your colors as I ride.

- I don't...
- Mother...

this gentleman
is speaking to you.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Lord Stafford!

William Compton,
groom of the King's stool.

Here, Compton.

No, Henry.

Be sure to win.

I will tie this to my saddle.

Master Brandon,
may I assist the King?

The King has already a squire.

But you may fetch him some ale.

The King is invincible.

No one is invincible, Katalina,

no one.

This is leadership, Father.

He rides with your
family emblem on his horse.

It's so romantic.

My lord.

Edward, I'm sorry.

Bloody dogs can have it.

Do not fret, my lady.

I can still admire you
with my left eye.

Oh, can you stand?

King Henry, unharmed in armors
from his foundry!

I should've worn the same.

And yet,
behold Lord Stafford,

born with English steel
in his bones.

God save the King.

God save the King!

God save the King!

God save the Queen!

God save the Queen!

God save the Queen!

God save the Queen!

Katalina
is her mother's daughter.

She has convinced me.

King Henry...

you will have
your war with France

and your treaty with Spain.

God be praised!

Mwah.

And Charles?

All of us, united?

We will rise up for the Pope.

You may consult
with my daughter on all matters

as though you speak
directly to me.

She's the will of Spain.

Tomorrow I return to Spain.

We will ready for our war.

My father says
we should send troops

to San Sebastian,
and he will join us there.

Sail to bloody Spain?

Your Grace, we're meant
to be invading France.

We only have to cross
the Channel.

Our aim is to deal
with the French threat to Rome,

Your Grace.

A resolute march southeast
is needed.

England has a strong claim
to the Duchy of Guyenne,

which is nearby, and we
can swell our numbers there.

Aquitaine
was taken by the French.

Their citizens yearn
to be under English rule again.

So let's give them that

and land a blow
to King Louis' arrogance.

My father's army
will head north to meet us.

That's good, Your Grace.

My father is a boastful man.

He will wish to make
a grand display

of military power,

and he will have that

as we march together
into France.

You are formidable, my queen.

I'm in admiration.

I have worked hard to build
this treaty with my father.

He appoints you his regent.

It's a symbol
of his trust in you.

A miracle.

He was jealous
of my mother's strength.

He could do nothing
to challenge her,

and so he would try to weaken
my sister and I at every turn.

Then he has changed.

When Harry...

When the King wanted
to marry me,

my father wouldn't pay my dowry

until he needed something
in return.

But, yes...

I think he sees me now
as worthy of respect.

Perhaps he finally feels guilt
about Joanna.

Your poor sister was felled
by a disorder of the mind.

So my father says.

The nuns of Tordesillas
tend to her.

You think your father
put her there

to take Spain for himself.

Your Grace,
your father has entrusted you

because he knows that
by your word and your deed,

you will exalt him,

as you also exalt
the whole of England.

Thank you...

Thomas.

Thank you.

How wonderful to have
our trust in Spain at last.

He has the eyes of a hawk.

He follows my every move.

I count the days
until I can take him hunting.

I love that you would feed
our son yourself.

All other princes
have wet nurses.

Mm.

Thank you.

You have given me
so much, Catherine.

Mm.

Hello.

I have given you

a new Spanish army
to play with.

I do it all for you...

and for this country,

for our Camelot.

Move out, to France!

And when the French are routed,

the Scots will lose
their wealthy patron

and be less trouble
on the borders.

My warrior queen.

Hmm.

Douglases have no respect

for any other clan.

Your Grace,
we ask for reparations

for the raids carried out

by these buck-eared cocksuckers
on our Lowland settlements...

Oh, aye...

Aye, go on then,
Crown Prince Mary Jane!

Get your fucking sword out!

And by thunderous God,

what makes you think it was us
in your lands?

Because the ale had been drunk

and all the sheep
were pregnant.

Ah, hen,
and I told you this was, uh...

men's work.

Oh, for the love of God
and all the saints,

you call yourselves men.

My children are better behaved.

Your Grace,
what's a woman doing here?

