The Spanish Princess (TV Series)

The New World (2019)

Alexandra Moen: Queen Elizabeth of York

Quotes 

• Queen Elizabeth : Henry. