All language subtitles for Henry VIII - Anne of Cleves (BBC 1970).en

Henry VIII:
AND ANSWER ME THIS,
ARCHBISHOP,

IF A CHRISTIAN KING
WERE TO FIND HIMSELF ALONE

AMONG THE INFIDEL TURK,

WHAT SHOULD HE DO?

MAJESTY, AFTER
MUCH THOUGHT AND PRAYER--

HE SHOULD CONVERT THEM
TO THE REFORMED CHURCH.

HAPPILY, SIR,
THE EVENTUALITY IS REMOTE.

HMM?

WOULD YOUR FAITHFUL
DUKE OF NORFOLK,

YOUR MOST REVEREND
BISHOP OF WINCHESTER,

EVER ALLOW YOU
TO GO ALONE AMONG THE INFIDEL.

WHAT, WOULD YOU ALL FOLLOW ME?

A PRETTY PACK YOU'D MAKE.

TO THE DEATH, SIR.

THERE IS MORE
THAN ENOUGH

TO BE DONE
FOR THE CHURCH HERE
IN EUROPE, SIR.

THERE IS, THERE IS.
I CAN HARDLY FIND

THE LEISURE TO AMEND
THE DOGMA OF THE CHURCH.

THAT RECALLS TO ME, CRANMER,

YOUR BISHOPS ARGUE

THAT CHRIST EMPOWERED
HIS APOSTLES TO ELECT
THEIR SUCCESSORS.

IS THIS TO SAY THAT TODAY

ONLY THE CHURCH IS EMPOWERED
TO ELECT BISHOPS?

IT WOULD APPEAR LOGICAL, SIR.

THE POWER OF THE APOSTLES
HAVING DESCENDED TO THE CHURCH.

BUT WHY DID OUR REDEEMER

SO EMPOWER HIS APOSTLES, HMM?

CLEARLY BECAUSE
HE CONSIDERED THEM WORTHY.

NONSENSE. BECAUSE AT THAT TIME
THERE WERE NO CHRISTIAN KINGS.

IS THIS NOT THE PUREST LOGIC?

THIS IS A MATTER, SIR,
ON WHICH...

(pen squeaking)

PRAYER HAS NOT ENLIGHTENED ME.

IT IS FOR THE KING
TO GUIDE HIS PEOPLE.

AND, NOW, ARE THE HORSES READY?

I NEED REFRESHMENT
AFTER ALL THIS TOIL.

ONE MORE MATTER,
IF YOUR MAJESTY
WILL PERMIT.

ON YOUR MAJESTY'S
PROPOSED MARRIAGE...

OH, NOT NOW.

THERE IS NEW WORD
FROM FRANCE.

YOU SEE, MY LORD BISHOP,
POLITICS INTEREST HIM,
NOT MARRIAGE.

TWO YEARS
SINCE QUEEN JANE DIED,

AND HE'S STILL MAKING PRETENSE
OF BEING DAINTY ABOUT A WIFE.

AND SO, WRIOTHESLEY?
AND SO WE SHOULD
CHANGE OUR PLANS.

FORGET THE WOMEN.

NO QUEEN OF ENGLAND WILL UPTURN
ANYONE'S POLICIES AGAIN.

HE'S NEARING 50
AND LOOKING MORE.

HE'S PAST FORGETTING EVERYTHING
BUT A PAIR OF DARK EYES.

IN FACT, I HAVE HEARD...

WELL, SAFEST NOT TO TALK HERE,

BUT I'LL WAGER ANY SUM
WE'LL HAVE NO MORE TROUBLE
ABOUT THE WOMEN NOW.

IT'S TRUE. IT'S CROMWELL
PUSHING HIM NOW.

CROMWELL WANTS
A GERMAN MARRIAGE.

THERE'S SOME SENSE IN THAT.

A PROTESTANT MARRIAGE.

IF FRANCE IS ALLYING HERSELF
WITH THE EMPIRE,

ENGLAND MUST ALLY HERSELF
WITH GERMANY.

AS FOR THE WOMEN...

WELL...

THERE IS ONLY ONE SON.

THIS ALLIANCE SEEMS
TO BE DIRECTED AT ENGLAND.

FRANCE IS BOUND TO FORM
NO NEW ALLIANCE WITH US

WITHOUT THE CONSENT
OF THE EMPIRE.

THEREFORE, WE MUST ASSUME

THAT FRANCE WILL REJECT
OUR PROPOSALS

AS TO YOUR MAJESTY'S
MARRIAGE.

TO BE JUST, SIR,

YOU WERE, PERHAPS,
PROPOSING TO MARRY
TOO MANY LADIES?

ANNE THE WREN,
MARRIED A GEEZLY...

MARRIED A VONDOHM...

WHO'S THAT LITTLE BEAUTY--
OH, NO, SHE WASN'T FRENCH.

WITH THE POST
OF QUEEN OF ENGLAND VACANT,

DON'T THEY EXPECT ME
TO WAIT FOR THE HIGHEST BIDDER?

IT WOULD'VE BEEN A NEAT STROKE.

ALLIES BETWEEN ENGLAND
AND FRANCE

AND THE EMPIRES ISOLATED.

AND ALLIES BETWEEN ENGLAND
AND THE EMPIRE OF FRANCE.

SINCE THEY MUST CLASP
ONE ANOTHER

IN BROTHERLY FEAR
OF ENGLAND...

IT WILL HAVE TO BE
A GERMAN ALLIANCE.

AH! NOW, THAT I LIKE.

IF YOU MARRY A GERMAN BRIDE,

IT WOULD, OF COURSE,
INVOLVE AN ALLIANCE

WITH THE VARIOUS GERMAN
PROTESTANT PRINCESS.

MM. THAT WOULD PUT THE CAT
AMONG THE PIGEONS.

SIR, WHO IS IT TO BE?

I'VE LOST MYSELF
IN ALL THESE PRINCESSES.

THE DUKE OF CLEVES
HAS TWO SISTERS, SIR.
DAUGHTERS.

SINCE WE'VE
OPENED NEGOTIATIONS,
THE OLD DUKE HAS DIED, SIR.

I REMEMBER.
A FAIR GIRL, FLAXEN.

OH, YEAH.

THAT WOULD BE PLEASING.

FOR MARK YOU, CROMWELL,
THE GIRL MUST BE BEDWORTHY.

I'M MAN AS WELL AS KING.
NO ONE DOUBTS IT, SIR.

BUT I FANCY IT IS NOT
THE FLAXEN LADY

WITH WHOM YOU'RE
CHIEFLY CONCERNED.

THAT WILL BE
THE PRINCESS AMALIE,
THE YOUNGER SISTER.

OUR FIRST APPROACH
MENTIONED THE ELDER SISTER,

THE PRINCESS ANNA.

SHE IS SAID TO BE
A RENOWNED BEAUTY.
OUR USUAL PROCEDURE.

YOUR COURT PAINTER, SIR?
IS MASTER HOLBEIN HERE?

CALL MASTER HOLBEIN!
CALL MASTER HOLBEIN!

THERE IT IS AGAIN.
HE HAS TO DELAY MATTERS.

I THINK NOT, WRIOTHESLEY.
I THINK YOU'RE WRONG.

I THINK THE KING'S
AN INNOCENT ABOUT MARRIAGE.

(laughing)

OH, YOU CAN LAUGH.

WHAT HE LOOKS
TO FIND IN MARRIAGE

WHAT OTHER MEN
FIND IN MARRIAGE--
THREE MISTRESSES

AND A BROTHEL AT HAND.

GOD, THE POOR FOOL.
HOW MANY MORE YEARS
MUST HE SUFFER THIS?

GOOD DAY,
MASTER HOLBEIN.

YOUR MAJESTY HAS
ANOTHER PRINCESS
FOR ME?

WAS EVER A KING
MORE GRACIOUS TO ARTIST?

ALL THE RIPE,
YOUNG PRINCESSES
IN EUROPE

HAVE I HAD
THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING

ON YOUR MAJESTY'S BEHALF.

YOUR MAJESTY WOULDN'T
BE THINKING OF

CONVERTING A DAUGHTER
OF THE INFIDEL.

THEY SAY THEIR WOMEN
ARE MARVELOUS FINE.

AND NO ONE APPROACHES THEM
BUT EUNUCHS.

MY MANHOOD OR MY LOYALTY,
YOUR MAJESTY,

HAVE I NOT SERVED YOU
FAITHFULLY?

NO, I'LL SPARE YOU.

NO TURK. A COUPLE OF
FLAXEN FLEMISH LADIES.

AH, THEN IS
YOUR MAJESTY THE TURK?

HA HA!

I THINK THE FIRST LADY
IN QUESTION

IS BROWN
RATHER THAN FAIR.

OH, NO. I KNOW
THESE NORDIC GIRLS.

THEY'RE FLAXEN...
EVERYWHERE.

HOLBEIN'S EYE
IS AS GOOD AS MINE.

WHICH IS THE ELDEST?
THE LADY ANNA, SIR.

ANNE OF CLEVES.

IF SHE'S COMELY, HOLBEIN,
TAKE HER LIKENESS

AND BRING IT BACK
TO AN EVER-ADORING BETROTHED.

IF NOT, TURN YOUR EYE
TO HER SISTER.

GODS LOVE, MAN,
I'M NO VIRGIN FUMBLER.

LET THE GIRL BE STRAIGHT

AND LET HER BE SWEET HUMORED.

THE REST OF THE KING'S RANK

AND THE KING'S PERSON

WILL TAKE CARE OF.

(chuckling)

MASTER HOLBEIN,

DO YOUR WORK WELL.

MY WORK, OF COURSE...

YOURS?

♪ POM, POM, POM, POM ♪

♪ POM, POM, POM, POM, POM ♪

♪ BA, BA, BA, BA, BA
BA, BA, BUM ♪

♪ BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM ♪

♪ BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM ♪

♪ BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM...♪

ANNA REGINA?

AMALIA REGINA.

(laughing)

OH, YES.
BUT KEEP STILL ANNA.

AH...

AND PEACHES AND STRAWBERRIES
TO EAT EVERY DAY,

AND A MAID TO MEND
YOUR GOWNS FOR YOU.

TWO MAIDS!
TWO GOWNS!

ONE TO WEAR
AND ONE TO MEND, HUH?

WHY NOT TWO WIVES?

ONE TO WEAR
AND ONE TO MEND.

WE WILL BOTH
GO TO ENGLAND!

(laughing)

AH...DIRTY!

OH, NOW YOU HAVE
TORN IT ALL AWAY.

ON SUCH AN ERRAND,
THE PRINCESSES MY SISTERS
SHOULD HAVE BEEN WARNED.

MY DEAR DUKE,
LADIES OF THE BEAUTY

OF THEIR REFUTED BEAUTY
OF THE PRINCESSES OF CLEVES,

ARE NEVER UNFIT
TO RECEIVE ADMIRERS.

DISCERNING ADMIRERS.

MY SISTERS ARE NOT
YOUR IDLE COURT LADIES

WITH NOTHING TO DO
BUT SIT IN THEIR JEWELS

AND SING IDLE SONGS.
(princesses laughing)

THEY ARE GOOD GERMAN DAUGHTERS
OF THE HOUSE, WHO LEAVE--

I PAINT WOMEN,
NOT JEWELS!

AND IF I HAVE TO
EXPLAIN TO THE KING,
MY MASTER,

THAT BECAUSE OF THE
ABSENCE OF COURT DRESS,

THE PRINCESS
HAS ONCE AGAIN REFUSED
TO SEE HIS AMBASSADOR...

AND HIS PORTRAIT PAINTER.

SISTERS! THE EMBASSY
FROM THE KING OF ENGLAND.

OH!

I PRESENT YOU, SISTERS,

THE EMPERORS
OF HIS MAJESTY
OF ENGLAND

ON THIS PROPOSED MARRIAGE
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.

SIR CHRISTOPHER MONT
AND MASTER HANS HOLBEIN.

MY YOUNGER SISTER,
THE PRINCESS AMALIE.

AND MY ELDEST SISTER,
THE PRINCESS ANNA.

ANNA!

AH!

LADIES, WE ARE MOST HAPPY
TO BE PRIVILEGED TO SEE YOU.

THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN
YOUR NOBLE BROTHER, THE DUKE,

AND MY ROYAL MASTER,
THE KING,

HAVING REACHED
A FORTUNATE STATE,

IT IS THE EARLIEST WISH
OF MY MASTER

TO BEHOLD THE LIKENESS
OF THE LADY HE ASPIRES
TO MARRY,

WITH YOUR PERMISSION
AND GOOD WILL.

AND WHICH LADY
IS THAT, SIR?

MADAM, IT MUST NOT
BE THOUGHT THAT THE KING

CHOOSES HIS BRIDE,
SOLELY AS A KING.

AS A KING, HE MUST
TAKE THOUGHT FOR HIS REALM.

BUT AS A MAN,
HE MUST TAKE ADVICE

FROM WHERE NONE OTHER
CAN GIVE IT...

FROM HIS OWN HEART.

AND AS HIS MAJESTY,
TO HIS OWN DEEP SORROW,

IS PREVENTED BY
THE CARES OF STATE

FROM COMING TO PLEASE HIMSELF,

HE SENDS MASTER HOLBEIN HERE.

IF YOU WILL PERMIT HIM,
MY LADIES BOTH--

NOT NOW!
MASTER HOLBEIN!

FORGIVE ME, MADAM,
I AM NOT AN AMBASSADOR.

I AM NOT, ALAS, A LOVER,
I AM MERELY AN ARTIST.

WHEN I SEE BEAUTY,
I HAVE NEITHER WORDS
NOR ALAS DEEDS.

I HAVE ONLY MY HANDS.

HIS MAJESTY OF ENGLAND
COMMISSIONS ME

TO TAKE A LIKENESS OF
HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS.

WHEN MAY WE BEGIN WORK?

BEAUTIFUL?

YOU THINK MY SISTER, ANNA,
MIGHT PLEASE THE KING?

PLEASE?

MY PORTRAITS TELL TRUTH
ABOUT MORE THAN A FACE, SIR.

WHAT I PAINT NOW
WILL PLEASE MEN
400 YEARS IN THE FUTURE.

PLEASE ONE KING?

GENERATIONS WILL LAMENT
THAT THEY DID NOT LIVE

TO BE ANNA VON CLEVS' LOVER.

(laughing)

OH!

YOU ARE VERY KIND, SIR.

HERE IN OUR SIMPLE LIFE
IN CLEVES,

I HAD NOT SERIOUSLY THOUGHT,

BUT NOW IT SEEMS
THAT I MUST.

PERHAPS YOU WOULD BE
EVEN KINDER

AND INSTRUCT MY IGNORANCE.

I KNOW NOTHING OF ENGLAND.

YOU KNOW EVERYTHING
A HIGH-BORN GERMAN MAIDEN
NEEDS TO KNOW.

ENGLISH QUEENS, SIR,
ARE NOT PRECISELY

HIGH-BORN GERMAN MAIDENS.

THEN YOUR KING
HAS SOMETHING TO LEARN.

MY SISTER HAS BEEN
MOST CAREFULLY TAUGHT.

SHE KNOWS NOTHING
OF MUSIC AND DANCING

AND DRESS
AND SUCH DOINGS.

THEY ONLY ENCOURAGE LOVERS

AND LEAD TO EXPENSE.

WHICH REMINDS ME
THERE'S STILL TO BE DISCUSSED

THE QUESTION OF THE DOWRY.

IF THE LADIES WILL FORGIVE US.

NOW, SIR,
AS TO THE DOWRY...

THE DOWRY, YES.

BUT I WAS SAYING,
SIR CHRISTOPHER,

OUR FATHER,
NOW, WAS A MAN
OF GREAT FORESIGHT--

I MAKE NO SECRET OF IT--
WE ARE A NOBLE FAMILY,

BUT IT WAS OUR FATHER
WHO ESTABLISHES THUS

IN THE EYE,
AS YOU MIGHT CALL IT,
OF EUROPE.

OH, MORE THAN THE EYE.

THE PIVOT, THE COCKPIT.

CLEVES, HE SAID,

MIGHT ONE DAY DICTATE
THE FORTUNES OF EUROPE.

YES, HE WAS A MAN
WHO LIKED TO DICTATE.

IT'S A MANLY LIKING.

A WOMAN, HE SAID,
COULD BE AS POWERFUL AS A MAN

SO LONG AS
SHE WERE KNOWLEDGEABLE.

SO HE EDUCATED HER.

SHE IS A MOST
EXQUISITE NEEDLE WOMAN,

BUT SHE SOMETIMES TAKES
TOO GREAT AN INTEREST
IN MEN'S AFFAIRS.

MEN'S AFFAIRS?

POLITICS.

AND, IN PARTICULAR,
YOU MUST TELL US
ABOUT THE KING.

WE ARE PROVINCIAL HERE,
BUT WE COME TO HEAR
ABOUT SUCH THINGS.

THEY SAY THAT KING HENRY
IS THE MOST HANDSOMEST

AND MOST COURTLY KING
EVER BORN.

HA HA! THE HANDSOMEST
AND MOST COURTLY KING
EVER BORN?

NOW, HOW, MADAM,
AM I TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE KING.

NORFOLK!

NORFOLK!

HUH? I DO NOT CALL
A THIRD TIME.

BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR,

I NEEDED A WORD WITH MY NIECE,
NEWLY COME TO COURT,

THE LADY CATHERINE HOWARD.

I HAVE NO TIME FOR NIECES
NOR FOR SO MANY HOWARDS.

I'M A BETROTHED MAN,
NORFOLK, OR VERY NEARLY.

THE PROTESTANT WOMAN?
MM.

THE PRINCESS?

THE CONTRACT'S
NOT YET BEEN SIGNED.

BUT YOUR INTENTION IS FIRM.

OH, UNYIELDING.

MONT WRITES FROM CLEVES
THAT HOLBEIN IS MORE THAN HAPPY

WITH THE PRINCESS AMALIE--
OR IS IT ANNA?

YOU'VE PETITIONED
HER EMPLOYMENT.

WE HOWARDS, SIR,
LIVE TO SERVE OUR KING.

AND YOUR FAMILY.

I KNOW MY NEEDS
AND I KNOW MY TOOLS.

WHEN I NEED YOUR SERVICES,
I'LL TAKE THEM.

YES, YOU USE MEN
LIKE ROBERT BARNES,
USE THEM CONTINUALLY.

HMM?
A LUTHERAN, A HERETIC.
A RANK HERETIC.

A FRIEND OF CROMWELL'S.

ROBERT BARNES? NONSENSE.

HE'S NO HERETIC.
HE'S A LEARNED MAN.

AND A GOOD DIPLOMAT.
I USE HIM TO THE GERMAN COURT.

YOU'D BE NO USE
TO ME THERE, NORFOLK.

YOU'D BE LIKE A THUNDERSTORM
TO A BOWL OF FRESH MILK.

HERE.

AH, MARRIAGE IS
THE ONLY ESTATE
FOR A MAN.

AND SONS, NORFOLK.

WE'LL HAVE A STRING
OF LUSTY PRINCELINGS
AROUND THE THROWN.

IS THE PRINCE'S HEALTH
NO BETTER, SIR?

EDWARD'S HEALTH?
NONSENSE.

IT'S A CHILDISH COUGH.

ALL CHILDREN HAVE IT.

BUT A KING NEEDS SONS.
SONS!

WHEN I'M MARRIED
TO MY ADORED--

OH, GOD'S BODY,
BUT I MUST HAVE
THE GIRL'S NAME.

WHERE'S THE MAN
THAT CAN TELL ME?

CROMWELL?

MY LORD, CROMWELL IS LIKELY
WITH HIS LUTHERAN FRIENDS, SIR.

I RULE THIS KINGDOM,
NORFOLK.

I SAY WHEN ONE PROTESTANT

OR ONE CATHOLIC
IS TOO MANY.

SIR.

I OFFEND HIS GRACE
OF NORFOLK.

YOU EXIST AND YOU DON'T
URGE ME TO MARRY A HOWARD.

I? HE'S JUST BROUGHT
ANOTHER TO THE COURT.

A LADY CATHERINE.

AND HE HINTS
THAT YOU FAVOR HERETICS.

ON YOUR MAJESTY'S ORDERS,
I NEGOTIATE WITH THE LUTHERANS,

BUT YOU, SIR, KNOW
I AM A FAITHFUL SON
OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH.

I KNOW WHO'S A HERETIC
AND WHO ISN'T.

AND WHO DO YOU IMAGINE
HE ACCUSES WITH YOU

AS A HERETIC?

ROBERT BARNES.

BARNES?

(chuckling)

THE DUKE'S INVENTION
BEGINS TO FAIL HIM.

IT'S HIS INTELLIGENCE.

TAKE WARNING FROM NORFOLK, CROM.

NEVER GIVE WAY TO MALICE.
IT TURNS THE BEST MEN
INTO FOOLS.

MALICE, SIR?
TO BE SUCH A FOOL

AS TO IMAGINE
I COULD BE PERSUADED

TO DO WITHOUT A TOOL
AS USEFUL AS BARNES.

OR YOURSELF?

AND WHILE IT'S IN MY MIND,

WHEN ARE WE
TO HAVE THE PORTRAIT?

I'LL SIGN NOTHING
UNTIL I'M SATISFIED
OF HER BEAUTY.

MY LITTLE AMALIE...

ANNA, SIR.
HMM?

YOUR LITTLE ANNA.

OH, RIGHT. ANNA.

AH!
OH!

IT'S THE CLASP.
IT'S BROKEN RIGHT THROUGH.

WE DO NOT MUCH USE
OUR COURT DRESS HERE,
MASTER HOLBEIN.

PAINT THE CLASP TOMORROW
WHEN WE SHALL HAVE MENDED IT.

AND THE LACE, TOO.

AT LEAST YOU FIND THE DRESS
PROPER FOR THE PORTRAIT.

THEN AS FOR JEWELRY...

SOLD.

UH, YOU MUST PAINT ME WITHOUT.
NO. IMPOSSIBLE.

NONSENSE.

MADAM, IF I AM TO PAINT YOU
WITHOUT COURT'S JEWELS,

THEN I MUST PAINT YOU
AS I FIRST SAW YOU

WITHOUT PRACTICALLY ANYTHING.
(laughing)

IT WOULD BE
THE FULLER PORTRAIT.

(laughing)
AND FOR A HUSBAND.

VERY WELL.

AMALIE?
HMM?

OH...

(Holbein chuckles)

THESE ARE MY RICHEST JEWELS.

PAINT THEM.

AH, THE DEVIL TAKE THEM.

THE KING WILL GIVE
ALL THE JEWELS IN ENGLAND.

I AM PAINTING YOU.

OH, THEN PAINT IN THE CROWN.

(laughing)

FACING ME EXACTLY, YES?

YOU WILL LOOK AT ME
ALL THE TIME, IF YOU PLEASE.

HANDS SO.

SO.

AH. YOU MUST HOLD
A ROSE, OF COURSE,

AN ENGLISH ROSE, SO.

SO.

UH, MADAM.

OH! YOUR PARDON.

LIKE THIS?

THIS?

FORGIVE ME MADAM,
I WAS WRONG.

HOLD YOU HANDS
AS SEEMS NATURAL TO YOU.

YOU CAN TALK
AS YOU WORK?

YES, IF YOU
WOULD STAY STILL.

TELL ME ABOUT ENGLAND.

WELL, YOUR HIGHNESS
MUST UNDERSTAND

THAT THE KING'S TROUBLES
ARE ALL CONCERNED WITH FRANCE--

HA! I DON'T NEED
TO KNOW THAT.
MADAM?

I AM THE SEAL ON THE ALLIANCE
OF ENGLAND AND GERMANY

AGAINST FRANCE
AND THE EMPIRE.

NOBODY KNOWS
THE POLITICS OF IT
BETTER THAN I DO.

NO, NO, HOLBEIN.

TELL ME WHAT
I NEED TO LEARN.

THE CLOTHES. THE MANNERS.

THE DANCES.

(chuckling)

I AM NOT EASY,
I CONFESS IT.

HE HAS EVEN AGREED
TO WAIVE THE DOWRY.

WE COULDN'T HAVE PAID IT.

BUT MY SISTER
WILL BE PENNILESS.

HE NEEDS ALLIANCE NOW.

FOR GOD'S TRUTH,
THIS LEAGUE BETWEEN
FRANCE AND THE EMPIRE

WILL LAST NO LONGER
THAN THE DECORATIONS
THEY PUT UP TO CELEBRATE IT.

SURELY THE KING
MUST KNOW THIS.

IS HE THE MAN TO WAIT,

CUP IN HAND FOR FRIENDS?

