The Spanish Princess (TV Series)

An Audacious Plan (2019)

Charlotte Hope: Catherine of Aragon

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• Prince Harry Tudor : Princess Catherine. Your loss has endeared you to the people. They share your grief.

  Catherine of Aragon : They didn't know him.

  Prince Harry Tudor : My own grief is, defiled with guilt. I wasn't very kind to my brother. Princess Catherine, may I lead you in?

• Margaret Beaufort : You prefer a mule to a litter made especially for you?

  Lina de Cardonnes : A mule was good enough for the mother of our Lord, my lady.

  Margaret Beaufort : Is this your way of sending us a message? Are you to be a mother? Your condition is an affair of state, and our agreement...

  Catherine of Aragon : My condition is... unclear.

  Margaret Beaufort : Ergo, so is your standing in this court. You are no longer Princess of Wales. But, if you're carrying a son, you will be lady mother of the king, just like me.

  Catherine of Aragon : God willing.

• Lina de Cardonnes : You've had your courses for days, but you do not tell anyone. I don't understand.

  Catherine of Aragon : My mother writes that I must return to Spain. Tell me, Lina, what will happen to you if we did? To Rosa or any of my household?

  Lina de Cardonnes : I have...

  Catherine of Aragon : It will be a modest life, not the one your parents planned for you.

  Lina de Cardonnes : Plans must change sometimes.

  Catherine of Aragon : Arthur dreamed that England might be ruled, as in Camelot.

  Lina de Cardonnes : It was a beautiful dream, for you to be the queen, for us to marry nobles, but now we are awake.

  Catherine of Aragon : I am a Spanish princess, sent by God to marry the future king of England and bring peace, and that's what I shall do. God would have me wed Prince Harry.

  Lina de Cardonnes : But you are his brother's widow. It is impossible. It is forbidden.

  Catherine of Aragon : Not if... Not if I'm a virgin, if my marriage wasn't... It was not consummated.

  Lina de Cardonnes : But it was.

  Catherine of Aragon : But think, Lina. Did you see us? Was anyone in that chamber except Arthur and myself?

  Lina de Cardonnes : Forgive me, highness, but you were heard, not just by me, but by Lady Pole.

  Catherine of Aragon : And what did you and Lady Pole hear? Some noises of pleasure. I did try to please him, but we did not lie together. I won't be passed around Europe like a collection plate, handed off to France or Austria. No. I came here to forge an alliance with England, and that is what I'll do. Only then can I protect my household. Don't you see? There is no going back for any of us.

  Lina de Cardonnes : Do you even know if he wishes it? Do you wish it?

• Prince Harry Tudor : Princess Summertime. You're the only sunshine round here. Bit soft, really, so... Don't tell Charlie.

  Catherine of Aragon : I was hoping I might see you. I wanted you to have something of Arthur's.

  Prince Harry Tudor : It's fine work. Thank you.

  Catherine of Aragon : My mother herself never uses a crossbow. She cannot bolt it.

  Prince Harry Tudor : I should expect not. She's just a woman.

  Catherine of Aragon : She cannot bolt it on horseback, and she likes to ride into battle.

  Prince Harry Tudor : What?

  Catherine of Aragon : My mother fought a battle while I was in her womb.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Wild women in your country. They wail in public, and they fight in battle? It's unnatural. My lady grandmother says that the wise woman finds strength within her God-given role.

  Catherine of Aragon : My mother's role is God-given. She's anointed by the pope. Her weapon is her horse. He's an Andalusian stallion, 16 hands with white socks. he can break a man's neck with one kick.

  Prince Harry Tudor : I want one. I'd ride it straight into France.

  Catherine of Aragon : My mother is also skillful with a sword, and she taught me well.

• Margaret Beaufort : This sword is blunt.

  Prince Harry Tudor : They both are. We wouldn't want you cutting yourself.

  Catherine of Aragon : Oh, I could still hurt you with this. You may have swords and spears, but you can conquer nothing without mosquetes.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Mosquetes?

