WEBVTT 00:03:14.896 --> 00:03:25.896 ..:: Presented By ZarFilm Website ::.. ‏.:: www.bolboljan.net ::. 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:17.990 Come on. 00:04:58.240 --> 00:04:59.240 You must be tired. 00:04:59.840 --> 00:05:01.035 I'm quite well. 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:03.875 Your supper is being prepared. 00:05:03.960 --> 00:05:06.270 We can have it brought up to your chambers, if you like. 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:07.555 Yes, thank you. 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:14.720 How long are you staying? 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:17.711 - At Holyrood? - In Scotland. 00:05:19.200 --> 00:05:21.078 Are you already planning my departure? 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:25.039 Of course not. We've long awaited your return. 00:05:28.520 --> 00:05:30.193 Kate will show you to your chambers. 00:05:31.440 --> 00:05:32.715 This way, Madam. 00:05:45.440 --> 00:05:48.478 Lord Bothwell, do you intend to stay as well? 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:51.640 I swore an oath to the Queen's mother to protect her. 00:05:52.080 --> 00:05:53.833 She is well protected here. 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:56.196 I'll uphold my oath just the same. 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:58.836 And what reward does your loyalty command? 00:05:59.440 --> 00:06:02.478 I'm driven by duty. Not ambition. 00:06:12.400 --> 00:06:14.720 Madam, your cousin has returned from France. 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:18.189 Her protector is Lord Bothwell. An able soldier. 00:06:18.960 --> 00:06:21.395 So, she comes ready for war? 00:06:21.480 --> 00:06:24.678 She may well depart once married, but I cannot profess to know her purpose. 00:06:25.840 --> 00:06:26.956 What says her brother? 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:28.952 Moray is only her half-brother, Madam. 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:30.793 I believe his allegiance is fully with us. 00:06:32.320 --> 00:06:33.470 What proof? 00:06:33.640 --> 00:06:36.109 He pledges to protect the Protestant Church from Mary. 00:06:36.200 --> 00:06:39.193 Yet he has no power to make such a pledge if he is no longer Regent. 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:40.830 The nobles respect him. 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:44.598 But can he control her? 00:06:45.880 --> 00:06:49.590 If she is anything like our Queen, then she does not yield to a bridle. 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.316 So says our Master of the Horse. 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.675 By "bridle," do you speak of matrimony? 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:09.396 You may tell Scotland that we wish to love the Stuarts as our kin. 00:07:10.080 --> 00:07:12.197 But they must love us in return. 00:07:17.320 --> 00:07:19.152 Madam, if I may speak? 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:23.951 While she's on this island, she must bow to you, not to Rome. 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:25.474 Our Catholics must know 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:28.155 that a papist will never again sit on the English throne. 00:07:29.640 --> 00:07:30.869 What would you suggest? 00:07:31.280 --> 00:07:32.509 Kill her hope. 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:35.679 And hopeless, she may return to the comfort of the continent. 00:07:56.640 --> 00:07:57.790 Bravo, Rizzio. 00:07:58.960 --> 00:08:00.758 Is your hand as good as your French? 00:08:02.320 --> 00:08:03.800 My hand, Madam? 00:08:09.440 --> 00:08:12.433 We are two sisters bound by womanhood. 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:17.791 Two princes on the same island. 00:08:18.400 --> 00:08:21.632 Ruling side by side, we must do so in harmony. 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:26.031 And not through a treaty drafted by men lesser than ourselves. 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:30.718 I wish us to make a treaty of two queens. 00:08:31.960 --> 00:08:35.237 I would acknowledge your rightful place on the English throne, 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:37.710 were you to name me your successor. 00:08:39.160 --> 00:08:41.197 I hope we might meet in person. 00:08:42.040 --> 00:08:43.554 That I might embrace you. 00:08:45.920 --> 00:08:47.877 And we might resolve our destinies. 00:08:48.920 --> 00:08:50.195 What do you see, Bess? 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:57.510 Charming. 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.392 Fair, if the painter does not lie. 00:09:05.560 --> 00:09:06.710 Young. 00:09:08.880 --> 00:09:10.030 Clever. 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:13.510 Confident. 00:09:14.560 --> 00:09:16.597 She would have no trouble securing a husband, 00:09:16.680 --> 00:09:18.194 even without her throne. 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:20.480 Nor would you, Madam. 00:09:23.920 --> 00:09:25.149 Forgive me. 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.040 Elizabeth will not accept my hand in marriage. 00:09:40.520 --> 00:09:43.991 - You cannot be certain. - I know because I know her heart. 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.720 The moment I betray it with ambition, I lose her heart. 00:09:46.800 --> 00:09:48.792 Would you rather she lose her crown? 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:50.994 You exaggerate. 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:53.276 How much blood has been spilled in Rome's name? 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.913 If a Catholic queen bears a child before our own, 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.276 have no doubt, blood will spill again. 00:09:59.680 --> 00:10:02.832 Muster your courage. Save us from her reticence. 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:04.918 She will not produce a child 00:10:05.040 --> 00:10:06.952 because her council fears the Queen of Scots. 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:11.476 Aye. 00:10:12.560 --> 00:10:14.040 Nor will she marry. 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:17.074 She suspects all suitors of wanting her throne. 00:10:17.160 --> 00:10:18.435 She will not have me. 00:10:18.520 --> 00:10:22.639 Nor would I have a commoner be king, were we not in need of an heir. 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.394 I have her trust, you have her affections. 00:10:25.520 --> 00:10:26.840 You can succeed where I... 00:10:26.920 --> 00:10:28.912 - Good morning, William. - Madam. 00:10:33.040 --> 00:10:34.315 Robert. 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:36.836 Resplendent. 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:38.635 Would you? 00:10:52.880 --> 00:10:55.839 That's William Maitland of Lethington, Secretary of State. 00:11:02.920 --> 00:11:04.673 John Knox, Church of Scotland. 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:12.479 Uh, loose string, yeah. 00:11:18.520 --> 00:11:19.520 Let us begin. 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:04.311 - Lord Lennox. - My Lord. 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.317 I would ask our mistress to beseech Queen Mary 00:12:07.400 --> 00:12:08.696 that I be allowed to return to Scotland... 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:10.234 This is not the place. 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:13.112 It would be wise to have a Catholic servant there. 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:14.793 - My influence... - It is your influence 00:12:14.920 --> 00:12:17.276 which emboldened papists here! 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:28.634 You humiliate yourself, Father. 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:59.955 But your Queen is in Scotland now. 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.475 When my beloved François passed to God, 00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:13.553 I could've married any number of suitors. 00:13:15.280 --> 00:13:18.830 Portugal, Denmark, Sweden. 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:21.239 I declined them all. 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:25.878 Just as I would not have a political marriage imposed upon me, 00:13:27.560 --> 00:13:30.997 I will not impose an uncertain fate upon my subjects. 00:13:35.640 --> 00:13:39.077 They remain free to worship however they so choose, 00:13:39.760 --> 00:13:41.080 Catholic or Protestant. 00:13:47.680 --> 00:13:50.115 Pastor, you look displeased with our tolerance. 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:53.398 Any realm that is ruled by the Pope is not tolerant, Madam. 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:56.589 - It is enslaved. - Stand when I address you. 00:14:01.040 --> 00:14:02.633 There is one true God, 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.840 and therefore, one true religion. 00:14:04.920 --> 00:14:07.116 Such rhetoric incites revolt. 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:09.072 If a prince strays from God's will, 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:11.840 it is not in doubt that they may be resisted. 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:17.316 And in your case, as with all women, 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:20.398 your sight is but blindness. 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:23.273 Your strength, weakness. 00:14:24.520 --> 00:14:25.670 Your counsel, foolishness. 00:14:27.640 --> 00:14:29.438 Your judgment, frenzy. 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.271 Are we to abide a papist and a woman both? 