THERE'S A GREAT DEAL
IN THAT.

THEN, OF COURSE,
HE'S BEEN UNMARRIED
FOR TWO YEARS.

DOES THE KING NEED TO MARRY
TO FIND A BEDFELLOW?

THOUGH IT'S TRUE
THE KING OF ENGLAND

HAS SHOWN A CURIOUS PASSION
FOR MARRYING HIS PARAMOURS.

HE SEEMS TO IMAGINE
HIS PRESENCE IN BED,
SACRAMENT ENOUGH.

WHOM THE KING DEIGNS TO TAKE--

CHURCH, POPE, AND GOD
MUST ACKNOWLEDGE--

BUT NOT ME, COUNSELOR.

I HAVE, MY LORD.

THE CONTRACT
WILL BE UNBREAKABLE.

OUR LADY MAY BE GOING
TO A DOUBTFUL HUSBAND,

NO FRIENDS AND NO MONEY.

BUT ONCE
THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED,
SHE WILL BE SAFE.

I SWEAR TO THAT.

MARRIED TO THE KING OF ENGLAND

TO THE END OF HIS DAYS.

MM.

OR, OF COURSE,
TO THE END OF

HER DAYS.

(laughing,
chattering)

WHAT IS HERE?

OH, IT'S TOO FAST...

AH!
OH, HO!

(laughing)

MASTER PAINTER,
YOU WERE ENGAGED
TO PAINT!

MY LORD DUKE,
THE PRINCESS NEEDED MY HELP

ON A MATTER
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE...
MANNERS.

THE DANCES, BROTHER,
THE FASHIONABLE DANCES.

HOW AM I TO LEARN IN TIME?

AND THE LACKS IN MY EDUCATION.

NO MUSIC, NO DANCING.

NO KNOWLEDGE OF FASHIONS.

WHAT AM I TO DO?
SISTER,

I HAVE BEEN APPLYING MYSELF
TO THE MATTER OF
YOUR MARRIAGE CONTRACT.

WHEN THAT IS SIGNED,
NO LACK OF MUSIC OR DANCING
CAN HARM YOU!

I AM AFRAID, HOLBEIN.

WHAT AM I GOING TO?

THE KING IS DELIGHTED
WITH THE PORTRAIT, I HEAR.

YOUR USUAL GOOD FORTUNE,
MASTER CROMWELL.

THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
IS TO BE SIGNED THEN.

CONGRATULATIONS,
MASTER CRUMMLE,
ON YOUR SUCCESS.

THANK YOU.

THE GIRL'S
A HERETIC.

MY LORD, SHE IS
NOTHING OF THE SORT.

SHE IS A FAITHFUL DAUGHTER
OF THE CHURCH.

LIKE US,
SHE DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE
THE AUTHORITY OF THE POPE.

IT'S PART OF YOUR PLOT,
CROMWELL.

YOU TAKE US ALL INTO LEAGUE
WITH HERETICS.

YOU'LL REGRET IT.

SO THE KING APPROVES
THE LITTLE GERMAN PRINCESS?

I HOPE HE CAN FIND
THE HAPPINESS WITH HER
HE FOUND WITH QUEEN JANE.

AND THE PRINCESS HERSELF?

DELIGHTED WITH HER FORTUNE,
I SUPPOSE.

YOU MUST THINK MORE KINDLY
OF YOUR TOOLS.

YOUR TOOL, TOO, ARCHBISHOP.

THE KING IS COMMITTED
TO THE PROTESTANTS
IN EUROPE NOW.

CROMWELL,
YOU PRESS VERY HARD
FOR THIS ALLIANCE.

YOU DON'T HURRY THE KING
TOO FAST?

NO ONE HURRIES THE KING.
I AM HIS SERVANT.

NOTHING ELSE REMAINS TO ME.

NORFOLK TROUBLES ME.

SIGNING ALWAYS
FOR THE ENGLAND
OF HIS FATHERS.

HE HAS SOME FOOLISH PLOT WITH
A PRETTY HOWARD GIRL AS BAIT.

DO THEY THINK THE KING
WILL BE CAUGHT AGAIN

BY A PRETTY FACE
AND A GUARDED MAIDENHEAD?

NO. I SUSPECT
THERE'S MORE AFOOT

THAN A PRETTY HOWARD GIRL.

THERE'S PERSISTENT TALK
OF ROBERT BARNES

BEING A HERETIC.

AND BARNES IS KNOWN
TO BE A FRIEND OF YOURS.

BARNES?
BARNES IS SAFE ENOUGH.

HE IS A KING'S MAN.

KING'S MAN.

MADAM!

OH, MADAM,
YOUR COMPLEXION!

WIND! SNOW! COLD!

THE WORST OF THINGS
FOR A BROWN COMPLEXION.

OH, LOTTE, LOTTE,
HAVE DONE.

THIS FACE OF MINE
HAS TAKEN THE GERMAN AIR

FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

AND 10 MINUTES OF CHANNEL SNOW
WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.

THE KING'S COMPLEXION,
AS WE ALL KNOW,

IS MOST DELICATELY FAIR.

HIS BRIDE'S MUST NOT
OFFEND HIM.

NOW, BE GRACIOUSLY PLEASED
TO SIT DOWN.

I AM NOT GRACIOUSLY PLEASED
TO DO ANYTHING.

HERE, IN THIS DULL CALAIS,

DELAYED BY THIS DULL WEATHER

OVERLOOKING THIS
DULL, DULL, DULL
ENGLISH CHANNEL!

(scoffs)

I HAVE LEARNED
A CARD GAME

WHERE YOU PUT DOWN CARDS,
YOU COUNT POINTS.

YOU WIN OR YOU LOSE.
SO...

AH. IT PASSES THE TIME.

IT'S BETTER THAN THIS.

(strums off-key)

IS THAT IN TUNE?

NO, MADAM.

WHY NOT?

I AM WILLING TO LEARN.

WHY WILL NOBODY TELL ME

WHAT IS IN TUNE?

AH. NOW, FOR WHITENING,

FOR SOFTENING.

THIS LOTION OF MINE
HAS NOT ITS PEER IN EUROPE.

MANY QUEENS HAVE BEGGED ME
FOR THE RECIPE.

IF YOU HAD USED IT BEFORE

AGAINST SO MANY YEARS
OF NEGLECT

OF RIDING IN ALL WEATHERS.

THE KING LIKES
WOMEN TO RIDE
IN ALL WEATHERS.

HE DOES NOT.
HE LIKES WOMEN OF
DELICATE COMPLEXION.

QUEEN CATHERINE...

MADAM,
WILL YOU NEVER LEARN?

THE PRINCESS.
CATHERINE OF ARAGON.

WE ARE NOT IN ENGLAND YET.

QUEEN CATHERINE
HE DEARLY LOVED,

AND SHE WAS A GOOD RIDER.

SHE INVARIABLY WORE A VEIL
AGAINST THE WEATHER.

AND, NO DOUBT, THE REASON WHY
SHE WAS EVENTUALLY DIVORCED

WAS THAT NOT EVEN THAT
PRESERVED HER COMPLEXION.

NOW, WE COME TO YOUR HANDS.

YOUR USING THE CREAM
NIGHT AND MORNING AND--

OH! ENOUGH!
ENOUGH OF IT ALL!

I AM WHAT I AM
AND NOTHING WILL CHANGE THAT.

OH, IF ONLY THIS GALE
WOULD DROP,

AND WE COULD BE QUICKLY
ON OUR WAY TO ENGLAND.

AH, MY LITTLE BRIDE,

LONGING FOR HER BRIDEGROOM.

AND HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE
THE BRIDEGROOM IS FEELING?

AH, YES, A GOOD HUNT.

THE KING WAS ALWAYS
THE FINEST RIDER IN THE REALM.

I CAN REMEMBER TIMES--

AAAH!

MAN, TAKE CARE.

FOOTSTOOL
FOOTSTOOL, QUICK!

QUICKLY!

(groans)

I HEAR IT WAS
A GOOD HUNT, SIR.

YES, GOOD. YES.

WHAT IS THAT MUSIC?

THE NEW YEAR REVELS, SIR.
OH...

YOU'VE RIDDEN FAR.
YOU REALLY SHOULD REST.

BETTER...

NEW YEAR?
THE MUSIC, SIR.

WHY SHOULD I REMEMBER
THE NEW YEAR?

THAT'S WHAT I ASK.

THE PRINCESS ANNE OF CLEVES
IS IN ENGLAND, SIR.

TONIGHT SHE LIES AT ROCHESTER,
TOMORROW--

TOMORROW! YOU SAY
TOMORROW TO A BRIDEGROOM

AWAITING HIS BRIDE?

CLOTHES! CLOTHES FIT
FOR THE BRIDEGROOM!

UH, FOOD! MORE WINE HERE.

ROCHESTER IS 30 MILES AWAY.

YOU'VE BEEN RIDING ALL DAY.
SIR, I BEG OF YOU.

BEG? YOU THINK
YOUR KING'S A WEAKLING?

BUT THE PRINCESS
WILL BE TAKEN UNAWARE, SIR.

SHE'LL NOT BE DRESSED
TO RECEIVE YOU.

OH, READY FOR BED, HUH?

(chuckling)
WHAT COULD BE BETTER?

THAT'S A PICTURE WE COULDN'T
SEND HOLBEIN TO TAKE.

RIDING-DRESS IN HALF AN HOUR.
HORSES IN AN HOUR.

THE GIFTS WE CHOSE
FOR THE PRINCESS--

QUICKLY. LET ME SEE THEM
WHILE I EAT.

WILL YOU PERMIT US
TO RIDE WITH YOU, SIR?

THOSE OF YOU THAT CAN
KEEP UP WITH ME.

AND SO LONG AS YOU
REMAIN SECRET.

NO ANNOUNCEMENT,
NO STATE.

WE WILL SAY...

WE WILL SAY
THAT I AM A MESSENGER

SENT BY THE KING.

SHE RECEIVES ME.

WHEN WE'RE ALONE I REVEAL MYSELF

NOT THE KING, BUT THE LOVER,

WHO CAN WAIT NO LONGER.

HUH?

OH, CROMWELL,
YOU SHOULDN'T LET ME FORGET

TODAY I AM THE ARDENT LOVER.

NOW, YOU UNDERSTAND?

NO.

IT IS NOT THE KING.

YOU WILL NOT USE
COURT RITUAL.

YOU'LL NOT RAISE
YOUR EYES.

YOU WILL NOT SPEAK,

AND YOU WILL NOT
TURN YOUR BACK ON HIM.

BUT YOU SAID I WASN'T
TO COME OUT BACKWARDS.

WATCH.

THE PRINCESS'S MAID.
CAREFUL.

WHAT WAS THAT NOISE
IN THE COURTYARD OUTSIDE?

A MESSENGER
FROM THE KING, MADAM,

COME TO INQUIRE AFTER YOU.

LET ME SEE TO YOUR HAIR.
BUT I CAN'T RECEIVE
A MESSENGER LIKE THIS!

YOU'RE NOT IN YOUR SHIFT.

AND HE CAN CARRY BACK
MORE NEWS OF YOU LIKE THIS

THAN YOUR HUSBAND
HAS SEEN YET.

WHY SHOULD HE
HAVE BEEN SENT SO LATE?

COME.

MADAM, HIS MAJESTY, THE KING,
HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY PLEASED

TO SEND A MESSENGER
TO INQUIRE AFTER YOUR HEALTH.

MAY I ADMIT HIM?

WILLINGLY.

SO...THIS IS TO BE

THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, HUH?

(groans)

HIS MAJESTY
HAS SENT YOU, SIR?

(chuckling)
YAH! OH!

THAT WAS MOST KIND.

I SEE THE JOURNEY
HAS TIRED YOU.

TWICE AS FAR
WOULD'VE BEEN NOTHING,
MADAM,

SO LONG AS IT WAS
TO YOUR SIDE.

AH.

AND, UH...

DOES ENGLAND PLEASE YOU

AS MUCH AS YOU WILL
PLEASE ENGLAND?

THE JOURNEY,
THESE LODGINGS,

YOUR ATTENDANTS--
ARE THEY ALL YOU COULD WISH?

ONE FINGER LIFTED,

AND ALL ENGLAND IS YOURS.

EVERYTHING
IS MOST COMFORTABLE.
THANK YOU.

(chuckling)

AND, WHILE WE HEAR
YOUR VIEWS ON ENGLAND,

WE WILL TAKE A CUP OF

WINE!