  Catherine of Aragon : And cannons.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Well, we have cannons. Have cannons.

  Catherine of Aragon : The city wallls of Granada crumbled under cannon fire. The Moorish sultan wept as he left.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Weeping like a woman for what he couldn't defend like a man.

  Catherine of Aragon : Weeping like a Moor who sees he is not fighting on the side of God.

  Prince Harry Tudor : What, have you had enough, Princess Summertime?

  Catherine of Aragon : You fight almost like a real soldier.

  Prince Harry Tudor : I am every inch the soldier... And commander. And I have my own idead about our military forces. I'm going to have a foundry that makes impenetrable armor.

  Catherine of Aragon : Oh, all armor has weak spots. Here. Here. Here.

  Margaret Beaufort : What this is display? You dare swordplay with the Tudor heir?

  Catherine of Aragon : Eh, is that...

  Prince Harry Tudor : Uh... I think she's talking about me.

  Margaret Beaufort : I mean both of you.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Well, it was only in fun.

  Margaret Beaufort : You are not to blame. It's natural for a young man to caper. You, put that down, and come with me. And would somebody take this thing to the menagerie, where it belongs? Come along.

• Margaret Beaufort : In England, widows don't handle swords, much less a widow carrying a prince in her womb. You do know, I presume, the basic signs if you're with child?

  Catherine of Aragon : Oh, yes, my lady. The... The belly swells like a great piel de sapo, the melon.

  Margaret Beaufort : No. The early signs, disagreeable stomach, tender breasts.

  Catherine of Aragon : My stomach is often against me, as I fast on Wednesdays, and my bosom is always tender.

  Margaret Beaufort : I'm trying to help you, child. I must know if you have bled since Arthur's death. Surely we should have your news by now.

  Catherine of Aragon : When my brother died, I didn't bleed for fourt months, so it's hard for me to know.

  Margaret Beaufort : I hoped you'd be like your mother, wise and brave as a man, but now I see you're your father's daughter, as tricky as a fox.

  Catherine of Aragon : I have no talent for tricks, and I have no news for you.

• Catherine of Aragon : Where were you?

  Lina de Cardonnes : I... Taking Dominus to the tower.

  Catherine of Aragon : You said before that Lady Pole believes our marriage was a... a true one.

  Lina de Cardonnes : Yes.

  Catherine of Aragon : Then she needs to understand she is mistaken.

  Lina de Cardonnes : I have no power to make her doubt her own mind.

  Catherine of Aragon : She cannot contradict me if I am to marry Prince Harry.

  Lina de Cardonnes : But did Harry speak of marriage?

  Catherine of Aragon : He likes me. He wrote me thosa love letters.

  Lina de Cardonnes : Well, once you're sure the match is in the prince's pleasure, it will be time to speak to Lady Pole. If you speak too soon, you may make waves against yourself.

  Catherine of Aragon : Ourselves.

  Lina de Cardonnes : Ourselves.

• Prince Harry Tudor : Hello again. I hope my lady grandmother didn't speak too harshly to you. She's not used to, well, girls like you.

  Catherine of Aragon : I do not grieve as they expect, and then I feel that I am wrong for being as I am.

  Prince Harry Tudor : I feel the same. I'll teach you how to play my grandmother, but you will teach me...

  Catherine of Aragon : Sword fighting?

  Prince Harry Tudor : No. I am much better at that than you, and I always will be. No, um, you will teach me... I'll think of something.

  Catherine of Aragon : I will sleep. You may tell me in the morning.

• Princess Mary : [opens pomegrante]  There. Look. See?

  Princess Mary : So many little seeds.

  Catherine of Aragon : They grew in the garden of paradise. God spread the seeds all over the Earth. You must eat all of them, because you never know which one came from paradise.

  Meg Tudor : Well, you can be sure one thing, that none of them came from Scotland, which is far from paradise.