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:49.230 Well, then, I perceive that my subjects shall obey you, and not me. 00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:51.991 - May I sit, Madam? - No. 00:14:54.280 --> 00:14:57.512 You may remove yourself from this council and my court. 00:14:58.280 --> 00:15:01.671 My council is among the faithful disciples I serve. 00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:11.997 We have as little need of this court as it has of us. 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:17.799 I pray for your soul, Madam. 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:32.640 I beg you to reconsider. He has the trust of the people. 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:34.518 Did I not give deference to his faith? 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:36.717 Yes. But we must be delicate. 00:15:36.800 --> 00:15:38.216 Allegiance does not happen by proclamation... 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:39.674 Where is his delicacy? 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:44.036 That he should speak to a monarch so? Would he challenge Elizabeth thus? 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:47.079 With what cause? He would welcome a Protestant queen. 00:15:47.160 --> 00:15:50.392 Which is precisely why we must not push him into her arms. 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.914 Show him love. 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:55.474 You are wise, brother. 00:15:56.400 --> 00:15:59.120 There are times for wisdom and there are times for love, 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:01.192 but there also times for strength. 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:41.157 Your Queen asks for approval. 00:16:41.680 --> 00:16:45.151 But how am I to grant her wish when she offers no suitors? 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.069 She would prefer an English nobleman. 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.480 And a Protestant. 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:51.360 If it pleases Your Grace. 00:16:51.880 --> 00:16:54.839 As long as what pleases me pleases Elizabeth. 00:16:59.640 --> 00:17:03.316 Perhaps I should wed you. Then I would have my English nobleman. 00:17:03.400 --> 00:17:06.074 I do not think God wills it. 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.632 If it be God's will for Mary to marry, then Mary will marry, 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:12.474 and only who God intends for Mary to marry. 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:15.718 I pray he wills Elizabeth marry, too. 00:17:23.760 --> 00:17:25.513 No, no. No, no, no. 00:17:37.560 --> 00:17:38.835 You share good company. 00:17:40.040 --> 00:17:42.680 Maitland dotes on Mistress Fleming. 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:47.229 The only difference being that he does not have a wife as you do. 00:17:59.760 --> 00:18:02.229 We have a scourge upon our land. 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.436 'Tis worse than pestilence and famine. 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:10.515 'Tis a woman with a crown 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:17.758 who only pretends to worship Christ, when in truth, she kneels before the Pope. 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:22.839 We do not take instruction from Rome. 00:18:23.520 --> 00:18:27.958 We resist those who would tempt us with indulgences. 00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:31.400 Deny those who worship luxury. 00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:36.391 Respect not those who flaunt their excesses, 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:38.790 and whore themselves to wealth 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:41.440 and the degradations of the flesh. 00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:06.954 Madame... 00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:11.360 Just be wary of these men. 00:19:12.040 --> 00:19:14.111 Their love is not the same as their respect. 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:30.796 Might I ask? Since we've not known it ourselves. 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.550 What is it like? 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:35.790 To have a man? 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.950 Mmm-hmm. 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.833 I have only lain with François. 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:46.756 He shook terribly from fright. The poor boy did his best. 00:19:49.520 --> 00:19:51.557 But it was over before it began. 00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:54.873 - So, you never... - No. 00:19:55.560 --> 00:19:56.710 We tried but once. 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:00.176 Beauty's fading flower 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:02.954 Grows ever fresh with her in heavenly wise 00:20:03.520 --> 00:20:05.716 Suffice that Love hath built his bower 00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:08.679 Between my lady's lively shining eyes 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:18.912 I cannot, Robert. You know that. 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:27.553 I should like to marry again. 00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:30.591 To know how it feels to have a man fully. 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.993 But not if I am owned. 00:20:42.280 --> 00:20:43.376 You're early. 00:21:07.280 --> 00:21:09.078 Mary will seek a marriage 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:11.595 that strengthens her claim to your throne 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:14.316 and makes her children Catholics. 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:20.071 What say'st our ambassador? 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:24.111 She feigns disinterest, Madam, 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:27.989 and informs me that the matter of choice in marriage 00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:30.276 is perhaps a matter best left to God. 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:35.794 She is formidable, Madam. 00:21:37.280 --> 00:21:40.000 We should marry her to someone loyal to our Queen, 00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:42.193 someone you control. 00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:50.152 Do not ask this of me. 00:21:50.760 --> 00:21:53.719 If you wed her, she is ours. 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:56.352 - And what of us? - What "us"? 00:21:57.000 --> 00:22:01.756 You, Elizabeth, and I, your Robert. 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:09.358 Marry the beautiful Queen of Scots and we can control her. 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:14.110 With Mary, you too become a prince. 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:19.070 If I am noble enough for one queen, I am noble enough for another. 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.070 Elizabeth... 00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:31.720 England is not Scotland. 00:23:02.760 --> 00:23:06.595 We would delight in holding our sister's hand in ours. 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:12.033 Let us settle on a meeting place before the summer brings discomfort. 00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:17.873 Let our nations cherish each other as we would. 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:21.960 Two kingdoms, united. 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:28.680 Meanwhile, accept this portrait as a sign of gratitude for yours. 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:31.077 And please accept this suitor 00:23:31.280 --> 00:23:34.239 who presents both his love and mine. 00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:37.119 The Earl of Leicester... 00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:40.556 Lord Robert Dudley. 00:23:46.520 --> 00:23:50.400 Do you think it might stand with my honor to marry my sister's subject? 00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:54.878 It is true that an earl is not a prince. 00:23:55.520 --> 00:23:59.639 Surely, there can be no greater honor than to match yourself with a nobleman, 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:02.189 by whom you inherit such a kingdom as England. 00:24:02.280 --> 00:24:04.397 I have such inheritance by blood, 00:24:04.520 --> 00:24:06.637 regardless of who I marry or do not marry. 00:24:07.280 --> 00:24:08.280 Hmm. 00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:13.353 We must discuss succession before marriage, not the other way around. 00:24:14.560 --> 00:24:16.313 We hope we do not vex the Earl. 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:19.194 Not in the least, Madam. I appreciate your honesty. 00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:23.634 We see why our cousin is so fond of the Earl. 00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:30.876 I shall respect Elizabeth's crown as soon as she names me its successor. 00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:32.616 Madam, my Queen will not... 00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:34.871 If she has any concerns about this proposal, 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:37.316 she may express them to me directly. 00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:39.432 Plans proceed for us to meet next month. 00:24:39.520 --> 00:24:41.113 Aye, Madam, in York. 