WITH YOU.

OH, GO ON, GET OUT.

YOUR WOMAN MAY LEAVE US.

LEAVE HER HIGHNESS
ALONE, SIR?

IT'S NOT MANNERS
IN CLEVES, MISTRESS?

WELL, JUST HERE,
MANNERS ARE DIFFERENT.

I SHALL BE WITHIN CALL,
MADAM.

(chuckling)

TO BE QUEEN OF ENGLAND...

WHAT GREATER GLORY
COULD ANY WOMAN WISH?

WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
WHAT WAS ENGLAND THEN?

A LITTLE COUNTRY,

ABSORBED IN SO MANY AFFAIRS,

DISREGARDED IN
THE COUNCILS OF THE WORLD.

HERE.

OH.

WHO FEARED ENGLAND THEN?

WHEN WE SIGNED THE TREATY
OF LILLE IN 1514?

UH, 13.
MADAM?

THE TREATY OF LILLE
WAS SIGNED IN 1513.

OH.
OCTOBER.

OH...

THE 17TH.

OH, WHAT A PRETTY THOUGHT

TO PREPARE YOURSELF
FOR MARRIAGE

BY FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF
WITH YOUR HUSBAND'S TRIUMPHS.

BUT...

THERE ARE BETTER WAYS
OF PLEASING A HUSBAND.

I AM NOT DRESSED
TO RECEIVE VISITORS
SO LATE AT NIGHT.

THAT'S A MIGHTY
PRETTY PIECE OF SILK,

BUT NOTHING SO FINE
AS WHAT IT COVERS. HMM?

SIR! THIS IS TOO MUCH!

IF THE KING WERE HERE HIMSELF--

(laughing)

BUT HE IS!

OH, WHERE?

SWEETHEART...

BEHOLD HIM!

OH!

I TELL YOU,
IT'S BECOMING
A NEW PROFESSION.

TINKER OF MARRIAGE CONTRACTS
FOR QUEENS OF ENGLAND.

NO ONE'S GOING TO
BREAK THIS ONE,
BELIEVE ME.

IS THIS THE WAY TO THINK ON
THE EVE OF A CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE?

YES, ON THE EVE, IT IS.
IF ONLY FOR THE SAKE
OF THE BRIDE.

AS FOR THE MORROW...

(Anne screams)

THE PRINCESS.

MY PROCURING
HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

YES.

THEN WHY ARE YOU
SO UNEASY?

NO. THAT WAS NO NEED.

HE'S SET ON
THE GERMAN ALLIANCE,

AND HE HAS SIGNED
THE CONTRACT.

DID YOU CATCH
A SIGHT OF HER?

YES. I THOUGHT
SHE HAD A SWEET FACE.

IT MAY BE SHE'S
WHAT HE NEEDS,

WHAT WE ALL NEED.

CAN I REST EASY
FOR A NIGHT OR TWO?

AH, YOU HAVEN'T
THE TRICK OF IT.

DO YOU EVER REST?
NO.

I'D WORK MYSELF
INTO MY GRAVE

IF THEY'D LET ME
LIVE SO LONG.
(door opens)

TOMORROW. LET A SERVANT
TAKE THEM TOMORROW.

SIR?

I AM ASHAMED
THAT MEN HAVE SO PRAISED

THE PRINCESS.

I LIKE HER NOT.

SIR?

I LIKE HER NOT!

I'LL SEE YOU
IN THE MORNING.

THAT SWEET LADY.

AND THAT SWEET CONTRACT.

BY GOD, I SHOULD'VE TRUSTED
NO ONE BUT MYSELF!

THIS MATTER TOUCHES ME
TOO NEARLY.

SIR, THE PORTRAIT
PLEASED YOU WELL ENOUGH,

AND IT IS ADMITTED TO BE
A MOST LIVELY IMAGE.

FOR THAT THAT IS NOT
ENTERED INTO THE PORTRAIT--

AS THE EVIL ODORS
ABOUT HER.

HER FORM
IS MOST EXQUISITE--
ENOUGH, ENOUGH.

I COMPLAIN NOT OF--
(coughing)

I COMPLAIN ONLY
OF THE MARVELOUS GOOD WORDS
I'VE HEARD OF HER.

HER FACE, HER FORM,

BEARING SO QUEENLY,
HER VOICE--

NO!

(tray clatters)

(low groan)

I'VE NOT BEEN WELL-HANDLED.

SIR, THE PRINCESS
IS A STRANGER IN THIS REALM

AND LIKELY CONFUSED
AS TO HER GREAT DESTINY.

SHE WILL LEARN,
SHE WILL LEARN.

SHE WILL BEAR YOU SONS.

AND WHO WILL DOUBT
THAT THE MAJESTY OF ENGLAND

WILL BE THE BEST OF TEACHERS.

MM.

SO...

THIS IS THE HAPPY BRIDEGROOM.

CATHERINE, ANNE, JANE--

THREE HAPPY BRIDES.

AND NOT SO LONG AGO.

SO I MUST PUT MY NECK
IN THIS YOKE

YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME.

UHH!

MY LORD, WERE IT
NOT TO PLEASE MY REALM,

I WOULD NOT DO THAT
I MUST DO THIS DAY

FOR NONE EARTHLY THING.

(groans)

THE BRIDEGROOM, GENTLEMEN,
IS READY.

AND IN CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE,

MUST THE WIFE
NOT BE SUBMISSIVE
TO HER HUSBAND?

A SIGNED CONTRACT
IS NOT YET A CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE.

IT IS A PROMISE
YOU HAVE PUT YOUR HAND TO

IN THE NAME OF GOD.

ARCHBISHOP,
HOW IS IT WITH YOUR WIFE?

YOU KNOW I AM MARRIED?

IT WAS WHISPERED ABOUT
IN GERMANY.

I KNOW YOU HIDE IT
IN ENGLAND.

YES, WE HIDE IT.

THERE WERE TIMES WHEN
THE KING SEEMED TO FAVOR
A MARRIED CLERGY...

I HAD HOPED.

WHY DO YOU ASK THIS?

ARCHBISHOP, REMEMBER
YOUR WEDDING NIGHT

AND THEN IMAGINE MINE.

MADAM,

MY DEAR WIFE LIVES
IN OBSCURITY AND DANGER.

WE CAN MEET SELDOM.

WE BEAR THIS UNHAPPINESS
BECAUSE WE THINK IT OUR DUTY.

MY LADY ANNE...

ANNA...

WE WORK FOR PEACE

AND TOWARD A PROTESTANT CHURCH.

WE THINK THIS WORTH
MUCH UNHAPPINESS.

CAN YOU NOT BEAR YOUR SHARE?

PEACE AND THE PROTESTANT CHURCH.

I MUST FIX MY EYES
ON ONE THING ALONE.

AND, YES, I HAVE PROMISED
TO MARRY THIS KING.

ARCHBISHOP...

THE BRIDE IS READY.

ONLY DO GIVE ME YOUR HAND.

(bells chiming)

(women laughing)

(distant chatter)

(maiden claps
at young women)

WHAT, NO MUSIC
IN THE WEDDING CHAMBER?

WHAT LOVE
WILL HAVE MUSIC?

(laughing)

LET THE MUSICIANS
DRAW NEARER.

WHOA!

Men: WHOA! WHOA!

(chatter)

ENOUGH! AH!

(silence)

WEDDING DONE,
BEDDING DONE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
YOU HAVE OUR LEAVE.

GO ON.

(reciting prayer)

AMEN.

A TIRING CEREMONY, SIR?

IT IS OUR DUTY, MADAM.

THE MOST TIRING PART
IS YET TO COME.

YOU WILL TAKE
SOME REFRESHMENT?

NO.

THEN YOU WILL ALLOW ME.

I AM NOT USED TO
THESE LONG HOURS.

I MUST REVIVE MYSELF
A LITTLE.

OH, COME HERE, WIFE.

I HAVE HEARD THAT
YOU ARE VERY SKILLFUL
AT CARD GAMES.

I HAVE ALL THE SKILLS
OF A MAN, WIFE.

I LEARNED A CARD GAME
BEFORE I CAME TO ENGLAND

FOR YOUR PLEASURE, SIR.

MY PLEASURE, WIFE?

BUT I AM NOT VERY SKILLFUL

IF YOU WILL
GRACIOUSLY PLEASE
TO INSTRUCT ME.

I WILL INDEED. HERE.

KIND.

(mumbling)

BUT IN MUSIC, I FEAR,

NOT EVEN THE GREATEST OF MASTERS

CAN TEACH ME MUCH.

(off-key)

MADAM...

THAT IS NOT IN TUNE?

NO.

IT SOUNDS WELL ENOUGH TO ME.

♪ BA-BOOM, BA-BOOM ♪

MADAM!

BUT, SURELY,
YOU WILL PLAY TO ME.

THE KING IS REPUTED
SUCH A WONDERFUL MASTER.

NO, I WILL NOT PLAY
TO YOU YET!

WE ARE NOT HERE FOR MUSIC!

NOW, COME ON!
WE'RE MARRIED NOW!

WHEN WE MET AT ROCHESTER,

WE--WE--
WELL, WE DIDN'T AGREE.

LET THAT BE FORGOTTEN.

SIR, OUR MEETING AT ROCHESTER
WAS THE SUBJECT OF GOSSIP

THROUGHOUT THE COURT.

GOSSIP?
WHAT DID THEY SAY?

THAT I DID NOT PLEASE YOU,
MY LORD.

OH...

OH, I BEG YOUR PARDON.
I THOUGHT THAT YOU MEANT--

OH, NO. THAT I
DID NOT PLEASE YOU,
MY LORD.

HOW CAN YOU BEG
FOR THE WOMAN
WHO DOES NOT PLEASE YOU?

CAN EVEN THE CHURCH
COMMAND THAT?

THAT IS TRUE, THAT SUCH
AN IMPEDIMENT MIGHT--

MY GOD. NO, LET
THAT BE FORGOTTEN.

ANNE, COME.

CAN ANY HONEST WOMAN

THRUST HERSELF UPON A MAN

WHO IS REPELLED
BY HER UGLINESS...

YES, IF IT IS HER DUTY,

AND YOU ARE MY WIFE!

REPELLED BY HER UGLINESS!

PARTICULARLY IN VIEW
OF THE BAD NEWS
FROM GERMANY.

HMM? WHAT BAD NEWS?

THE LEAGUE
OF THE PROTESTANT PRINCES
IS ABOUT TO BREAK UP.

HESSE IS GOING OVER
TO THE EMPIRE.

HESSE? NONSENSE.

HE'S ONE OF
THE LEADING MEMBERS
OF THE LEAGUE.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?
VERY WELL.

BUT ARE YOU SATISFIED
WITH THE NEWS FROM GERMANY?

IS THERE NO WAVERING
IN THE LEAGUE?

LEAGUE, RAMSHACKLEY
A LEAGUE--

WHAT IS AMISS IN HESSE?
DO YOU KNOW THAT?

NO. WOULD THEY
ADVERTISE IT?

BUT HESSE IS OF THE EMPIRE,

HOWEVER PROTESTANT
ITS RULERS MAY BE.

NOW, IF THE GERMAN LEAGUE
BREAKS UP...

AND ENGLAND TIED TO IT...

NOT YET.

OURS IS
A POLITICAL MARRIAGE, SIR.

IT'S CELEBRATED.

BUT NOT CONSUMMATED.

THAT WOULD FOX THEM.

KEEP THEM GUESSING
AS TO MY INTENTIONS.

(laughing)

FRANCE AND THE EMPIRE
CAN'T REMAIN FRIENDS
FOR MUCH LONGER.

AM I MARRIED
TO THE GERMAN LEAGUE
OR AM I NOT?

(laughing)

OH, BUT WE'RE MARRIED, ANNE.

NO?

NO.

MMM...

(moans)

JANE...

SWEET, SWEET, JANE.

Anne: THAT'S RIGHT.
PULL THE NEEDLE THROUGH.

PULL...AND BACK AGAIN.

THAT'S RIGHT.

OH!

OH, MY PRETTY.

MM. YOU SHOULDN'T SEW
IN THIS EVENING LIGHT.

I THINK YOU SHOULD
RUN ALONG NOW.

LET ME SEE.

OH, YES, MY LADY ELIZABETH.

THAT WILL SOON BE
A VERY FINE SHIRT
FOR YOUR BROTHER, THE PRINCE.

AND YOUR FATHER, THE KING,
WILL PRAISE YOU FOR IT.