  Catherine of Aragon : Come. Let's play hide-and-seek.

  Princess Mary : One, two, three...

• Prince Harry Tudor : Hello.

  Catherine of Aragon : I was at prayer.

  Prince Harry Tudor : And I'll wager that you were praying for a boy.

  Catherine of Aragon : But I am always praying for a boy, our blessed Lord, Jesus Christ. Today, I watched a flock of birds flying home in a giant V shape in the sky, swifts. They migrate here from Spain to mate and I must follow them.

  Prince Harry Tudor : I don't want you to go.

  Catherine of Aragon : My mother is already planning my next marriage, though in God's eyes it will be my first marriage.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Your first? How so?

  Catherine of Aragon : I- I won't speak against your late brother.

  Prince Harry Tudor : What do you mean? Did... Wait. Did he do something to you?

  Catherine of Aragon : No. Arthur didn't do anything at all. Because he... Because he couldn't.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Oh, poor old Arthur. I always thought he was a rose petal.

  Catherine of Aragon : No, I do not want to shame him.

  Prince Harry Tudor : No, no, you haven't and you're not.

  Catherine of Aragon : It's not his fault. I simply wanted you to know before I journey back to Spain.

  Prince Harry Tudor : But don't you see? If you are still a maid, then, Catherine, I can be your husband. You may marry the prince that you wrote love letters to all along. Will you have me?

  Catherine of Aragon : I... Harry, I...

  Prince Harry Tudor : No, Catherine, I will raise you up, you... you and all of England. You will be my princess and... and my queen.

  Catherine of Aragon : Harry, is it possible?

  Prince Harry Tudor : I will tell my father that he must get permission from the Pope, and then we will be married.

• Catherine of Aragon : He wants to marry me. He will go to ask the King, and if he agrees it, I must bring over Maggie Pole.

  Lina de Cardonnes : If Harry is for you, she cannot stand against you.

  Catherine of Aragon : No, the King would need permission from the Pope. It will take time for a letter to reach Rome, and if she should speak against me in that time, then I would be undone. This is the only way you'll make a marriage to a nobleman, as your parents wished for you. We must do this for all our household.

• Catherine of Aragon : Do you think he's asked his father yet? What if he does not agree?

  Rosa de Vargas : Highness. A message from the prince.

  Catherine of Aragon : [reads]  He says his father will agree it.

• Catherine of Aragon : Lady Pole.

  Maggie Pole : Princess Catherine.

  Catherine of Aragon : I just wanted to thank you for all your kindness at Ludlow.

  Maggie Pole : Arthur was like a son to me. I would have done anything for him.

  Catherine of Aragon : And Arthur was like a husband to me.

  Maggie Pole : He was a husband to you.

  Catherine of Aragon : Not... Not a true husband. It is a tragedy but our marriage was never consummated.

  Maggie Pole : I heard you in your bridal chamber. Your own lady heard you.

  Catherine of Aragon : We made sounds of pleasure, yes, to cover our embarrassment. But I am as I was the day I landed here in England.

  Maggie Pole : What are you playing at? Arthur himself told me you lay together.

  Catherine of Aragon : Of course he did. We agreed that we would. We hoped that things would change and, in time, he would be able... I ask you to accept my word, accept it and support it if asked to do so.

  Maggie Pole : Who would ask such a thing?

  Catherine of Aragon : The King, his mother.

  Maggie Pole : Oh, no. Please tell me you're not planning what I think you are.

  Catherine of Aragon : Harry and I wish to be married.

  Maggie Pole : So you've lost your husband, but not your ambition. I warned you against that.

  Catherine of Aragon : But I will remain here in this country and fulfill God's destiny for me. And the family may inquire about my first marriage.

  Maggie Pole : This family don't inquire. They extract the answer they want. And if the truth is asked of me, my answer will support whatever keeps my conscience and my head attached to my neck. How else do you imagine I've survived this long in this vipers' nest?