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:44.318 We shall accomplish far more without envoys between us. 00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:51.874 How like is it unto your mistress's face? 00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:26.909 Halt! Halt! 00:25:38.760 --> 00:25:40.353 Why can't she meet me in York? 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:42.272 Could her council not wait till her return? 00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:43.919 Their business was urgent, Madam. 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.559 The Huguenots sent an envoy. 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.279 And she receives them? 00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:50.080 England wishes no more bloodshed. 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:53.358 Being from France yourself, you must understand. 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:57.918 You may tell my sister that we pray for swift peace, 00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.070 that we may meet soon. 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.954 I will tell her at once. 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:03.271 Stay with us the night at Holyrood. 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:06.280 I'm certain Mistress Beaton would welcome your company. 00:26:08.560 --> 00:26:09.960 Thank you, Madam. 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:18.271 She hides behind her council. 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.680 You do not think she postpones... 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:23.031 I don't think she intends to meet until you recognize her legitimacy. 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.995 A false promise then. 00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:27.515 Retaliation perhaps for refusing the treaty. 00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:29.159 For refusing Dudley. 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:32.520 This is a matter of the heart, not the state. 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:34.120 They don't mix well. 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:36.359 Wouldn't you say, Mistress Fleming? 00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:39.672 I'm afraid I don't understand. 00:26:39.760 --> 00:26:41.274 Your mistress mocks our affections. 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.560 Not so. 00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:45.839 They sometimes have value. 00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.835 It's late. 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:13.796 I must attend to my mistress. 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:16.310 No. Don't attend. Don't attend. 00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.629 Mmm. 00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:19.399 Think of your wife. 00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.790 Yeah. 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:25.832 Nothing we spoke of. 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:28.393 Of course not. 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:47.234 The pox, Madame. There is no envoy. 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.833 She has the pox. 00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.630 How grave? 00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.395 Quite grave. 00:27:59.120 --> 00:28:00.873 Go rouse my brother. 00:28:02.280 --> 00:28:03.350 Dress me. 00:28:08.040 --> 00:28:09.315 Do you think me sinful? 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.719 He has his plan. 00:28:20.760 --> 00:28:22.797 It will please you to know that I have warmed 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:25.270 to the prospect of wedding Lord Dudley. 00:28:25.760 --> 00:28:28.434 We shall do so upon one condition. 00:28:28.800 --> 00:28:33.636 While we wish you a long and healthy life and that no injury or illness befall you, 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:38.960 we shall only do you the favor of betrothing your special friend, 00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:40.958 Lord Robert Dudley, 00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:45.233 once you name us heir. 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.469 She knows. 00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:59.592 My "special friend"? 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:02.395 She wants him. She wants him for her. 00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.320 My Robert. 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:06.274 My crown! 00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.430 Quickly. 00:29:10.280 --> 00:29:12.590 Out! Out! Quickly out! 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:14.672 Out! Out! Out! 00:29:14.760 --> 00:29:17.832 Out! Out! Out! Out! 00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.996 Robert! 00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:23.032 Out! Out! Out! Get out! 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:25.991 Look away! Look away! 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:29.478 Look away! Out! 00:29:33.760 --> 00:29:35.160 Enough! 00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:58.639 I am yours. 00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:03.039 Forever yours. 00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:11.240 But how? 00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:18.069 Am I to refuse her what I myself suggested? 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:38.872 You look exquisite, mademoiselle. 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:42.351 Is it a sin that I feel more a sister to you than a brother? 00:30:44.760 --> 00:30:46.319 Forgive me. 00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:49.869 I forget myself in your company. 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:56.117 Be whoever you wish with us. 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:59.317 You make for a lovely sister. 00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:13.789 Enter. 00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.916 We have... 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.480 We have visitors. 00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:37.439 They are Stuarts? 00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:41.396 I shall talk, you say nothing. 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:43.233 - What, not even to... - Silence. 00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:52.594 The fourth Earl of Lennox. 00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:57.789 His son, Henry, Lord Darnley. 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.960 Forgive me. 00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:13.314 I do not know my Queen's visage. 00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:24.793 Let me, Father. 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:43.278 I give you verse. 00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:50.911 Unsheathing my quick wit 00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:54.556 to see who among you it quickens. 00:32:57.040 --> 00:33:01.193 But, should I fail to choose correctly, 00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:04.556 'tis my soul that shall be sickened. 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:11.039 For shame, 00:33:11.800 --> 00:33:13.996 returning to our native land 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:17.999 only to be deprived of kissing... 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:23.154 My Queen's perfect... 00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:29.195 Hand. 00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:50.316 Elizabeth was kind enough to grant us passage, 00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:53.279 so here we're free to worship as we choose. 00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:55.317 I doubt it's faith that brings you. 00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:57.471 Rather the lands your father seeks. 00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:58.835 Or even the throne. 00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:01.474 The throne? 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:06.316 Why leave Elizabeth's court if not to regain your influence here? 00:34:07.040 --> 00:34:08.190 And by laying suit to me 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:11.193 does not the House of Lennox lay suit to all of Scotland? 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:16.399 I amuse you? 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.635 Yes. 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:21.832 Madam, you must not be Elizabeth. 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:24.274 How so? 00:34:24.640 --> 00:34:26.120 The woman lives in fright. 00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:29.477 She's always suspecting intrigue, always fearing revolt. 00:34:29.560 --> 00:34:31.040 Her fears are wise. 00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:34.874 We both have nobles who would have us deposed. 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:41.479 Have I vexed you? 00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:15.432 You dare touch a sovereign without her permission? 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:26.118 I can speak for neither my father nor Elizabeth. 00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:28.638 Only for myself. 00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:32.637 And speaking for myself, 00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:36.157 you have a loyal subject in your Henry 00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:39.677 who would rather worship at your feet than at a Catholic mass. 