JUST ONE TINY KNOT...THERE.

SHALL I,
WITHOUT LETTING ANYONE KNOW?

JUST PUT RIGHT THE TINY KNOT?

YES, MADAM.

HUSH, THEN.

(door closes)

Wriothesley:
YOU MUST BE MAD!

YOU WORK AGAINST
THE GERMAN ALLIANCE

WHICH WAS MADE
BY CROMWELL.

YOU WORK AGAINST THE QUEEN

BECAUSE THE MARRIAGE
WAS MADE BY CROMWELL.

YOU EVEN WORK AGAINST
THAT HARMLESS MAN,
ROBERT BARNES,

BECAUSE HE'S A FRIEND
OF CROMWELL'S.

YET WHEN WAS CROMWELL
EVER STRONGER?

HE HAS THE KING'S FAVOR
IN EVERYTHING HE DOES.

YOU HAVE IT WRONG.

WE WORK AGAINST CROMWELL
THROUGH BARNES.

BUT HE'S DONE NOTHING.

WHAT DOES
INNOCENCE MATTER?

BARNES HAS A FOOLISH TONGUE.
I CAN SEE TO BARNES.

AND THEN?
HE'LL BURN.

BURN HIM TWICE OVER
FOR ALL I CARE.

HOW WILL THAT
BRING DOWN CROMWELL
AND THE QUEEN?

FOR MARK THIS:
TO BRING DOWN CROMWELL,

YOU MUST FIRST DEMOLISH
THIS GERMAN MARRIAGE.

IT IS NO MARRIAGE.
IT MAY BE NONE.

IT IS NO MARRIAGE.

YOU HAVE YOUR SPIES
IN HER HOUSEHOLD,
I SUPPOSE,

AND THAT FLAXEN-HAIRED
NIECE OF YOURS.

BUT THE CONTRACT
IS SIGNED.

THE QUEEN
IS LIVING AT COURT

AS QUEEN.
NO.

THE KING SELDOM GOES NEAR HER.
THE COURT IGNORES HER.

SHE'S NEITHER MARRIED,
DIVORCED, NOR BEHEADED.

CHRIST, CAN WE
GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN?

IF WE HAVE TO.
WE HAVE TO.

THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN
FRANCE AND THE EMPIRE

GROWS WEAKER EVERY DAY.

AT ANY MOMENT NOW,
THE KING MUST
MAKE UP HIS MIND.

IS HE WITH
THE GERMAN PROTESTANTS
OR IS HE NOT?

IS HE MARRIED
TO THIS GERMAN GIRL
OR IS HE NOT?

AND SO...

AND SO, WRIOTHESLEY,
NOW IS OUR TIME TO STRIKE.

BRING DOWN THE GERMAN GIRL,

WE BRING DOWN
THE GERMAN ALLIANCE

AND THOMAS CROMWELL
AT THE SAME TIME.

SO, WE ATTACK BARNES
AS SOON AS MAY BE.

(distant laughing)

WE SHOULD NOT
BE SEEN PLOTTING.

IT SEEMS THE PLOTS
ARE YOURS.

VERY WELL.
I'LL LEAVE YOU.

THE HOWARDS ALWAYS HAD
A BRIEF WAY WITH HIM.

BUT WRIOTHESLEY'S RIGHT,
YOU KNOW.

THE KING LOOKS ON CROMWELL
WITH ALL HIS FAVOR.

HE LOOKED WITH ALL HIS FAVOR
ON WOLSEY, TOO.

TIMES ARE VERY DIFFERENT NOW--

THE POPE,
THE SO-CALLED QUEEN.

TIMES, POPES, QUEENS--
THEY HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT.

THE KING WILL HAVE
NO STRENGTH IN HIS KINGDOM

GREATER THAN HIS OWN.

CROMWELL IS THE MOST
FAITHFUL SERVANT.

BUT THE LION OF THE FOREST
STRIKES DOWN EVERY RIVAL.

THAT'S VERY TRUE.

SO THAT OUR PLOTS
NEED DO NOTHING
BUT KEEP THE VICTIM

WELL WITHIN REACH
OF THE LION'S PAW.

MM-HMM.

NORFOLK, DO YOU EVER
GIVE THOUGHT

TO WHAT FOLLOWS
WHEN WE'RE SUCCESSFUL?

WHEN NORFOLK IS
THE KING'S GREATEST SERVANT?

DO YOU REMEMBER
FLODDEN, WINCHESTER?

IT WAS THE HOWARDS
WHO WON THAT GREAT BATTLE.

TIMES WERE MERRY IN ENGLAND

BEFORE THIS NEW
LEARNING CAME IN.

I SEE LITTLE HOPE
OF MERRIMENT IN THE FUTURE.

PERHAPS THE HOWARDS WILL GO

WHERE THE OTHER
GREAT FAMILIES HAVE GONE

INTO THE URNS
AND SEPULCHERS OF MORTALITY.

NO. ONE CHANCE
OF MERRIMENT I DO SEE.

TO PULL DOWN
THIS PEASANT SON, CROMWELL,

WITH MY OWN HANDS.

(distant laughing)

LADIES, LADIES, PLEASE!
WHAT IS THIS NOISE!

OH. OH, WE DIDN'T KNOW
YOU WERE HERE, MADAM.

IT WAS SO QUIET
AND COMING FROM THE COURT.

YES, THE QUEEN'S APARTMENTS

ARE NOT GAY
LIKE THE KING'S COURT.

WELL, AND SO THE NEW CAPS
HAVE ARRIVED FROM THE MILLINER?

YES. AND THE NEW SILKS
FROM ABROAD, TOO.

OH, SUCH COLORS.
WOULD IT PLEASE YOU
TO SEE THEM?

FROM ABROAD?

LOTTE, HAVE THEM FETCHED.
OH, CAN I?

NO, NO. THEY'RE
TOO HEAVY FOR YOU.

SHOW ME THE CAPS.

THIS ONE IS THE ONE
WITH THE SEED PEARLS.

TOO PLAIN, I THINK.

OH, BUT VERY RICH.

THOUGH IF IT HAD
A KNOT HERE AND HERE

IN GOLD, PERHAPS.
NO NOT.

THAT ONE IS ALTOGETHER
TO MY FAVOR.

OH! BEAUTIFUL!

BEAUTIFUL.

YES, WE MUST THINK CAREFULLY
ABOUT THESE.

THIS. NOW CAREFULLY
WORKED IN GOLD.

CRISS-CROSS,
A PEARL IN EACH SPACE.

MADAM, MUCH MORE THICKLY
THAN EVER YOU WEAR.

SUCH FASHIONABLE TRIMMINGS
DON'T SUIT ME.

THEY'RE FOR
LITTLE FAIR GIRLS
LIKE YOU.

AND SO ARE THESE...

LADY MARGARET.
OH.

AND...

LADY FRANCES.
OH!

OH, FOR US?

MADAM,
YOU'RE ALWAYS SO KIND.

BUT WHERE IS THE FAIREST
OF THE LITTLE GIRLS?

THE FLAXEN ONE?

THIS ONE WAS FOR HER.

OH, CATHERINE HOWARD?
MM.

SHE WILL BE HERE
THIS EVENING.

SHALL WE TAKE IT?

NO, NO.
I GIVE IT TO HER MYSELF.

AND I SHAN'T NEED YOU
FOR ANOTHER HOUR,

SO RUN AWAY
AND TRY ON YOUR NEW CAPS.

SAFE FOR AN HOUR.

IT'S THE FLAXEN ONE
IS THE HOWARD SPY.

THEY'RE ALL SPIES FOR SOMEONE.
IT DOES NO HARM.

NOW, QUICK, LOTTE,

THE GREEN VELVET.

THE TRUTH FROM HESSE,
I HOPE.

IF WE KNEW THAT.

NO NEWS AT ALL.

MY BROTHER SAYS
HE'S SENDING A MESSENGER.

A MESSENGER TO YOU?
HAVEN'T YOU TOLD HIM
THE DANGER?

I'VE WRITTEN IN
WORDS OF BLOOD

UNTIL MY FINGER'S ACHED.

LOTTE...

SOME PLAN TO HIDE
THIS MESSENGER.

PLAN? WHEN SIX SPIES WATCH
IF YOU SPEAK TO A GARDENER?

HAVE I EVEN FOUND
A GARDENER WHO'LL SPEAK TO ME?

OH, LOTTE, I THOUGHT
I WAS COMING TO A GAY COUNTRY.

OH, FOR SOME MERRY COMPANY.

MADAM.
HMM?

THE LETTER,
HIDE THE LETTER.

WHY?
SOMEBODY'S COMING.

SIR, YOU ARE INTRUDING.

THESE ARE
THE QUEEN'S APARTMENTS.

MISTRESS, I AM AT FAULT.

I WAS WAITING
IN THE PLEASANT
EVENING AIR,

AND STRAYED HERE
INNOCENTLY.

I HOPE I HAVE NOT
DISTURBED HER MAJESTY.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE

TO MAKE MY APOLOGIES
IN PERSON?

HER BROTHER, THE DUKE
HAS HONORED ME...
MY BROTHER?

LOTTE, THE DOORS.

MAJESTY.

IT WAS NEVER MY GOOD FORTUNE
TO BE IN CLEVES

AT A MOMENT WHEN
I MIGHT BE PRESENTED TO YOU

BUT TO SEE
A DAUGHTER OF CLEVES,

A DAUGHTER OF THAT
PROTESTANT CHURCH
WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR

FOR SO LONG.

SIR, MY MOVEMENTS ARE WATCHED.

GIVE ME YOUR MESSAGE, PLEASE,
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

MESSAGE?
FROM MY BROTHER.

IT IS SOME MONTHS
SINCE I SAW YOUR BROTHER

SINCE I WAS LAST IN CLEVES
ON EMBASSY.

MY NAME IS BARNES,
ROBERT BARNES.

YOU DISAPPOINT ME,
MASTER BARNES.

I HAD HOPED THAT YOU
HAD SEEN MY BROTHER LATER

THAN MYSELF.

I THINK I HAVE READ
SOME OF YOUR WORKS.

I'M SORRY I DISAPPOINT YOU.

I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I WAS WALKING OUTSIDE
AWAITING MY LORD CROMWELL

AND WHEN I THOUGHT
I COULD REACH YOUR WINDOW
UNOBSERVED,

I MADE SO BOLD AS TO TRY.

I HAVE NO MESSAGE.

ONLY A MESSAGE OF LOYALTY.

TO OUR PROTESTANT QUEEN.

IS IT SO IMPOSSIBLE
TO OBTAIN AUDIENCE OF ME?

MADAM, NO ONE KNOWS.
SO IT IS SAFER NOT TO TRY.

YOU MUST NOT BLAME MEN FOR
LOOKING AFTER THEIR OWN SAFETY.

I DO NOT. I SYMPATHIZE.

THE KING HAS EMPLOYED YOU,
I KNOW, MASTER BARNES,

ON MAY EMBASSIES
TO EUROPE.

WHAT LATE NEWS HAVE YOU?

LITTLE NEW.

THE GERMAN ALLIANCE IS UNEASY,
AND I HAVE FOREBODINGS.

THESE PROTESTANT PRINCES,
THEY ARE WEAK ALONE.

THEY MUST UNITE IF
THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD UP
AGAINST THE EMPIRE.

MORE, THEY MUST HAVE
ENGLAND BEHIND THEM.

IT WOULD BE
AN ADVANTAGE TO THE KING.

IT WOULD CLINCH
HIS GREAT REFORMS
OF THE CHURCH.

BUT HE HESITATES,
HE HESITATES.

I GREATLY FEAR THAT THE HOPE
OF SOME WORLDLY SUCCESS

MAY TEMPT HIM TO--
MASTER BARNES,

I HAVE HEARD MUCH GOOD OF YOU.

BUT ONE THING EVIL--

YOU TALK UNWISELY.

MADAM, I PREACH ONLY THE DOGMA
PROPOUNDED BY THE KING HIMSELF.

HIS GREAT REFORMS OF THE CHURCH.

HIS MAJESTY HAS
MY MOST PROFOUND DEVOTION.

I THINK I'VE PROVED THAT.
I'VE WORKED FOR HIM MANY YEARS.

YOU PUT YOUR TRUST IN PRINCES.

I HONOR YOU AS AN UPHOLDER
OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH.

IT'S LIFE IS PRECARIOUS, MADAM.