I am your queen,
Alexander Stewart, you pig!

Your Grace,
this is a clan meeting.

We can't see it
turned into a sewing circle.

Please, Father, let us
not stoop

to humiliating the wife
of our king...

You shut your face, Angus.

She's English, and the English

are the cause
of all our troubles.

True, true.

Cannae trust the English

nae more than a randy Douglas
in a sheep pen!

My lord...

perhaps you would like
to discipline the nobles

that would insult your queen
so spitefully.

Aye, how should I?

How about one Douglas,
one Stewart,

hung, drawn, and quartered?

Ooh!

Ah, but look
what you have achieved,

my bonnie love.

The clans united as neither
Robert the Bruce

nor William Wallace
could've hoped for,

and all because
of their contempt

for the English.

Well...

Well, she may not punch
like a Stewart,

but she could well pass
for a Douglas.

Fuck.

Highness.

Oviedo writes to me.

He says the Tudor army wait,

and yet your father's army
does not come.

Oh, he's on his way.

He wrote to me that bad weather
delayed them.

Do you know how far away he is?

It will light the spirits
of the men

if I can share this with them.

He will reach them long before
your letter gets there.

The spring has been too wet,

but now the summer comes,
the ground is dry,

the horses fast,
and the men sure-footed.

But forgive me, Highness.

This was not what was agreed.

You know yourself
he can play tricks.

Lina,
I have told you he is coming.

Be satisfied with it.

Maggie.

Your Grace.

Hold out your hands
with the palms facing up.

I do not understand.

Today marks the anniversary
of the death of Sir Richard.

We do not forget,

myself and the King.

This is for sorrow.

This is for healing.

When you pray
for your husband's soul,

hold one in each hand.

Squeeze them tightly.

I will.

Thank you.

How are the children?

Has Reggie...

He still does not speak to me.

Then the healing
is for Reggie also.

Catherine...

thank you.

Your Grace, a letter for you.

It has your father's seal.

Here, I'll take him.

Have they met the English army?

Fetch my clothes.

I will see the King.

Do you think we lost the war?

Leave us.

Um, please go.

What is it?

He is not coming.

My father,

he has taken
his army to Navarre,

200 miles to the south,

to reclaim his lands there
from the French.

Why... why would he do that?

He has used us as a decoy

to draw the French,

leaving Navarre open
for him to take.

He has betrayed us, Henry.

The alliance was a lie.

I am sorry that I...

trusted him.

He...

has humiliated both of us.

It is my fault.

We have been betrayed.

Two hundred thousand ducats
wasted.

Two thousand soldiers dead

from hunger or disease.

"Tricky as a fox"...

turned out to be true.

Bring our men home now.

I apologize to this council.

Your Grace,
you must not blame yourself.

I believed
my father's sincerity,

but he betrayed us.

Not the Spanish.

Him alone.

The shame is not our queen's.

She did what
any dutiful daughter

would've done...

but her father
is a lying bastard!

Council is adjourned.

Henry!

The King's mood will settle.

I will arrange
a stag hunt for him.

He needs to burn this off.

We have worked so hard together
to build this...

this...

Camelot, yes.

You and the King are young...

idealistic.

But he must shake the glister
of youth from his eyes

and be a man and king
for England,

and you must do
what England loves you for

and radiate your light

and your beauty
and your kindness.

I tried to warn you
about your father, Highness,

but now the English people
say we Spanish

are all the same,
just like him,

and we cannot be trusted.

All of us must live with this,
not only you.

The thought makes you faint,
does it?

Lina, is it the baby?

Baby?

Bessie,
would you fetch some ale

for the Queen?

You...

are with child?

Yes, Highness.

How long?

I think...

three months.

But you didn't tell me.

I did not want to tell you
when...

you had so much
to occupy your mind.

My father...

he took the grape.

He used to promise me
that this time,

he'd let me take it.

Then he'd do it again...

and again.

Now again.

Have I become like him...

so you no longer trust me?