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:57.993 I shall just keep walking with you until you object. 00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.714 You remain? 00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:44.757 The Queen scarcely knows Your Grace. 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:54.073 But I shall play, and hear nothing. 00:37:34.080 --> 00:37:35.560 We cannot. 00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:38.235 We won't. This is not that. 00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.760 I promise. 00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.794 Have faith in me. 00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:42.440 Do you need to... 00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.995 No. 00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:47.360 No, don't worry about me. 00:39:07.080 --> 00:39:11.438 Without a treaty signed, this union strengthens her claim. 00:39:11.520 --> 00:39:14.558 You need not condescend. We are well-informed. 00:39:14.640 --> 00:39:17.917 Forgive us. We merely seek to protect your crown. 00:39:19.120 --> 00:39:20.952 You cannot wed him, Madam. 00:39:21.040 --> 00:39:22.759 I do not wed him blindly. 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:24.712 He has promised no ambition. 00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:26.560 He understands he will only be your consort? 00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:30.318 A husband to a queen, not a king in his own right? 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:32.075 He does. 00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:34.960 I find it difficult to believe that any man would settle for as much. 00:39:35.600 --> 00:39:38.991 Two Catholics wed. Two Stuarts, Madam. 00:39:39.560 --> 00:39:42.632 He has a claim of his own, even without betrothal. 00:39:43.040 --> 00:39:45.316 Together, they make a union of two claims. 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:48.279 She has chosen an Englishman, as I asked. 00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:50.951 What recourse do I have? 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:53.875 Implore her to marry Lord Dudley. 00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:04.671 I will not offer my Lord if it means naming her successor. 00:40:05.120 --> 00:40:06.679 She will not accept him otherwise. 00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:08.154 Then let her refuse him. 00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:10.277 On succession, I agree. 00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:12.158 But Darnley imperils us more. 00:40:13.200 --> 00:40:16.238 Dudley is her puppet. He offers no advantage. 00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:18.711 Unless she promises to make you heir. 00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.995 Where is this promise? 00:40:20.080 --> 00:40:22.595 He would provoke revolt amongst our nobles. 00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:25.992 Do you command so little respect you could not discourage them? 00:40:26.520 --> 00:40:30.116 We must not delay. You must forbid this marriage. 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:37.752 - Is that the top? - Aye. 00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:41.030 No subject should ride before his Queen. 00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.470 Would he? 00:41:17.160 --> 00:41:21.074 How it must feel ruling all that you see. 00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:23.639 I am but its servant. 00:41:27.520 --> 00:41:29.591 Are you prepared to be its servant? 00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:36.280 It is right for the man to ask, no? 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:38.959 Then ask. 00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.874 Uh... 00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:45.158 Before God, before all of Scotland, 00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:47.431 - before all the world... - Yes. 00:41:48.040 --> 00:41:49.872 You'll be my Queen? 00:41:50.040 --> 00:41:51.110 Yes. 00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:52.554 And I your King? 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:54.320 Yes. 00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:57.240 And your master? 00:41:58.600 --> 00:41:59.795 My husband. 00:42:21.120 --> 00:42:22.576 England does not consider 00:42:22.600 --> 00:42:24.831 Lord Darnley a suitable husband. 00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:28.591 He and his father are English subjects, Madam. 00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:31.958 If my Queen orders their return, they must. 00:42:32.040 --> 00:42:34.077 She asked that I marry an English nobleman, 00:42:34.160 --> 00:42:35.310 and now she deprives me? 00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:38.199 Her wish is that you not marry this particular nobleman. 00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:41.080 You may tell your mistress I shall do so, with or without her blessing. 00:42:42.600 --> 00:42:46.037 Madam, before you act rashly, please consider... 00:42:46.120 --> 00:42:49.318 It is enough my own Lords treat me as though I'm but a girl. 00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:52.400 I will not be treated as such by Elizabeth. 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:55.196 I will be the woman she is not. 00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:58.314 I shall produce an heir, unlike her barren self. 00:43:07.040 --> 00:43:09.032 Prepare the Ambassador's horse. 00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:22.672 Reckless child! 00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:27.915 I have worked too long and too hard with too much bloodshed 00:43:28.200 --> 00:43:30.669 to secure peace in our land! 00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:33.719 Do not let your cursed passion rule you! 00:43:34.080 --> 00:43:36.151 'Tis your voice raised, sir. 00:43:37.040 --> 00:43:38.554 And you would lower it in my presence. 00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:47.799 If my counsel no longer has value then I am obliged to withdraw from court. 00:43:48.560 --> 00:43:50.153 If you must. 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:22.674 You have neither husband nor children. 00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:26.393 And you approach an age whereupon you cannot bear them. 00:44:27.120 --> 00:44:30.955 You must confront the truth, Madam. Displeasing as it may be. 00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:36.191 I have confronted this truth. 00:44:40.160 --> 00:44:42.755 You understand that I cannot. 00:44:44.160 --> 00:44:45.276 Will not. 00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:49.553 And do I understand? 00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:52.558 No more than I understand God. 00:44:52.640 --> 00:44:53.994 It is my choice. 00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:59.114 God would have a woman be a wife and a mother. 00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:01.949 - So you defy his will. - No. 00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:05.080 I choose to be a man. 00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:09.717 And marriage is dangerous. 00:45:11.040 --> 00:45:13.032 Such a man as I might marry, 00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:16.992 finding himself disappointed... 00:45:17.600 --> 00:45:19.159 He would conspire. 00:45:19.240 --> 00:45:21.800 No prince's revenues be so great 00:45:22.160 --> 00:45:25.631 that they satisfy the insatiable ambition of men. 00:45:26.080 --> 00:45:27.400 This I understand. 00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:28.936 Which is why you are the closest thing 00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:31.600 I shall ever have to a wife. 00:45:32.080 --> 00:45:34.436 I shan't mention your proposal to Lord Dudley. 00:45:38.680 --> 00:45:40.478 This world is a brutal place. 00:45:41.680 --> 00:45:44.912 We men must be wiser, mustn't we? 00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:53.669 Tell me what to do. 00:45:55.280 --> 00:45:57.920 We must make civil war in Scotland. 00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:59.992 You would have me depose a sister monarch? 00:46:00.080 --> 00:46:02.914 It is either civil war there, or civil war here. 00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:08.678 I want to know nothing of it. 00:46:10.640 --> 00:46:12.871 The arrangements shall be mine alone. 00:46:37.240 --> 00:46:39.755 By the pleasure and will of God, 00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:42.799 we proclaim complete the bond of marriage 00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:46.999 between our sovereign, Mary, Queen of Scotland, 00:46:47.080 --> 00:46:50.790 and the noble prince, Henry, Lord Darnley. 00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:51.919 The authority of women, 00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:56.351 which I call not true authority, but carnal bondage, 00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:57.954 bringeth forth monsters. 00:47:59.360 --> 00:48:00.396 By their crimes, 00:48:01.080 --> 00:48:04.039 realms and nations which used to live free 00:48:04.120 --> 00:48:07.352 are brought into bondage against the will of God! 00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:12.235 Their cankered consciences must be called to account. 