WE MUST ALL GIVE OF OUR BEST.

NIGHT BY NIGHT I THINK OF IT.

DAY BY DAY I WORK FOR IT--

AND I SIT AT HOME
AND THINK OF MY MAKER.

MADAM,
YOU REBUKE US ALL.

MAN'S CHIEF AIM IN LIFE
IS TO GLORIFY GOD.

AND YET WHILE
WE SIT AND THINK OF HIM,

THE POPE HAS SLIPPED IN
WITH SOME CURSED ALLIANCE

THAT SEPARATE CITY FROM CITY

AND TREACHEROUSLY
EXTRACTS TAXES
FROM THE FAITHFUL.

IS THIS BATTLE OF THE CHURCHES

ALL THAT THERE IS IN LIFE,
MASTER BARNES?

MADAM, WHAT ELSE IS THERE?

WHY...

SAVING A CHILD
FROM UNHAPPINESS.

LOTTE, THE WORK.
IT MUST BE DONE
BEFORE TOMORROW.

A CHILD, A SINGLE CHILD--
IT WOULD BE AGAINST SCRIPTURE

TO DENY THAT THAT WOULD BE
ACCEPTABLE TO CHRIST.

BUT TO US,
WHO HAVE GIVEN OUR LIVES
TO THE TRUE CHURCH,

WHAT IS A CHILD'S MISERY?

MASTER BARNES,
YOU SEEM TO BE A GOOD MAN.

BUT YOU HAVE SAID ONE OF
THE MOST WICKED THINGS POSSIBLE.

PRAY SAY SOMETHING TO RESTORE
MY LIKING FOR YOU.

MADAM, WHAT CAN I SAY?

MY LIFE HAS BEEN GIVEN
TO THE TRUE CHURCH.

THEN YOU ARE OF
THE STUFF OF MARTYRS.

LET YOU BE HAPPY
WHILE YOU BURN.

Cromwell: BURN?

ROBERT?

AH...

IT SEEMS THE QUEEN'S APARTMENTS
ARE BECOME A THOROUGHFARE.

MADAM, I--I COME
TO GUARD YOUR PRIVACY
RATHER THAN TO BREAK IT.

I SAW THAT ROBERT, HERE,
HAD COME THIS WAY,

I WOULD'VE TAKEN HIM OFF.

BUT, UH, YOU WERE
TALKING OF BURNING?

I SPOKE IN IRRITATION.

I WILL LEAVE YOU TO
YOUR TRYST WITH MASTER BARNES,

WHOM I AM HAPPY TO HAVE MET.

I HAD ALSO HOPED
TO OBTAIN AN AUDIENCE,
MADAM.

OF THE QUEEN?

WE HAVE INTERESTS
IN COMMON.

WE VISIT THE SAME MERCHANTS,

BUT WE BARGAIN
FOR DIFFERENT GOODS.

AND LOWER OUR VOICES
IN THE OPEN AIR.

IF MY LORD CROMWELL
RISKS COMING TO THE QUEEN,

THE QUEEN MUST RISK
MY LORD CROMWELL.

LOTTE, THE WINE.

MADAM, I--

YOU HAVE TRAVELED MUCH
IN EUROPE, MASTER BARNES?

THESE LAST TEN YEARS,
MADAM.

I WAS FIRST IN WITTENBERG
TO SEE MASTER MARTIN LUTHER

IN...'31.

THEN I WAS THERE
AGAIN LATER TO SECURE--
ROBERT.

TO SECURE FOR THE KING
APPROVAL OF HIS DIVORCE

FROM QUEEN CATHERINE.

I BEG PARDON,
THE PRINCESS OF ARAGON.

THE KING'S INCLINATION
TO THE PROTESTANTS
IS FAR FROM NEW.

BUT LUTHER WOULD NOT AGREE.

HIS ARGUMENT
WAS AN INTERESTING ONE:

THERE WERE THOSE
WHO MAINTAINED

THAT THE MARRIAGE
COULD NOT BE DISSOLVED

BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN
CONSUMMATED

WILL YOU NEVER LEARN
TO BE DISCREET?

BE QUIET MY LORD CROMWELL.

THE SUBJECT
OF THE KING'S DIVORCE

IS OF INTEREST TO ME.

AM I WRONG
IN THINKING IT PERTINENT
TO YOUR ERRAND HERE?

MADAM, I WISH THAT
HALF OF MY CLERKS

HAD HALF OF YOUR GOOD SENSE.

I TAKE IT THEN THAT THERE
IS NOTHING IN THE SITUATION

THAT I NEED EXPLAIN TO YOU?

YOU HAVE HAD A GRAND DESIGN.

AN ALLIANCE OF ALL
THE PROTESTANT POWERS
OF EUROPE

AGAINST ALL THE CATHOLIC POWERS.

I AM A SMALL PART
OF THAT DESIGN.

YOU ARE NOT A SMALL PART.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

THE HELP OF ANNE OF ENGLAND,

WHO NOT EVEN
THE KING EVER VISITS?

MADAM, I KNOW WHY.

I SHAPED YOUR FATE,
YOUR MAJESTY,

BUT YOU SHAPE MINE.

IF YOU FALL, I FALL.
IF I FALL, YOU FALL.

AND WITH US BOTH
FALLS OUR ENGLISH CHURCH.

YOU! NEVER SAY IT!
QUEENS ARE ONE THING--

ROBERT, YOUR TONGUE!
TONGUE!

PERHAPS I SPOKE
IN HASTE, MADAM.

MY LORD CROMWELL, THEY SAY
THAT YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER

IN YOUR KING'S FAVOR.

SO I SMELL MY DANGER.

DO NEITHER OF YOU YET
KNOW THIS KING?

HAVE YOU HEARD THE THINGS
THAT ARE SAID OF HIM
IN THIS LAND

THAT 30 YEARS AGO
ADORED HIM?

OH, I READ THE REPORTS
AS THEY COME TO ME.

WHEN THE KING HAS A FALL,
THEY WISH IT A BROKEN NECK.

IF THE KING KNEW
HIS SUBJECTS' TRUE FEELINGS,

HE WOULD QUAKE WITH FEAR
WHEN HE RODE AMONG THEM.

THEY EVEN SAY THAT
IF THOMAS CROMWELL

HAD BEEN AN HONEST MAN,
IF HE HAD AN HONEST MASTER,

AND WHAT WORSE CONDEMNATION
COULD THERE BE THAN THAT?

AND THEY ARE RIGHT.
YOU ARE MARRIED TO A MONSTER.

GOD IN HIS HOLY CHURCH
DEFEND US.

A MONSTER WHO KNOWS NOTHING,
SEES NOTHING, CARES FOR NOTHING

BUT HIS OWN WILL.

AND YOU REMAIN HIS SERVANT.

WHAT OTHER KENNEL WOULD HOLD ME?

AND NOW MY RUIN
IS IN YOUR HANDS.

I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TREASON.

Anne: I TAKE IT
THAT YOU HAVE HONORED ME
WITH YOUR CONFIDENCE.

YOU HAVE ALSO
MIGHTILY PUZZLED ME.

WHY HAVE YOU COME TO ME?

MADAM, I DO NOT INQUIRE

INTO THE SECRETS
OF THE MARRIAGE BED.

BUT I KNOW MY MASTER.

WILL YOU HEAR MY CONCLUSIONS

AS TO THE STATE
THAT WE ARE ALL IN

AND THE ONE SOLUTION
THAT I SEE?

MADAM, YOU ARE
THE ONLY SOLUTION.

THE KING DOES NOT VISIT ME.

NO, MADAM,
BUT HE NEEDS YOU,

A WIFE WHO COULD OFFER HIM
QUIET AT HIS DAY'S END,

PEACE AT HIS LIFE'S END.

I THINK SHE COULD BE
MY KING'S SALVATION.

AND IN HIS PEACE,
WOULD BE ENGLAND'S
HOPE OF PEACE.

YOU SPEAK PERSUASIVELY.

ALMOST AS PERSUASIVELY
AS HIS GRACE OF CANTERBURY

ON MY WEDDING MORNING.

YOU SET ME THREE PROBLEMS:

WHETHER I AGREE WITH YOUR VIEW,

WHETHER I HAVE THE WILL
TO ACT AS YOU THINK I SHOULD,

AND WHETHER I HAVE ALSO
THE ABILITY.

YOU MUST GIVE ME TIME.
TIME?

THE SPRING DRAWS ON,
TROUBLES MOUNT IN EUROPE,

THE GERMAN LEAGUE SQUABBLES,

FRANCE DISAGREES
WITH THE EMPIRE.

WHAT IS HAPPENING HESSE,
GOD ONLY KNOWS,

AND YOU TALK OF TIME?

IF YOU FORGOT
YOUR PAPERS SOMETIMES,

YOU WOULD DISCOVER
THAT MORE THINGS GO ON
IN THE WORLD

THAN POLITICS.

YES, YOU AND I,
MASTER BARNES,
HAVE HAD WORDS ON THIS.

WORDS?

YOUNG CHILDREN
SHAMED!

HONORABLE LADIES
BROUGHT TO DEATH

OR DESPAIR.

GOD BLESS US,
MY LORD CROMWELL.

GOD BLESS ALL THE KINGS

AND RULERS OF THE EARTH.

HAVE YOU NEVER COUNTED
HOW SWEETLY LIFE GOES ON

WITH NEVER A THOUGHT
OF YOUR EXISTENCE?

DID THE MILK EVER CURDLE
IN THE MOUTH OF THE POPISH BABE?

DID THE CORN EVER GROW HIGHER

BECAUSE IT WAS SOWN
BY A GOOD PROTESTANT?

GOD, MADAM,
IS MERCIFUL TO THE SINNER
IN THE HOPE OF HIS AMENDMENT.

AND, MEN, SIR,
TAKES ON TOO MUCH
IN SPEAKING FOR HIS MAKER.

BUT THE PROTESTANT CHURCH IS
FOUNDED ON THE VERY WORD OF GOD!

AND I WOULD RATHER
COMFORT A SHAMED CHILD

THAN SAVE A DOZEN CHURCHES.

(doors rattling)

OH! OH!

PEASANT, CLOD,
LOUTISH-SERVING WOMAN.

SPYING LITTLE TROLL!

MADAM, THIS--OH!

THIS LADY
WOULD'VE INTERRUPTED YOU
ON A MATTER OF NO MOMENT!

...TO SAY WHOM YOU
WILL SEE OR NOT SEE.

IF LOTTE CHANCES TO KNOW
THAT I'M OCCUPIED,
LADY FRANCES,

YOUR GOOD SENSE
SHOULD LEAD YOU
TO LISTEN TO HER.

MADAM.
MAJESTY?

AN ENVOY FROM YOUR
AUGUST BROTHER OF CLEVES.

HIS EXCELLENCY,

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY
OF CLEVES-JULIEH WITH GELDERS.

MADAM.
SIR.

I BRING YOU SO FLOWERY
A GARLAND OF GREETINGS

THAT IT WILL ADD LUSTER EVEN
TO THAT VERY MOON OF BEAUTY

THAT WAS BORN
THE ADORABLE
ANNE OF CLEVES.

AH, SAD, SAD CLEVES
TO HAVE LOST HER.

HAPPY ENGLAND TO HAVE HER
FOREVER BEAMING UPON THEM.

CLEVES, SIR,
SEEMS TO HAVE GAINED

A NEW CHANCELLOR
SINCE I LEFT.

HERE, MADAM,
IS THE HUMBLE DEVOTION

OF EVERY SOUL
IN THE LAND
YOU ONCE GRACED.

AND, HERE, THE LIFELONG HOMAGE
OF THIS SERVANT OF YOUR BEAUTY

NOW AT YOUR FEET.

AND HERE ARE
THE PATERNAL GREETINGS OF
YOUR EVER-LOVING BROTHER.

BROTHER!

AND THERE ARE YET
TWO SISTERS,
A BROTHER-IN-LAW,

AND SEVERAL DOGS.
DOGS!

AT LEAST DO NOT DISAPPOINT
THE DOGS.

King Henry: SO!

GUARDS!

SO, MADAM...

THIS IS HOW YOU
PASS YOUR TIME

IN YOUR HUSBAND'S ABSENCE, HMM?

HA HA!
I SEE A LUCKY MAN.

MADAM, YOUR NOBLE
AND FORTUNATE HUSBAND, HMM?

MAJESTY OF ENGLAND,
DELIGHTED.