Am I so changed that we
are no longer friends?

That is your choice, Catherine.

You are the Queen.
I am your lady.

Whether or not we are friends

is in your gift, not mine.

This place, the palace...

it is not a home.

It is like a gaming board,

and they all play the games.

You too.

You play them very well.

But I do not wish to play.

I merely wish to live
my simple life.

I am happy for you, Lina.

Go.

You should rest.

When you are fuller
in your term,

you may stay home until you
are ready to return to me...

for your child's sake.

You are better
than your father.

You show strength

but humility...

courage and patience.

And you do something

your mother and father
could not do.

You ask questions of others
as well as handing them orders.

You have a good heart,
Catherine.

This storm will pass.

Henry...

may I attend
your bed tonight?

I'm tired.

Good night, Your Grace.

Well, that was
a bollocking waste of time.

General Howard...

my lord Stafford...

good men of England...

we are sorry.

You brave men did not deserve

to languish in such ignominy.

King Ferdinand...

King Ferdinand betrayed you...

and me, too.

But you did not
betray yourselves.

Captain Oviedo, step forward.

Your Grace.

We're told you worked
tirelessly to maintain morale,

that you even brought back
some who deserted.

The Queen wishes to bestow
a gift upon you.

Oviedo of Maceta,

for your service to England,
we make you a commoner knight.

Receive the title
knight banneret...

with our gratitude.

Think of it
as a personal apology

on behalf of her country.

I think of this as a blessing
from my queen.

I'm going hunting.

Hello.

He's teething.

I will take him for a while.

Okay.

Come, come.

We will speak to God

and ask Him to forgive
your mother's pride

and guide her in the future.

Come on.

Holy Father...

forgive me for my sins.

Give me Your wisdom.

Holy Father...

I was tempted by...

by vanity.

I turned away from You.

Holy Father...

help my husband.

Heal his heart.

Henry...

Henry?

Henry!

Hen... Henry!

Henry.

Henry!

Catherine...

Highness.

Catherine...

the King wishes to see you.

I have waited for you.

I know.

I know now what you felt
when your mother died

and you...

you said you could not help

but feel that she was cold
under the ground.

Henry, will he have
enough swaddling around him?

My love...

my poor, sweet love.

Why? Why?

Why would God...

Does He punish us?
Is this punishment?

Why would He?

I love you, Catherine.

And I will love you
and love you,

and we will have another son,

and he will be strong
because we are so strong.

Yes.

Yes.

I cannot lose you.

I cannot lose you, Henry.

My love, I'm sorry.

You, most of all,

will understand
Catherine's suffering.

Not another child, not another.

Oh, that poor wee boy.

Hey.

If you wish to ride south
to see her...

No, I'll stay in Scotland

and do my duty...

and I'll grieve in private.

You're a fine queen, Meg,

and a good wife.

You'll win the hearts
of Scotland in no time.

When I next see Catherine,
I will...

hold her close.

She is hermana...

sister.

"Do not be like the English."

Henry...

you were right to speak
of strength.

We were strong enough
to build this Camelot.

Now we must be even stronger
to keep it.

Why do I speak...

and not the King?

Because your pain is mine
and I have caused it.

We were children...

but we are not children
anymore.

Our innocence is lost.

And our new wisdom
forged in pain...

and grief...

and terrible sadness.

We have lost
our precious son...

and we have also lost
our dignity to Spain.

My father wrote to gloat

about his victory,

but I will tell you this...

we do not drown
when we feel grief.

We do not shy
from our mistakes,

and we do not stand
to be betrayed by allies!

We called you here

because the whole of England
must know this.

I am reborn.

I am English!

God save King Henry!

God save the King!
God save the King!

God save
Queen Catherine of England!

God save the Queen!

God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!

God save the Queen!

We will go to war with France,

but this time on our own.

God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!

England,
you shall have your victory,

and you will also have
a new heir from my womb.

I stand here
as a daughter of England,

and I make you that promise.

God save the Queen!
God save the Queen!