00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:16.193 We must take up arms with our defender Lord Moray. 00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:20.271 We must make civil war with this false queen! 00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:23.636 We must make plain war 00:48:24.040 --> 00:48:28.796 against all false professors of Christ's holy gospel! 00:49:03.560 --> 00:49:04.835 Oh. Uh-uh. 00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:06.993 Oh, no. 00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:09.470 What will you do now? 00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:14.954 Bravo, Rizzio! 00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:17.591 Where do I sit? Where do I sit? 00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:18.990 Where do I... 00:49:42.240 --> 00:49:43.480 Rise and prepare yourself. 00:49:43.520 --> 00:49:45.239 Elizabeth has funded a rebellion. 00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:52.350 He is in your care. 00:50:01.120 --> 00:50:02.156 Dress yourself. 00:50:09.600 --> 00:50:11.000 Please! Please! 00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:21.550 A word. 00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:22.960 Let him approach. 00:50:36.040 --> 00:50:38.236 To have betrayed you this way... 00:50:39.280 --> 00:50:40.509 I have no excuse. 00:50:44.120 --> 00:50:45.315 And I beg... 00:50:46.680 --> 00:50:47.830 - I beg that... - Stand. 00:50:59.400 --> 00:51:01.119 You have not betrayed your nature. 00:51:05.240 --> 00:51:08.312 I cannot fault you for succumbing to his charms, as I did. 00:51:11.240 --> 00:51:12.833 But we must be more careful now. 00:51:39.720 --> 00:51:42.519 Moray is marching southwest, toward Dumfries. 00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:44.479 The English can easily supply them there. 00:51:44.840 --> 00:51:47.560 If we make good time, we'll cut them off before they reach the gates. 00:51:47.680 --> 00:51:49.433 Why give chase? Let them come to us. 00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:51.430 What would you have us do? 00:51:51.520 --> 00:51:54.592 If we lose sight, they could flank us. I want to flank them first. 00:51:55.280 --> 00:51:57.080 There's a bridge they must use to cross Annan. 00:51:57.160 --> 00:51:58.355 We can ambush them there. 00:51:59.600 --> 00:52:00.716 Give the order. 00:52:05.720 --> 00:52:08.599 Mary, I was speaking to you. 00:52:09.280 --> 00:52:10.350 Yes, I heard. 00:52:11.600 --> 00:52:12.670 Are you afraid, Henry? 00:52:14.440 --> 00:52:15.794 - No. - Good. 00:52:16.560 --> 00:52:18.279 Because our swords are not just for show. 00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:34.400 Whence come you? 00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:36.116 The Highlands, Madam. 00:52:36.520 --> 00:52:38.591 These two are from Inverness, and I'm from Thurso. 00:52:39.560 --> 00:52:41.995 - Catholic? - No, Madam. 00:52:42.680 --> 00:52:43.680 And you? 00:52:44.640 --> 00:52:46.597 He doesn't know Scots, Madam. Only Gaelic. 00:52:47.920 --> 00:52:49.798 Tell him I'm grateful for his service. 00:52:56.920 --> 00:52:58.559 He says he's proud to serve his Queen. 00:52:59.000 --> 00:53:00.559 And to give his life if he must. 00:53:01.120 --> 00:53:04.955 Tell him if any of us should die today, we all go to the same heaven. 00:53:27.640 --> 00:53:29.597 Walk like men, not boys! 00:53:32.360 --> 00:53:34.113 March on! Good trail there! 00:53:34.200 --> 00:53:36.112 With your feet like that, march on! 00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:39.440 No, you're too slow. This is too slow! 00:53:55.560 --> 00:53:56.596 Halt! 00:54:18.760 --> 00:54:20.558 Stand aside and let my men pass. 00:54:31.520 --> 00:54:32.920 I charge thee, give way! 00:54:34.120 --> 00:54:35.349 Drive them back! 00:54:52.760 --> 00:54:53.830 Form up! 00:54:54.280 --> 00:54:55.509 Form up! 00:55:13.880 --> 00:55:15.917 Man the guns! Man the guns! 00:55:16.040 --> 00:55:17.315 Stand and fight! 00:56:19.640 --> 00:56:20.915 Hyah, hyah! 00:57:24.600 --> 00:57:25.670 You summoned? 00:57:25.960 --> 00:57:27.080 How much have you had? 00:57:31.200 --> 00:57:33.078 I'm celebrating our victory, my love. 00:57:44.800 --> 00:57:45.870 What are you doing? 00:57:53.520 --> 00:57:54.520 Mary. 00:57:57.080 --> 00:57:58.355 - Close your eyes. - I've... 00:58:10.880 --> 00:58:12.030 You're almost there. 00:58:13.640 --> 00:58:14.756 No, I can't. 00:58:15.400 --> 00:58:16.880 I can't. I've had too much to drink. 00:58:17.120 --> 00:58:19.032 - Mary. - Think of Rizzio. 00:58:36.600 --> 00:58:37.829 Yes, yes. 00:58:38.800 --> 00:58:40.553 That's it, that's it. 00:58:41.120 --> 00:58:43.237 Yeah? That's it. 00:59:50.120 --> 00:59:51.395 Pray for me. 01:00:22.080 --> 01:00:23.719 He'll make a fine stallion. 01:00:50.080 --> 01:00:53.710 If you have wondered where your Queen was these past few months... 01:00:54.280 --> 01:00:55.760 Now there are no secrets. 01:00:57.520 --> 01:00:59.034 The whisperings can end. 01:00:59.600 --> 01:01:01.592 Spring comes bearing fruit. 01:01:10.640 --> 01:01:12.552 My husband and I give thanks. 01:01:13.480 --> 01:01:17.076 With heaven's blessing, we bring another Stuart into this world, 01:01:17.680 --> 01:01:20.673 heir to Scotland and to England. 01:01:24.240 --> 01:01:25.754 Heir to England? 01:01:25.840 --> 01:01:27.194 She speaks for herself. 01:01:28.000 --> 01:01:29.719 Do her councilors fail to advise her? 01:01:30.040 --> 01:01:31.679 We advise her endlessly, sir. 01:01:32.040 --> 01:01:33.156 Not that she heeds it. 01:01:34.000 --> 01:01:35.070 You must do better. 01:01:35.920 --> 01:01:37.673 Better than your own Queen's council? 01:01:42.880 --> 01:01:44.109 How did the world come to this? 01:01:44.960 --> 01:01:46.952 Wise men servicing the whims of women? 01:01:47.040 --> 01:01:48.110 Aye. 01:01:58.840 --> 01:02:01.514 That man's power dies with the birth of his grandchild. 01:02:04.680 --> 01:02:06.034 It is a clear provocation. 01:02:06.600 --> 01:02:08.717 She knew well Lord Randolph would report. 01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:10.314 What would you have us do? 01:02:10.920 --> 01:02:12.752 Go to war over some reckless words? 01:02:12.840 --> 01:02:14.479 Not us. Her brother. 01:02:15.440 --> 01:02:17.079 He hopes to raise a second army. 01:02:17.760 --> 01:02:19.194 If we were to assist him... 01:02:19.280 --> 01:02:20.509 As we did his first? 01:02:22.360 --> 01:02:23.680 I shall not fail you twice. 01:02:24.680 --> 01:02:28.435 Madam, we cannot let her name your successor. She has no right. 01:02:29.560 --> 01:02:31.916 When I am dead and you are dead and she is dead, 01:02:32.000 --> 01:02:34.799 it matters not what names we did or did not say. 01:02:37.240 --> 01:02:39.232 The world will decide for itself. 01:02:39.600 --> 01:02:41.193 Now is not the time to soften. 01:02:46.640 --> 01:02:47.960 It's a fine day, isn't it? 01:02:55.280 --> 01:02:56.430 I shall see you inside. 01:04:05.600 --> 01:04:06.670 James. 01:04:09.280 --> 01:04:11.272 Oh, look. 01:04:11.920 --> 01:04:13.070 He likes it, too. 01:04:37.960 --> 01:04:42.113 So, Mary's power grows with her pregnancy. 01:04:43.400 --> 01:04:45.198 Your letter said you had a proposal. 01:04:48.520 --> 01:04:50.671 Once Mary bears a child... 01:04:52.040 --> 01:04:53.997 Darnley will never be king. 01:04:55.360 --> 01:04:56.874 There is no need for your son. 01:04:58.480 --> 01:05:00.233 An infant cannot grant you pardon. 01:05:02.840 --> 01:05:05.958 It is right that you should return from exile. 01:05:07.680 --> 01:05:09.160 And it is right my son should be king. 01:05:09.960 --> 01:05:13.078 Now, we can rule through him if we weaken Mary's power. 01:05:16.680 --> 01:05:18.797 Mary, we must speak. Can you open the door? 01:05:19.920 --> 01:05:20.990 - Mary? - Let him in. 01:05:21.080 --> 01:05:23.470 Open the door, so we can speak! 01:05:28.760 --> 01:05:29.830 Mary? 01:05:34.120 --> 01:05:35.236 Mary, open the... 01:05:41.520 --> 01:05:42.590 What are you doing here? 01:05:43.320 --> 01:05:44.470 Come, Henry. 01:05:54.560 --> 01:05:57.029 You would have David here, and bar your own husband? 01:05:58.480 --> 01:06:02.315 When I am anointed king, you will afford me the respect of a wife. 01:06:02.400 --> 01:06:04.198 After all, that is what you promised. 01:06:22.600 --> 01:06:24.717 Would you have his father be nothing but a consort? 01:06:24.800 --> 01:06:26.120 We know not if it's a he. 01:06:26.520 --> 01:06:28.512 I am more than a sire to a mare, Mary. 01:06:28.600 --> 01:06:30.239 Please, I am tired. 01:06:32.840 --> 01:06:33.910 Do you love me? 01:06:40.120 --> 01:06:41.120 Do you love me? 01:06:45.360 --> 01:06:47.511 You've given me an heir to two thrones. 01:06:49.920 --> 01:06:51.400 That matters more than love. 01:07:06.080 --> 01:07:08.800 The Queen is servant of Satan. 01:07:10.560 --> 01:07:13.871 She is a fornicator with a monstrous lust. 01:07:14.560 --> 01:07:17.951 This pleasuring woman is not fit to rule us. 01:07:18.240 --> 01:07:20.630 Would we kneel before a polecat, 01:07:21.000 --> 01:07:22.798 who has bedded an Italian? 01:07:23.720 --> 01:07:24.915 David Rizzio, 01:07:25.240 --> 01:07:29.120 a Catholic who never leaves her bed chamber. 01:07:29.480 --> 01:07:32.917 How do we know her child is not a bastard? 01:07:34.920 --> 01:07:36.070 David Rizzio. 01:07:36.840 --> 01:07:39.753 He is an impediment to your rightful place as king. 01:07:40.400 --> 01:07:41.470 Enough. 01:07:42.360 --> 01:07:44.716 We speak of Rizzio's relations with your wife. 01:07:45.240 --> 01:07:46.310 With Mary? 01:07:47.800 --> 01:07:48.800 You're mistaken. 01:07:48.880 --> 01:07:51.395 Does he not spend more time with the Queen than Your Grace? 01:07:52.320 --> 01:07:54.880 Why else would she make a common minstrel her private secretary? 01:07:54.960 --> 01:07:55.960 No, it cannot be. 01:07:56.040 --> 01:07:57.360 What matter if it be true? 01:07:58.640 --> 01:08:00.040 Because I am not a cuckold. 01:08:00.120 --> 01:08:01.760 Would you rather the honest truth be told? 01:08:02.240 --> 01:08:03.469 That you are a sodomite? 01:08:07.160 --> 01:08:08.514 We must erase your sins... 01:08:09.400 --> 01:08:12.313 And either you are the adulterer, or it is she. 01:08:20.680 --> 01:08:22.000 The other Lords have signed. 01:08:51.400 --> 01:08:52.675 Ah... 01:08:52.760 --> 01:08:54.280 You have been saving that. 01:09:14.400 --> 01:09:15.550 You! Come with me, sir! 01:09:16.160 --> 01:09:18.516 You dare charge into my chamber unannounced? 01:09:19.040 --> 01:09:20.599 - David Rizzio! - David? 01:09:22.080 --> 01:09:23.196 I am with child! 01:09:23.280 --> 01:09:24.560 - No! - Take her! 01:09:25.640 --> 01:09:28.155 All that is done is in Lord Darnley's name. 01:09:28.960 --> 01:09:30.758 - Henry? - Let go! No! 01:09:33.520 --> 01:09:34.590 What have you done? 01:09:34.680 --> 01:09:36.000 - It is done. - Look at me! 01:09:36.960 --> 01:09:38.360 - Look at me! - It is done, Mary! 01:09:38.440 --> 01:09:40.000 Do not interfere. 01:09:51.200 --> 01:09:52.200 Adulterer! 01:09:52.280 --> 01:09:53.999 No! 01:09:55.800 --> 01:09:56.916 No! 01:10:00.320 --> 01:10:01.320 Enough! 01:10:01.840 --> 01:10:03.194 No! 01:10:06.680 --> 01:10:07.716 Stand aside. 01:10:11.640 --> 01:10:12.756 No. 01:10:17.600 --> 01:10:18.670 Come on, Mary! 01:10:19.760 --> 01:10:20.830 Please. 01:10:23.080 --> 01:10:24.150 Please, no. 01:10:24.280 --> 01:10:26.670 Please don't... No! 01:10:27.080 --> 01:10:28.275 No! 01:10:28.360 --> 01:10:30.875 - William! - Do not interfere. 01:10:31.760 --> 01:10:33.160 No! 01:10:34.400 --> 01:10:35.550 - No! - No! 01:10:36.600 --> 01:10:37.954 No! 01:10:39.400 --> 01:10:40.470 No! 01:11:02.640 --> 01:11:04.199 You must make the final blow. 01:11:06.280 --> 01:11:07.555 I can't. 01:11:08.080 --> 01:11:09.196 Go on. 01:11:11.560 --> 01:11:12.596 No. 01:11:13.640 --> 01:11:14.640 No. 01:11:15.120 --> 01:11:16.120 No. 01:11:21.960 --> 01:11:23.189 Adulterer! 01:12:48.680 --> 01:12:50.034 He beguiled us, Mary. 01:12:51.280 --> 01:12:52.316 Both of us. 01:12:54.920 --> 01:12:56.070 He brought us dishonor. 01:12:59.880 --> 01:13:00.950 Did he not? 01:13:04.200 --> 01:13:06.237 You are trying to usurp my crown. 01:13:07.480 --> 01:13:09.312 Have I not brought you a child? 01:13:09.400 --> 01:13:11.756 One minute makes not a man. 01:13:13.840 --> 01:13:16.719 Beg forgiveness. For your insult. 01:13:16.800 --> 01:13:18.792 - Beg forgiveness now. - I shall not. 01:13:18.880 --> 01:13:20.200 Bothwell has escaped. 01:13:26.920 --> 01:13:27.920 This is your fault. 01:13:29.120 --> 01:13:30.474 All of this, this chaos. 01:13:30.880 --> 01:13:31.950 Your fault. 01:13:32.360 --> 01:13:36.036 You swore obedience to me, Mary, on the day of our marriage. 01:13:36.120 --> 01:13:38.157 You swore obedience to me! 01:13:38.800 --> 01:13:40.120 I am King! 01:13:40.200 --> 01:13:41.634 You are a traitor. 01:13:42.720 --> 01:13:43.870 As are you. 01:13:43.960 --> 01:13:47.636 And until I am killed and forever after, God will see you as such. 01:13:48.480 --> 01:13:49.755 You will not be killed, Madam. 01:13:50.960 --> 01:13:52.872 Let us go. We have much business. 01:13:53.360 --> 01:13:54.794 Lord Moray will arrive soon. 01:13:55.720 --> 01:13:56.870 My brother conspired? 01:13:58.040 --> 01:14:00.600 Your brother returns to assist your husband. 01:14:09.120 --> 01:14:10.190 I want a drink. 01:14:19.760 --> 01:14:21.160 Am I to be imprisoned here alone? 01:14:21.240 --> 01:14:23.391 Or may I have the company of my gentlewomen? 01:14:24.040 --> 01:14:25.156 You may not, Madam. 01:14:26.640 --> 01:14:28.438 You are to remain in this chamber. 01:14:31.440 --> 01:14:33.159 Then at least let my husband remain. 01:14:34.720 --> 01:14:36.632 Or would you have a drunkard for a king? 01:15:04.320 --> 01:15:05.356 Come, Henry. 01:15:09.280 --> 01:15:10.509 I do not feel well. 01:15:34.360 --> 01:15:36.238 They forced me into the room, Mary. 01:15:37.360 --> 01:15:38.396 I swear. 01:15:40.320 --> 01:15:41.549 And I didn't know that... 01:15:42.960 --> 01:15:44.599 Until they arrived, I promise. 01:15:45.360 --> 01:15:47.113 Maitland is very persuasive. 01:15:48.520 --> 01:15:49.556 Yes. 01:15:51.640 --> 01:15:52.994 My brother even more so. 01:15:53.240 --> 01:15:54.356 Hmm. 01:15:55.080 --> 01:15:57.436 They will take your crown as well as mine. 01:16:04.720 --> 01:16:05.836 We should leave here. 01:16:08.360 --> 01:16:09.396 It's best. 01:16:10.600 --> 01:16:11.716 For all three of us. 01:16:13.720 --> 01:16:14.870 Yes. 01:16:19.000 --> 01:16:20.514 It is important that the people 01:16:20.600 --> 01:16:22.956 do not accuse those who participated as traitors. 01:16:23.280 --> 01:16:26.478 They must be pardoned, so there is no doubt of their loyalty to the crown. 01:16:26.800 --> 01:16:29.759 When she pardons all involved, you may go. 01:16:31.720 --> 01:16:33.677 Am I to be told what I may and may not do? 01:16:34.840 --> 01:16:35.840 And by who? 01:16:35.920 --> 01:16:37.036 Hmm? 01:16:37.600 --> 01:16:38.636 A mere Lord? 01:16:39.520 --> 01:16:40.680 And the bastard half-brother? 01:16:41.760 --> 01:16:43.560 Am I not the King to whom you promised fealty, 01:16:43.640 --> 01:16:45.313 before you carried out your violence? 01:16:49.360 --> 01:16:53.070 Let me remind you that this King shall go where he pleases with his wife, 01:16:53.640 --> 01:16:54.756 when it pleases him. 01:17:11.000 --> 01:17:12.070 The Queen! 01:17:19.080 --> 01:17:20.196 What is this? 01:17:20.760 --> 01:17:21.989 The Queen's army. 01:17:22.800 --> 01:17:24.075 Your chambers are ready. 01:17:26.720 --> 01:17:28.359 Do not make them use force. 01:17:39.920 --> 01:17:41.434 They have at least 500. 01:17:41.880 --> 01:17:43.075 More are on the way. 01:17:43.440 --> 01:17:44.999 Then we shall raise our own army. 01:17:45.080 --> 01:17:46.753 There is no appetite for war. 01:17:47.400 --> 01:17:49.312 Then let us stir an appetite. 01:17:51.680 --> 01:17:53.160 When last we raised an army, 01:17:53.240 --> 01:17:56.074 it was but half the size of hers with England's help. 01:17:57.200 --> 01:17:59.237 Without England, we will be crushed. 01:18:02.800 --> 01:18:04.075 She has outmaneuvered us. 01:18:19.720 --> 01:18:21.791 My husband claims he knew nothing of your plot 01:18:21.880 --> 01:18:23.792 - until the day itself. - That is not true. 01:18:24.920 --> 01:18:27.435 He signed a bond. With his own hand. 01:18:31.160 --> 01:18:33.152 If you wish it destroyed, however... 01:18:33.240 --> 01:18:34.356 Not destroyed. 01:18:38.120 --> 01:18:40.999 We shall sign this pardon as soon as you produce the bond. 01:18:48.080 --> 01:18:49.196 Aye, Madam. 01:19:04.920 --> 01:19:06.593 The flowers are all of one color. 01:19:07.600 --> 01:19:08.716 Poppies are red. 01:19:10.080 --> 01:19:11.136 I know of no other color that they... 01:19:11.160 --> 01:19:12.520 In the light, they are many colors. 01:19:13.400 --> 01:19:14.550 Red and others. 01:19:15.720 --> 01:19:16.915 Nature is more subtle. 01:19:17.520 --> 01:19:18.590 The council is met. 01:19:20.480 --> 01:19:22.073 There is news from Scotland. 01:19:25.440 --> 01:19:26.476 What do you think? 01:19:27.120 --> 01:19:28.190 Lovely. 01:19:29.960 --> 01:19:31.519 The flower's not too plain? 01:19:32.480 --> 01:19:33.596 The news is urgent. 01:19:36.200 --> 01:19:37.998 What news do I want from Scotland? 01:19:39.400 --> 01:19:40.400 Bloodshed? 01:19:42.080 --> 01:19:43.833 Go conspire among yourselves. 01:19:45.240 --> 01:19:46.310 Very well. 01:19:57.120 --> 01:19:58.120 Burn it. 01:19:59.680 --> 01:20:00.830 I shall begin again. 01:20:03.920 --> 01:20:05.320 Burn it, I say! 01:20:23.960 --> 01:20:26.794 You visited Mother and me here, before we left for France. 01:20:26.880 --> 01:20:28.155 - Do you remember? - Yes. 01:20:28.680 --> 01:20:30.080 Those were tumultuous times. 01:20:31.120 --> 01:20:32.520 It was here, in this glen. 01:20:32.640 --> 01:20:35.200 You lifted me high when I said I wished to be a bird. 01:20:37.760 --> 01:20:38.796 If you say so. 01:20:39.080 --> 01:20:41.993 I understand why you wouldn't remember a trifling thing like that. 01:20:42.440 --> 01:20:44.909 Of what consequence are the fancies of a little girl? 01:20:45.160 --> 01:20:47.629 Not all little girls are born to be queens. 01:20:55.720 --> 01:20:58.076 I should like you to hold my child up one day. 01:20:59.840 --> 01:21:01.638 Make him fly as you made me. 01:21:07.160 --> 01:21:08.480 He will be born a prince. 01:21:09.800 --> 01:21:10.870 And one day king. 01:21:13.200 --> 01:21:16.876 I want him to love his uncle and to be born into a peaceful land. 01:21:16.960 --> 01:21:17.960 I wish the same. 01:21:18.040 --> 01:21:20.555 Then will you love your sister as you would love her child? 01:21:22.640 --> 01:21:23.869 For she still loves you... 01:21:25.680 --> 01:21:28.400 And if it is a son, she will call him James, 01:21:28.480 --> 01:21:30.392 for both his grandfather and his uncle. 01:21:34.680 --> 01:21:35.955 I do not deserve your kindness. 01:21:36.040 --> 01:21:37.269 James. 01:22:03.320 --> 01:22:05.039 My dearest cousin Elizabeth. 01:22:06.680 --> 01:22:10.310 We have had our differences, and what sorrow it has brought my heart. 01:22:11.400 --> 01:22:13.790 But before I bring a child into this world, 01:22:14.120 --> 01:22:15.440 I wish to reconcile. 01:22:16.640 --> 01:22:18.950 I would our child have two mothers. 01:22:19.840 --> 01:22:21.115 "A mother who bears him... 01:22:22.800 --> 01:22:24.871 "And you, his chosen godmother. 01:22:26.280 --> 01:22:28.192 "No child would be more blessed." 01:23:23.640 --> 01:23:25.518 I am told the labor was long, 01:23:26.600 --> 01:23:29.320 but only with suffering do we knowjoy. 01:23:32.000 --> 01:23:35.516 What greaterjoy than to have a son to call your own. 01:23:37.280 --> 01:23:40.637 Humbly do I accept your invitation to be his godmother, 01:23:42.200 --> 01:23:44.237 that I might share in your happiness. 