MY LORD, ALLOW ME
TO PRESENT TO YOU

AN ENVOY
FROM MY BROTHER,

THE CHANCELLOR
OF OUR DUCHY.

WHOM YOU MET AND RECEIVED ALONE.

MY GOD, MADAM,

IS THIS NOT TREASON IN A QUEEN?

AM I ALONE
WHERE MY HUSBAND

CAN ENTER UNANNOUNCED?

Cromwell: SIR.

HER MAJESTY IS NOT ALONE.

I HAD WITHDRAWN
WHILE SHE HEARD
HER FAMILY'S GREETINGS.

(groans)

WHAT KIND OF CONFIDENCE
IS THIS, HUH?

BEHIND MY BACK, KLOTS, HMM?

WHAT BUSINESS, MADAM,
HAVE YOU TO TALK TO MY MINISTER?

MY TALK, SIR,
WAS WITH MASTER BARNES.

I HAVE READ HIS WORKS
WITH INTEREST.

OH, ROBERT BARNES.
GOOD DAY TO YOU.

IF YOU MUST READ DIVINES,
MADAM,

YOU CAN DO NO BETTER
THAN ROBERT BARNES.

HE'S THOROUGHLY SOUND.

HE KNOWS MY MIND.

Anne: OH, YOUR PARDON.

I HAVE NOT YET
PRESENTED THESE GENTLEMEN.

MY LORD CROMWELL,
MASTER BARNES,

SIR CHANCELLOR OF CLEVES.

I AM, OF COURSE,
WELL-ACQUAINTED
WITH HIS HIGHNESS.

HIGHNESS?
HIGHNESS?

HMM?

(chuckling)

WHAT A DEVILISH CHANCE.

DISGUISED IN
MY WIFE'S APARTMENT?

SIR, YOU ARE NOT
ACQUAINTED WITH HIGHNESS,
THE LANDGRAF OF HESSE?

HESSE?

YOUR MAJESTY.

I WONDER IF HE
HAS COME TO ENLIGHTEN US

AS TO THE SITUATION
IN HESSE.

PERHAPS HE HAS.

BUT, FIRST OF ALL,
HE WILL ENLIGHTEN US

AS TO WHY HE'S IN MY KINGDOM
DISGUISED, UNANNOUNCED,

AND IN SECRET CONFERENCE
WITH MY WIFE

WHO'S JUST TRIED TO HIDE
HIS IDENTITY FROM ME!

QUEENS, MADAM, MAY COMMIT
OTHER TREASONS THAN ADULTERY.

SECRET CONFERENCE
WITH A WOMAN?
YOU THINK WE'RE MAD?

MADAM, I BEG YOUR PARDON,

BUT LET US RETAIN
OUR GOOD SENSE.

CERTAINLY
I CAME TO ENGLAND
IN SECRECY,

BUT TO THE KING.

AND HOW BETTER TO APPROACH
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

BUT BY WAY OF
MY GERMAN COMPATRIOT,

HIS BELOVED WIFE.

I AM DELIGHTED
AT THE SUCCESS
OF YOUR SCHEME, SIR.

MAY I WISH YOUR CONFERENCE
EQUAL SUCCESS.

King Henry: NOW, WAIT...

ARE YOUR WOMEN DISCREET?

THEY WERE CHOSEN
BY YOUR MAJESTY.

IT IS FOR YOU TO JUDGE.

THEN WE SHALL TRY YOUR PATIENCE

TO USE YOUR APARTMENTS
FOR A LITTLE LONGER.

INSTRUCT YOUR SERVANTS
NOT TO DISTURB US.

THEN, SIR,

I MUST EITHER
SUMMON MY LADIES
TO MY BED CHAMBER

OR WAIT IN THE COURT
OUTSIDE.
HMM?

OR IT WILL BE THOUGHT
THAT YOU AND I...

OH...

BUT WHY SHOULD NOT
HER MAJESTY STAY, HMM?

A FEMININE WIT
FOR FEMININE MATTERS.

SHE MAY EVEN BE OF HELP.

FEMININE MATTERS.

YOUR COUNTRY'S TWISTING
IN THE PROTESTANT LEAGUE

HAS KEPT EUROPE
TROUBLED FOR MONTHS.

AND YOU TALK OF
FEMININE MATTERS?

IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

Chancellor:
AND WILL AGAIN
NO DOUBT.

LET HER MAJESTY STAY.

LET MY LORD CROMWELL STAY, TOO.

IT WILL CONCERN HIM SOON ENOUGH,
NO DOUBT.

AND MASTER BARNES HERE
KNOWS THE GERMAN COURT

AS WELL AS ANY ENGLISHMAN.

BROTHER HENRY, I NEED
ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.

MMM. HORR LANDGRAF?

WE HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR MONTHS

THAT YOU WOULD TAKE UP
YOUR POSITION

AS ONE OF THE LEADERS
OF THE GERMAN LEAGUE.

AND DEFY THE EMPIRE, HMM?

I WOULD VERY WILLINGLY DO IT,

BUT FOR ONE OBSTACLE
IN MY PATH--ONE WOMAN.

AND THAT IS WHY
I HAVE COME TO SEE
YOUR MAJESTY.

TO ME, WHY?

SHE'S MY WIFE.

BROTHER, ADVISE ME.
HOW AM I TO DIVORCE HER?

MM...

(chatter)

WELL?

THE QUEEN IS MOVING.
THE KING IS WITH HER
IN HER ROOMS.

THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS
THEY ARE NOT TO BE DISTURBED.

BUT THEY'RE NOT ALONE?

THEY ARE TOGETHER.

THE KING DISMISSED THE GUARDS,
HER LADIES ARE REFUSED ENTRY.

WELL, YOU SUGGEST?

SHE'S YOUNG,
SHE'S COMELY.

HE'S BEEN A BACHELOR
FOR TWO YEARS.

OH, LORD, HELP YOU
FOR FOOLS.

YOU NEVER TAKE ACCOUNT
OF A WOMAN'S FEARS.

SHE CAN ENTICE HIM
TO HER BED,

OR SHE IS CAST OFF.

AND WHAT HAPPENS TO
CAST-OFF QUEENS IN ENGLAND?

LANDGRAF, I CANNOT ADVISE YOU.

I'VE NEVER BEEN DIVORCED.

ANNULMENT, EXECUTION,
DIVORCE--

THE EFFECT WAS THE SAME.

YOU RID YOURSELF OF THEM,
AND YOU DID IT LEGALLY.

HOW?

I NEED TO RID MYSELF
OF MY WIFE.

OTHERWISE, I MUST SUBMIT
TO THE EMPIRE.
Cromwell: SUBMIT?

RENOUNCE THE PROTESTANT LEAGUE?
GIVE UP THE CAUSE OF THE CHURCH?

THE TRUE CHURCH IN EUROPE?
IT WOULD GO DOWN!

THE KING WOULD NEVER AGREE
TO AN ALLIANCE WITH...

I AM SURE THAT LANDGRAF
HAS YOUR ATTENTION, SIR.

PROCEED, LANDGRAF.

THANK YOU.

BRIEFLY, I'VE GOTTEN MYSELF
INTO A DAMNABLE TANGLE,

AND ALL BECAUSE
OF THIS WIFE OF MINE.

MASTER BARNES,
YOU KNOW HER.

SHE SEEMS
AN AGREEABLE WOMAN.

SHE IS. SO EXECUTION
IS OUT OF THE QUESTION.

I'VE NOT A COMPLAINT AGAINST HER
EXCEPT THAT I CAN'T ABIDE HER.

I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO HER BED.

AND A MAN MUST HAVE A BED HE CAN
CLIMB INTO AT HIS DAY'S END.

SIR, WE FEEL FOR YOU.

King Henry: MADAM...

DEAR LANDGRAF,

THE SOLUTION
TO YOUR DIFFICULTY
SEEMS SIMPLE.

GET YOURSELF A MISTRESS.
BUT I CAN'T.

THAT IS, OF COURSE, I HAVE.

A CHARMING LITTLE LOVE.

BUT I CANNOT GO ON
SLEEPING WITH HER
AS MY MISTRESS.

WHY NOT?
IT'S A MORTAL SIN.

I CAN'T TAKE THE SACRAMENT.

MADAME,
SUPPOSE THAT EVERY TIME

THIS FORTUNATE MAN,
YOUR HUSBAND,

CAME TO YOUR BED,
A CONSCIOUSNESS
OF MORTAL SIN...

IMPEDED YOU BOTH, HMM?

WOULD YOU BOTH NOT LONG
FOR MORE COMFORT?

SIR, WE WERE SPEAKING
OF THE GERMAN ALLIANCE.

I HAVE NOT YET
FINISHED MY STORY.

SO I TOOK ADVICE ELSEWHERE.

I CONSULTED MARTIN LUTHER.

King Henry:
WHAT DID HE ADVISE?

TO COMMIT BIGAMY.

POOH. I ALWAYS SAID
LUTHER WAS NO SCHOLAR.

I THINK THE SAME SOLUTION
ONCE OCCURRED TO YOU, SIR,

IN CONNECTION WITH
THE PRINCESS OF ARAGON,

WAS IT NOT?

IT ALSO OCCURRED TO THE POPE.

THERE WERE BIBLICAL PRECEDENTS.

Landgraf: (chuckling)
SIR, INDEED.

LUTHER NAMED THEM ALL.

SO, I DID.

DID WHAT?

COMMIT BIGAMY.
AND IF ONE WIFE WAS HELL,

TWO TURNED OUT TO BE
HELL, DEATH, AND DAMNATION.

IT LEAKED OUT.

AND WHAT WE HAVE ALL FORGOTTEN

IS THAT I AM, BY LAW,
A SUBJECT OF THE EMPIRE.

AND IN THE EMPIRE, BIGAMY
IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.

DEATH?
I'M ON A SHORT ROPE.

EITHER I ABANDON
THE PROTESTANT ALLIANCE,
OR I AM EXECUTED FOR BIGAMY.

I HAD ALWAYS
THOUGHT LUTHER
A MAN OF GOD.

BUT WERE WE NOT TALKING
OF WHAT POLITICS DOES
TO MEN OF GOD?

AND LIFE FOR LUTHER,

WHAT SENSIBLE MAN
WOULD HESITATE
TO CHOOSE LIFE?

MEN HAVE CHOSEN LUTHER
AND DIED IN THE FIRE FOR HIM.

MASTER BARNES,
THERE'S ONLY ONE MAN

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO URGE INTO MARTYRDOM

AND THAT IS YOURSELF.
IF THAT WERE TO BE--

THERE IS NO TALK
OF YOUR BURNING.

WELL, I HOPE NOT.

THOUGH THE FLAMES DO
DISTURB MY DREAMS
SOMETIMES.

(sighs)

I BEG YOUR PARDON.
I INTERRUPTED THE LANDGRAF.

SO, IN ORDER
TO OBTAIN MY DIVORCE,

I MUST ONCE MORE
BECOME A LOYAL SUBJECT
OF THE EMPIRE

UNLESS YOUR MAJESTY
CAN SHOW ME A WAY
OUT OF THIS TANGLE.

NOW, CAN YOU?

MMM...

(groans)

LANDGRAF...

I CAN'T.

THEN IT'S THE EMPIRE FOR ME.

Barnes: AND NOT
THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES?

AND NOT
THE GERMAN ALLIANCE.

THAT IS A SUBJECT
YOU AND I MUST DISCUSS
FURTHER,

MY LORD EARL.

SIR?

SO FAITHFUL A SERVANT,
CROMWELL,

YOU ARE NOW EARL OF ESSEX,
BY MY PLEASURE.

I KNOW HOW YOUR MAJESTY
REWARDS HIS FAITHFUL SERVANTS.

MY GRATITUDE WILL BE
AS LONG AS MY LIFE.

(chuckling)

HAAH!

TO THE CONTINUING GLORY
OF SO PREEMINENT A QUEEN.

DRINK, LANDGRAF, SIMPLY
TO THE HAPPINESS OF ANNE.

AND MY THANKS,
MASTER BARNES,

FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL ADVICE.

WE DID NOT AGREE, MADAM.

NO, BUT IT CLEARED MY MIND
WONDERFULLY.

MY LORD EARL...

YOU HAVE MY LEAVE.

YOU DISMISS ME?

IT HAS ALL BEEN SAID.

YOUR MAJESTY.

AH, MY LORD.
EARL OF ESSEX.

FELICITATIONS
TO MY LORD EARL.