01:23:46.480 --> 01:23:49.279 What is more, we should return to the issue of inheritance, 01:23:49.360 --> 01:23:51.477 now that a new generation is upon us. 01:23:53.120 --> 01:23:54.918 Your terms are most agreeable. 01:23:55.720 --> 01:23:58.110 It is only right that your heirs succeed you, 01:23:58.200 --> 01:24:01.159 if you marry and bear children of your own. 01:24:07.120 --> 01:24:08.190 And should you not, 01:24:09.080 --> 01:24:12.994 it is my son's great honor to rule by your sublime example. 01:24:26.280 --> 01:24:27.839 If you grant her succession, 01:24:27.920 --> 01:24:29.673 we are rewarding her disobedience. 01:24:29.760 --> 01:24:31.194 What disobedience? 01:24:31.960 --> 01:24:34.031 She is not our subject! 01:24:34.520 --> 01:24:36.318 And yet you would make us hers. 01:24:39.840 --> 01:24:43.516 What have you produced in all your travels between our kingdoms? 01:24:44.320 --> 01:24:45.356 Discord. 01:24:46.080 --> 01:24:48.117 War. Death. 01:24:49.640 --> 01:24:52.075 And now you have the boldness to doubt my judgment? 01:24:53.160 --> 01:24:54.674 You had better question yours. 01:24:55.280 --> 01:24:57.875 I regret that you perceive me as a failure. 01:24:58.760 --> 01:25:00.592 We serve you fully... 01:25:01.760 --> 01:25:02.955 With all our hearts. 01:25:03.480 --> 01:25:05.597 Any one of us would gladly die for you. 01:25:05.680 --> 01:25:08.514 But Mary is our foe, and a Catholic. 01:25:08.760 --> 01:25:11.480 She is only your Queen if I should not produce an heir. 01:25:11.800 --> 01:25:13.234 And will you, Madam? 01:25:14.480 --> 01:25:16.711 For you have given us little hope so far. 01:25:18.840 --> 01:25:21.799 Despite your every effort, she has prevailed. 01:25:23.040 --> 01:25:27.034 She has proven herself, in fact, far more capable than my own Privy Council! 01:25:27.720 --> 01:25:29.234 Should I die before my time, 01:25:29.600 --> 01:25:32.798 we could do worse than to place her on the throne of England. 01:25:36.760 --> 01:25:37.989 Is this not your name? 01:25:41.680 --> 01:25:42.680 It's forged. 01:25:44.080 --> 01:25:45.680 - Henry... - I swear. This is an outrage. 01:25:45.760 --> 01:25:47.160 It is your hand. 01:25:50.200 --> 01:25:51.714 You must believe me. 01:25:59.440 --> 01:26:00.840 Am I not to see my own son? 01:26:02.680 --> 01:26:03.716 I'm not to see him? 01:26:04.920 --> 01:26:06.195 He's not to know his father? 01:26:07.000 --> 01:26:10.630 For your child's sake, be contented with a pardon and your life. 01:26:13.080 --> 01:26:14.753 We have procured a house for you. 01:26:15.080 --> 01:26:16.514 We are to live apart. 01:26:17.640 --> 01:26:18.994 Bothwell will see you there. 01:27:02.680 --> 01:27:03.716 You're moving. 01:27:13.480 --> 01:27:15.631 - You must divorce him, Madam. - It is forbidden. 01:27:15.720 --> 01:27:16.995 Not in the Church of Scotland. 01:27:17.080 --> 01:27:18.673 He is the father of my child. 01:27:19.240 --> 01:27:20.674 I will not do him such an indignity. 01:27:20.760 --> 01:27:21.910 Darnley is cursed. 01:27:22.400 --> 01:27:24.357 - He is harmless. - Not so. 01:27:24.840 --> 01:27:26.752 He's still plotting to take your crown. 01:27:26.840 --> 01:27:30.038 My men heard him. He spoke of regicide. 01:27:32.040 --> 01:27:34.839 You have commanded armies against armies. 01:27:34.920 --> 01:27:36.479 Now you fear a single man? 01:27:36.880 --> 01:27:37.976 I did not claim to fear him. 01:27:38.000 --> 01:27:39.480 Then why advocate divorce? 01:27:40.080 --> 01:27:42.072 My oath is to defend your safety. 01:27:42.160 --> 01:27:43.514 So you do fear him. 01:27:50.480 --> 01:27:52.392 Just as you vowed to protect me, 01:27:52.480 --> 01:27:54.278 I vowed loyalty to my husband. 01:27:54.840 --> 01:27:57.674 Any man who marries me will try to make himself king. 01:27:58.200 --> 01:28:00.078 I owe him neither comfort nor title, 01:28:00.160 --> 01:28:02.197 but I will not become a lady Henry VIII, 01:28:02.280 --> 01:28:04.511 dispensing with husbands as he did wives. 01:28:17.160 --> 01:28:18.160 Damn. 01:28:18.880 --> 01:28:19.880 Ow! 01:28:22.440 --> 01:28:25.797 My Lord, you argued well in council. 01:28:26.560 --> 01:28:28.791 May we borrow your wisdom for a moment? 01:28:29.440 --> 01:28:32.478 The Queen should not cast aside your protection. 01:29:48.200 --> 01:29:49.600 Mama! 01:29:52.320 --> 01:29:53.356 It's Lord Darnley. 01:29:54.480 --> 01:29:55.709 Attempt on his life. 01:29:57.680 --> 01:29:58.680 Is he dead? 01:30:14.200 --> 01:30:17.272 I'll take you to my estates. It's not safe for you here. 01:30:18.480 --> 01:30:20.949 James should stay with one of your ladies for his safety. 01:30:37.680 --> 01:30:39.637 It's okay. It's okay. 01:30:40.920 --> 01:30:43.151 As soon as the women are loaded, get us moved. 01:30:43.240 --> 01:30:44.390 Come on! 01:30:46.520 --> 01:30:47.840 - It's okay. - Madam. 01:30:49.320 --> 01:30:50.834 Madam, we have to go. 01:30:51.200 --> 01:30:53.669 Mama! Mama! 01:30:57.400 --> 01:31:00.791 Mama! Mama! 01:31:04.560 --> 01:31:06.074 Mama! 01:31:07.440 --> 01:31:10.080 Mama! Mama! 01:31:10.680 --> 01:31:13.434 Mama! Mama! 01:31:50.480 --> 01:31:51.480 Pardon. 01:31:52.440 --> 01:31:53.440 No need. 01:31:56.080 --> 01:31:57.560 May we speak in private? 01:32:21.280 --> 01:32:22.280 What brings you? 01:32:26.080 --> 01:32:29.710 The Parliament will ratify a proclamation demanding you wed a Scottish subject 01:32:30.520 --> 01:32:31.590 now that you are widowed. 01:32:31.680 --> 01:32:32.830 It has only been a day. 01:32:34.760 --> 01:32:35.830 They meet tomorrow. 01:32:37.360 --> 01:32:39.556 It is your council's advice that you should marry me. 01:32:52.080 --> 01:32:53.080 What have you done? 01:33:02.760 --> 01:33:03.760 Murderer. 01:33:07.680 --> 01:33:09.696 Did I not come to your aid when your Lords rebelled? 01:33:09.720 --> 01:33:11.951 Did I not? I was loyal! 01:33:12.040 --> 01:33:13.076 Me! 01:33:15.720 --> 01:33:19.509 Refuse, and I will not come to your aid when they rebel again. 01:33:19.960 --> 01:33:20.960 Please. 01:33:35.960 --> 01:33:36.960 Come. 01:33:41.640 --> 01:33:43.438 Undress your lady. 01:33:43.520 --> 01:33:45.079 She has consented to be my wife. 01:34:43.800 --> 01:34:47.794 A whore of Babylon who defies the sanctity of marriage. 01:34:48.920 --> 01:34:49.920 What's worse, 01:34:50.000 --> 01:34:53.118 she has broken the most solemn commandment, 01:34:53.200 --> 01:34:54.793 "Thou shalt not kill." 01:34:57.080 --> 01:34:59.959 She had her husband murdered 01:35:00.040 --> 01:35:02.874 so that she could wed his rival. 01:35:02.960 --> 01:35:05.156 Would we worship a murderous harlot? 01:35:06.360 --> 01:35:10.912 Queen Strumpet marries another man 01:35:11.000 --> 01:35:13.276 whom she bedded out of wedlock! 01:35:13.360 --> 01:35:17.115 Our kingdom has become a disgrace, 01:35:17.200 --> 01:35:19.510 to God and all the world! 01:35:24.320 --> 01:35:27.233 Death to the whore! Death to the whore! 01:35:28.240 --> 01:35:31.472 Death to the whore! Death to the whore! 01:35:31.560 --> 01:35:34.951 Death to the whore! Death to the whore! Death to the whore! 01:35:35.080 --> 01:35:36.275 Death to the whore! 01:35:36.360 --> 01:35:39.239 Death to the whore! Death to the whore! Death to the whore! 01:35:49.240 --> 01:35:50.560 You promised I would be king. 01:35:52.880 --> 01:35:56.669 If your betrothed does abdicate, you are abdicated also. 01:35:57.400 --> 01:36:00.552 - This was your intention. - Events have overtaken all intentions. 01:36:00.640 --> 01:36:02.279 Liar! 01:36:02.400 --> 01:36:03.595 Liars! 01:36:04.880 --> 01:36:06.030 Events, aye. 01:36:06.480 --> 01:36:08.597 Events by your design. Is that not true? 01:36:10.960 --> 01:36:11.960 Speak, damn you. 01:36:13.320 --> 01:36:14.800 Be men and own your treachery. 01:36:15.520 --> 01:36:16.749 Did you not deceive me? 01:36:18.160 --> 01:36:20.914 As they have done their Queen since the day she returned. 01:36:22.680 --> 01:36:24.637 Were you fool enough to trust these men? 01:36:25.160 --> 01:36:26.640 Who took up arms against you? 01:36:28.800 --> 01:36:30.154 You must abdicate, Madam. 01:36:31.320 --> 01:36:33.416 When your son comes of age, he will assume the throne. 01:36:33.440 --> 01:36:35.750 Until then, my Lord will be Regent. 01:36:36.560 --> 01:36:38.119 - Brother? - We found Mistress Seton. 01:36:38.200 --> 01:36:40.476 The boy is now in our custody at Holyrood. 01:36:41.480 --> 01:36:42.834 You hold my son prisoner? 01:36:42.920 --> 01:36:44.354 Not prisoner. 01:36:46.160 --> 01:36:48.197 He's my ward, until he is old enough... 01:36:48.320 --> 01:36:50.232 Your namesake, James. 01:36:51.120 --> 01:36:52.349 Named for you. 01:36:54.280 --> 01:36:56.317 If you wish him to be king one day, 01:36:56.400 --> 01:36:57.959 you must abdicate. 01:36:58.080 --> 01:37:00.834 - I will not do it. - You will, Madam. 01:37:01.000 --> 01:37:03.799 - By force if we must. - I shall meet force with force. 01:37:04.240 --> 01:37:06.471 People believe you are a traitor and a whore. 01:37:07.640 --> 01:37:11.031 What army can defeat an entire nation turned against its Queen? 01:37:12.000 --> 01:37:15.152 They would sooner parade your head on a pike than bow before a harlot. 01:37:16.520 --> 01:37:18.830 I for one, would gladly hold high that pike. 01:37:23.800 --> 01:37:25.757 Well, he is right. You cannot raise an army. 01:37:25.840 --> 01:37:28.992 Many times you have said I cannot do what I have done. 01:37:31.720 --> 01:37:33.040 Then we are finished here. 01:37:43.360 --> 01:37:45.795 This is beyond my control. I ask you to reconsider. 01:37:45.920 --> 01:37:49.038 All I have done is try to unify this land. 01:37:49.120 --> 01:37:50.120 I know. 01:37:50.880 --> 01:37:53.440 To relinquish the crown would be against God's will... 01:37:53.520 --> 01:37:55.193 But God will not protect you. 01:37:55.280 --> 01:37:58.193 I will protect you, as my kin. 01:38:00.240 --> 01:38:01.754 I wish that we were kin. 01:38:02.960 --> 01:38:04.474 But we are no longer so. 01:39:01.440 --> 01:39:02.440 I would. 01:39:19.800 --> 01:39:23.077 Are we to do nothing as my sister is deposed? 01:39:26.480 --> 01:39:28.039 She is not your sister. 01:39:30.440 --> 01:39:32.636 Nor can she be your successor. 01:39:34.600 --> 01:39:37.911 Not a woman whose own subjects call her a harlot. 01:39:38.000 --> 01:39:40.037 This is Cecil speaking. 01:39:40.960 --> 01:39:42.553 I speak for myself. 01:39:44.280 --> 01:39:46.192 Though all your council agrees. 01:39:52.320 --> 01:39:54.312 How cruel men are. 01:40:32.480 --> 01:40:34.995 England does not look so different from Scotland. 01:40:36.160 --> 01:40:39.232 Aye, they are sisters. 01:41:35.320 --> 01:41:36.356 Madam... 01:41:37.200 --> 01:41:38.200 Come away. 01:42:10.760 --> 01:42:11.760 I rode ahead. 01:42:12.720 --> 01:42:13.949 She'll be here soon. 01:42:16.040 --> 01:42:17.076 Remain here. 01:43:01.520 --> 01:43:02.590 Your Majesty. 01:43:41.440 --> 01:43:42.440 Cousin? 01:43:43.680 --> 01:43:44.680 Aye. 01:43:47.960 --> 01:43:49.030 Are you well? 01:43:51.040 --> 01:43:52.872 Your voice is not what I expected. 01:43:55.720 --> 01:43:57.040 What did you expect of it? 01:43:58.280 --> 01:43:59.316 I do not know. 01:44:05.120 --> 01:44:06.474 How I long to see your face. 01:44:08.720 --> 01:44:10.074 No one can know we meet. 01:44:11.240 --> 01:44:13.038 Yes, I have been instructed. 01:44:13.120 --> 01:44:15.240 If you speak of it to anyone, I shall deny. 01:44:15.680 --> 01:44:17.672 And I will regard your words as treason. 01:44:17.760 --> 01:44:19.433 Am I your subject now? 01:44:21.680 --> 01:44:22.680 No. 01:44:24.200 --> 01:44:25.600 You are not my subject. 01:44:26.440 --> 01:44:28.397 But you do seek my help. 01:44:33.400 --> 01:44:35.312 I am grateful for your protection. 01:44:38.440 --> 01:44:39.874 I am pleased to grant it. 01:44:41.360 --> 01:44:42.555 How did it come to this? 01:44:54.320 --> 01:44:55.834 May I see you, sister? 01:45:04.640 --> 01:45:06.359 My eyes are weary from travel. 01:45:12.600 --> 01:45:14.398 I should have stayed true to your love. 01:45:17.000 --> 01:45:19.310 I should have followed your example and never married. 01:45:20.840 --> 01:45:22.160 Then you would have no son. 01:45:22.240 --> 01:45:24.072 Whose mother is without a crown. 01:45:24.760 --> 01:45:27.116 Whose own throne is usurped by his uncle. 01:45:27.200 --> 01:45:28.634 You must have faith. 01:45:28.720 --> 01:45:30.632 Your brother will keep his word. 01:45:30.760 --> 01:45:31.910 I have no faith in him. 01:45:35.400 --> 01:45:36.834 I have only faith in you. 01:45:40.880 --> 01:45:42.633 You would let them show the world 01:45:42.720 --> 01:45:45.792 that a queen can so easily be forsworn? 01:45:50.000 --> 01:45:51.000 Answer me, sister. 01:45:55.360 --> 01:45:57.033 To war with Scotland 01:45:57.160 --> 01:46:00.915 and betray my own clergy on a Catholic's behalf. No, I cannot. 01:46:01.560 --> 01:46:02.994 You know I cannot. 01:46:06.880 --> 01:46:10.635 Did you come so far at such great risk only to refuse me? 01:46:13.720 --> 01:46:14.720 I came... 01:46:18.400 --> 01:46:19.400 I came because... 01:46:31.200 --> 01:46:33.157 If you refuse me an army... 01:46:33.280 --> 01:46:34.280 Say it to my face. 01:46:35.320 --> 01:46:37.471 Do not force me to beg to your back. 01:46:58.160 --> 01:47:00.117 I will kneel before you if I must. 01:47:00.960 --> 01:47:02.720 It would make no difference. 01:47:08.040 --> 01:47:10.111 You are safe here in England. 01:47:12.120 --> 01:47:13.156 That's all I can offer. 01:47:15.040 --> 01:47:17.600 I have been abandoned by so many. 01:47:21.560 --> 01:47:23.119 I am utterly alone. 01:47:25.800 --> 01:47:26.800 As am I. 01:47:30.040 --> 01:47:31.040 Alone. 01:47:33.080 --> 01:47:34.799 Then be my sister. 01:47:37.680 --> 01:47:39.194 Be my boy's Godmother. 01:47:41.200 --> 01:47:43.760 Together we could conquer all of those who doubt us. 01:47:44.400 --> 01:47:46.039 Do not play into their hands. 01:47:46.120 --> 01:47:48.715 Our enmity is precisely what they hope for. 01:47:50.240 --> 01:47:53.597 I know your heart has more within it than the men who counsel you. 01:47:59.240 --> 01:48:01.436 I am more man than woman now. 01:48:03.360 --> 01:48:05.238 The throne has made me so. 01:48:08.480 --> 01:48:11.393 But I have no enmity with you. 01:48:13.680 --> 01:48:15.433 Except to seed rebellion 01:48:16.560 --> 01:48:19.280 and to deceive me, time and time again. 01:48:19.680 --> 01:48:21.831 If you still seek my protection, 01:48:21.920 --> 01:48:23.400 you would do well to watch your words. 01:48:23.480 --> 01:48:25.597 I will not be scolded by my inferior. 01:48:27.240 --> 01:48:28.240 Your inferior? 01:48:28.320 --> 01:48:29.320 I am a Stuart, 01:48:30.480 --> 01:48:33.359 which gives me greater claim to England than you possess. 01:48:44.120 --> 01:48:45.440 I had this made 01:48:47.280 --> 01:48:50.273 because I wanted to present the best version of myself. 01:48:56.560 --> 01:48:57.560 I was jealous. 01:49:03.680 --> 01:49:04.680 Your beauty. 01:49:06.840 --> 01:49:07.840 Your bravery. 01:49:09.760 --> 01:49:11.040 Your motherhood. 01:49:12.440 --> 01:49:15.114 You seemed to surpass me in every way. 01:49:20.880 --> 01:49:23.315 But now, I see there is no cause for envy. 01:49:27.160 --> 01:49:28.160 Your gifts 01:49:29.040 --> 01:49:30.520 are your downfall. 01:49:38.920 --> 01:49:39.920 What now, sister? 01:49:44.880 --> 01:49:46.758 You will still have my protection, 01:49:48.080 --> 01:49:50.231 - under my terms. - Until you have me killed. 01:49:50.800 --> 01:49:51.950 I will do no such thing. 01:49:52.040 --> 01:49:53.156 Wouldn't you? 01:49:54.560 --> 01:49:56.040 As Henry killed your mother? 01:49:57.040 --> 01:49:59.191 I am not my father. 01:49:59.320 --> 01:50:00.754 But you share his blood. 01:50:05.200 --> 01:50:08.432 As long as you do not provoke my enemies, 01:50:09.200 --> 01:50:10.759 you have nothing to fear. 01:50:14.240 --> 01:50:16.197 Your fate rests in your own hands. 01:50:23.800 --> 01:50:25.553 If I seek to help your enemies, 01:50:26.520 --> 01:50:28.910 'tis only because you pushed me to their arms. 01:50:29.920 --> 01:50:31.400 And should you murder me, 01:50:32.520 --> 01:50:34.477 remember you murder your sister 01:50:36.160 --> 01:50:37.753 and you murder your Queen. 01:51:02.840 --> 01:51:05.480 Take her somewhere you can guard her well. 01:51:50.280 --> 01:51:51.280 It's time. 01:51:54.560 --> 01:51:55.560 Sister. 01:51:57.360 --> 01:52:00.990 Evidence has been presented to me written in your hand. 01:52:02.400 --> 01:52:06.076 It shows that you have conspired with Catholic forces against my life. 01:52:08.600 --> 01:52:11.957 Whether these letters are in your hand or not, 01:52:12.040 --> 01:52:13.235 I must act. 01:52:16.280 --> 01:52:18.556 I wish I could speak these words to you directly. 01:52:19.960 --> 01:52:22.350 But they exist only in my mind 01:52:22.440 --> 01:52:23.954 as both a prayer 01:52:24.040 --> 01:52:25.269 and a penance. 01:52:26.680 --> 01:52:28.956 I hope that God will hear them. 01:52:30.680 --> 01:52:35.118 Believe me when I tell you how it ages me to bear such a burden, 01:52:36.720 --> 01:52:38.473 ordering to death the only other woman 01:52:38.560 --> 01:52:40.199 who knows what it means to rule 01:52:40.280 --> 01:52:41.555 as a queen in this land. 01:53:05.560 --> 01:53:08.439 You were right when we spoke a half-lifetime ago. 01:53:09.600 --> 01:53:11.114 You said the day would come, 01:53:11.920 --> 01:53:13.639 and that day has come. 01:53:14.800 --> 01:53:17.395 I regret not doing then what I do now, 01:53:17.480 --> 01:53:19.358 so that I could have spared you so many years 01:53:19.480 --> 01:53:21.073 of imprisonment and misery. 01:53:23.000 --> 01:53:26.550 If you would lay eyes upon me now, you would not recognize me. 01:53:28.360 --> 01:53:31.432 I have relinquished all sense of self to the throne, 01:53:31.520 --> 01:53:33.910 which rules my every word and action. 01:53:35.520 --> 01:53:37.113 But when I think of you, 01:53:37.920 --> 01:53:39.718 I see not an aged woman, 01:53:40.320 --> 01:53:43.392 but rather the young, resplendent Queen 01:53:43.480 --> 01:53:47.076 whose portrait I first gazed upon five and 20 years ago, 01:53:47.640 --> 01:53:50.758 and whose beauty shone so brightly when we met, 01:53:50.840 --> 01:53:52.194 despite her despair. 01:53:59.920 --> 01:54:03.118 I know God's arms will accept you in that likeness... 01:54:03.960 --> 01:54:05.952 As the young, fierce Queen 01:54:06.040 --> 01:54:08.430 who I have always loved and admired. 01:54:12.640 --> 01:54:14.836 May your soul have pity on mine. 01:54:24.520 --> 01:54:25.520 Your Grace. 01:54:32.160 --> 01:54:33.160 Your Grace. 01:55:01.320 --> 01:55:03.437 By order of our sovereign Elizabeth, 01:55:04.960 --> 01:55:06.997 Queen of England, Wales and Ireland, 01:55:09.000 --> 01:55:10.400 Overlord of Scotland, 01:55:11.880 --> 01:55:14.475 certified by her Privy Council and Parliament, 01:55:16.200 --> 01:55:18.271 Mary Stuart is condemned to death 01:55:23.040 --> 01:55:24.918 this day, February the eighth, 01:55:26.440 --> 01:55:29.717 the year of our Lord 1587. 01:55:37.120 --> 01:55:38.759 She thinks herself a martyr. 01:55:42.840 --> 01:55:43.840 James, 01:55:44.560 --> 01:55:46.153 my only son, 01:55:48.360 --> 01:55:50.317 I pray that with your life 01:55:50.400 --> 01:55:52.198 you will succeed where I could not, 01:55:53.360 --> 01:55:55.636 and for which I am about to give my life. 01:55:57.800 --> 01:56:00.235 In my end is my beginning. 01:56:01.480 --> 01:56:03.392 I shall be watching you from heaven 01:56:05.080 --> 01:56:08.994 as your crown, one day, unites two kingdoms. 01:56:19.040 --> 01:56:20.599 And we shall have peace. 01:56:20.623 --> 01:56:31.623 Telegram Channel and Instagram Page .:: @bollbolljan_com ::.