THE KING, INDEED,
HOLDS YOU HIGH
IN HIS FAVOR.

I THANK YOU
OF YOUR KINDNESS.

KINDNESS?
(laughs)

MY LORD EARL.

IS HIS GRACE
OF CANTERBURY
WITHIN?

I BELIEVE SO.

I HAVE AN URGENT NEED OF HIM.
FORGIVE ME.

YOU HAD A SPECK OF DUST
JUST THERE, MY LORD EARL.

DUST?

WHICH SOME WOULD CALL
DECORATION.

MY LORD EARL.

NOT FROM YOU, ARCHBISHOP.

STAND ASIDE A LITTLE.

MY LORD?

FOR A LEARNED MAN,
YOU'RE MIGHTY SLOW
IN YOUR WITS.

YOU'VE DONE
SOME SHAMEFUL THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE,

AND YOU'RE LIKELY
TO DO MORE BEFORE YOU DIE,

SO HOW IS IT I FIND
SUCH COMFORT IN YOU?

COMFORT?

I HAVE NEVER ANY TO GIVE.

NO?

I FANCY WHEN THAT KING,

THAT ARROGANT BAG
OF DISEASED GUTS
AND CRAZED PRIDE

AT LAST COMES TO DIE.

HE WILL ONLY GO IN PEACE
IF HE HAS YOUR HAND IN HIS.

WHAT COMFORT CAN YOU NEED?

I'VE SEEN THE WARRANTS READY
AND THE PEN DIPPED TO SIGN THEM.

FEW COULD HAVE BEEN FAVORED
WHICH SUCH CLEAR NOTICE
OF THEIR DEATH.

WILL YOU PAY A DEBT FOR ME,

ARCHBISHOP?

YOU HAVE CREDIT WITH ME.

STAY, TOM,

UNTIL THE KING
LEAVES THE QUEEN TONIGHT.

WHATEVER HAPPENS,
THERE WILL BE A LADY
IN DIRE NEED OF COMFORT.

COMFORT AGAIN.

MY HAND'S SO EMPTY.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

THE MORE I KNOW
OF THAT LADY OF CLEVES,

THE MORE I WONDER.

PUNCH IS GOOD
ON AN APRIL NIGHT.

YES.

YOU TRY TO KEEP ME HERE?

BUT YOU HAVE NOT DINED, SIR.

OH...IS THAT CHICKEN?

SEETHED WITH ALMONDS.

OH...

BEAUTIFUL.

OH, WE'RE ALONE.

IS THIS SOME TRICK?

HUSBAND, WE WERE ALONE
ON OUR WEDDING NIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

IF OUR MARRIAGE
IS TO BE VALID,

IT WAS CONSUMMATED.

IF IT WAS CONSUMMATED,

IT WAS ON THAT NIGHT

WHEN WE WERE ALONE.

SO, MADAM,
YOU THINK YOU HAVE ME?

ONLY IF I WANT YOU,
HUSBAND.

IF I WAS SOME
FOOLISH YOUNG GIRL

THINKING ONLY OF
THE TITLE OF QUEEN,

OR IF I WAS SO FORLORN
AS TO BE FRIGHTENED

BY WHAT HAPPENS
TO UNWANTED QUEENS
IN ENGLAND,

THEN I MIGHT AFFIRM
THAT OUR MARRIAGE
HAD BEEN CONSUMMATED.

MIGHT MENTION
THAT CONTRACT

ON WHICH MY BROTHERS
SPENT SO MANY HOURS.

OH, THAT CONTRACT.

BUT THEN,
I'M NOT SO FOOLISH,
HUSBAND.

NOT ALL THE BROTHERS
AND KINGDOMS AND CHURCHES
IN CHRISTENDOM

CAN CONTRADICT US
SO LONG AS WE AGREE

THAT OUR MARRIAGE
WAS NEVER CONSUMMATED.

AND, SO, IT SHOULD BE
EASY ENOUGH

TO HAVE IT ANNULLED.

ANNULLED?

DO YOU THINK
I WOULD DIVORCE YOU?

YOU CANNOT HELP
PHILIP OF HESSE.

HESSE WILL FALL TO THE EMPIRE,

AND WITHOUT HESSE,
THE GERMAN LEAGUE
WILL FALL APART.

OH, YOU NEVER REALLY
LIKED THAT LEAGUE, HENRY.

THE PART WAS TOO SMALL FOR YOU.

YOU WANTED TO BE
ONE OF THE GREAT THREE
OF EUROPE,

NOT SIMPLY A LEADER
OF MANY SMALL STATES.

AND, SO, YOU SEE,

THE REASON FOR OUR MARRIAGE

NO LONGER EXISTS.

OUR MARRIAGE MAY BE
AS THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN.

YOU DICTATE TO ME?

I ASSURE YOUR MAJESTY
I UNDERSTAND HIS PLEASURE.

YOU MEAN THAT...

YOU MEAN THAT YOU WOULD ACCEPT?

YES.
WOULD YOU REALLY?

WITHOUT RESISTANCE,

WITHOUT LEGAL BATTLES,

AND YEARS AND YEARS
OF SENSELESS ARGUING?

YES.

YOU WOULD DO AS I ASK?
YES!

I'VE BEEN SAYING SO
FOR SOME TIME.

MADAM! ANNE--OR ANNA!

GIVE ME YOUR HANDS.

BOTH, BOTH.

MIND YOU, I DO THAT
WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

IN HOMAGE MERELY TO A WOMAN
WHO CAN DISCUSS MARRIAGE

WITHOUT--WITHOUT...
WITH SENSE.

I SALUTE YOU.

(chuckling)

AND I DO NOT ACCEDE
TO YOUR DEMANDS.

I HAVE MADE NONE.

I HAVE ACCEDED TO YOURS.

OH, YOU WON'T BE
UNGENEROUS, HENRY.

YOU'RE FAR
TOO GREAT A KING
FOR THAT.

NOW, YOU WILL GIVE ME
A HOUSEHOLD OF MY OWN,

JUST TO SHOW THAT
THERE IS NO ILL-WILL
BETWEEN US.

YOU WILL LET ME
STAY IN ENGLAND, HMM?

YOU WILL LET ME SEE
YOUR CHILDREN.

OH, I LOVE
YOUR CHILDREN, HENRY.

THEY'RE ALL LIKE YOU,

IN THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS,
OF COURSE.

THE CHIEF POINT NOW
IS TO FREE US--

YOU FROM THIS MARRIAGE.

AND THEN YOU CAN
MAKE ANOTHER APPROACH
TO THE EMPIRE

WHICH BY THEN WILL BE FREE
OF THE FRENCH ALLIANCE--

ANNE...ANNE.

(burps)

YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU'RE PERFECTLY RIGHT.

I AM NO PETTY GERMAN PRINCELING,

THINKING MYSELF MIGHTY
BECAUSE I DEFY THE EMPIRE.

I AM EMPEROR!

AND POPE, MYSELF,

IN ALL BUT MERE NAME.

WHAT OTHER MAN IN ENGLAND

HAS RULED BOTH KINGDOM
AND CHURCH? HMM?

YES!

I MUST TALK AND WALK
WITH EMPERORS,

OR I CANNOT BE
ALL THAT I AM.

BUT, ANNA...

ANNA, I NEED ALSO

A WIFE.

WE LAUGHED AT PHILIP OF HESSE
QUITE RIGHTLY.

HE'S PETTY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS
WHEN HE GETS TO BED

AND HIS CONSCIOUSNESS OF SIN
BEGINS TO...

(laughing)

BUT HE'S RIGHT...

A MARRIED MAN
SHOULD BE FAITHFUL
TO HIS WIFE.

UTTERLY, UTTERLY FAITHFUL.

AS THE IVY GROWETH GREEN

AND NEVER CHANGE OF HUE,

♪ SO AM I EVER...♪

♪ HAVE BEEN ♪

(coughs)

♪ UNTO MY LADY TRUE...♪

I WROTE THAT.

I FORGET WHO FOR.

BUT PHILIP OF HESSE.

BY THE PASSION OF CHRIST,
HE IS RIGHT!

ALL MEN ARE SINNERS!

AND KINGS...AND KINGS.

HOW THESE WOMEN THRUST SIN
UPON KINGS

AND ALL, ALL, ALL
FOR THEIR OWN GLORY.

NO, NO. THERE WAS ONE.

THEN IT ENDED TOO SOON.

BUT IF IT HADN'T ENDED...

WHAT WAS I SAYING?

YES, ABOUT PEACE.

PEACE.

FOR I AM NOT AS OTHER KINGS,

NOT AS OTHER MEN ARE
IN ANYTHING.

I PURSUE. I PURSUE.

I CAN FIND WOMEN,
BUT PEACE...

YET IT CAME.
IT DID COME ONCE.

TWICE...EVEN THREE TIMES,

ALWAYS WITH WOMEN.

ANNA...

ANNA, IF I HAD A WIFE
I COULD BE FAITHFUL TO,

A BEAUTY, YES...

BUT CHIEFLY KIND TO ME...

QUIET AT MY DAY'S END,

PEACE AT MY LIFE'S END.

OH, GOD, WHAT IS
MY LIFE'S END GOING TO BE?

IF I COULD FIND PEACE...

PEACE...

PEACE, SO THAT I
CAN ATTACK FRANCE!

ANNA, ANNA,
SAVE ME FROM THESE WOMEN

BECAUSE THEY
WILL HAVE ME MARRIED.

OH...THEY WILL TAKE
SOME PRETTY WENCH

FROM SOME GREAT FAMILY

AND PARADE HER
IN FRONT OF ME,

AND I'M A MAN.

AN OLD MAN.

AND SHE WILL MAKE
SUCH A FOOL OF ME.

OH...

SUCH AN OLD FOOL OF ME.

ANNA. ANNA, SAVE ME FROM THAT.

AND IF I EVER FIND A MAN
WHO CALLED YOU UGLY,

I SHALL HAVE HIM
HANGED AS A TRAITOR.

MY BEAUTY...

MY QUEEN...

MY WIFE.

(King Henry snores)

(sobbing)

MADAM...

NOW, THERE, THERE,
MY CHILD.

COME NOW.

NOW, COME.

YOU DON'T NEED COMFORT,
YOU KNOW.

OH, YES, YES.

OH, NO, NO.

JUST TO COOL YOUR HEAD
A LITTLE.

OH, COME NOW.

NO MORE WEEPING NOW.

YES.

YES, THAT'S ENOUGH.

NOW, LISTEN...

TELL CROMWELL
HIS CAUSE IS LOST.

TELL HIM TO SAVE HIMSELF.

ANNA, CROMWELL KNOWS THIS.

HE HAS SEEN
HIS DEATH ALREADY.

AND ROBERT BARNES.

BARNES, TOO?

OH, WELL,
PERHAPS IT MUST BE.

I PRAY IT WILL NOT BE
THE FIRE FOR HIM...

FOR ANYONE.

WE ALL DREAM
OF THOSE FLAMES.

THERE IS STILL TIME.

TELL THEM.

LET ME HAVE NO MARTYRS.

EVERY GOOD
NEEDS ITS MARTYRS.

EVEN THE HATRED
OF MARTYRDOM.

LEAVE US TO THE ENDS
WE NEED TO FIND.

NOW YOU MUST GO IN.

I AM VERY HAPPY
FOR YOUR SALVATION.

IN NOMINE PATRIS,
FILII...

(King Henry snores)

(snoring)

UH!

(coughs)

OH!

I...I MUST HAVE DOZED A LITTLE.

SUCH A WARM NIGHT.

AND IN THE MIDDLE
OF SO IMPORTANT A TALK.

HMM?

AND WITH SO MUCH BUSINESS
SO WELL-SETTLED.

HMM?

THE ANNULMENT
OF OUR MARRIAGE.

OH...

THEN IT'S SETTLED?

OUR MARRIAGE
WAS NEVER CONSUMMATED.

BUT WE REMAIN FRIENDS.

FRIENDS? WE MUST AGREE...

FRIENDS.

I COULD CALL MYSELF
YOUR SISTER.

YOUR MAJESTY'S MOST LOVING
AND OBEDIENT SISTER.

MAY I ASK
YOUR MAJESTY'S LEAVE

TO CALL MY LADIES
AND RETIRE?

MADAM--UH, SISTER.

YOUR BROTHER...

YOUR...

YOUR LOVING BROTHER

WISHES YOU
A VERY GOOD NIGHT.

SISTER...

OH. OH...

(chuckling)

(door closes)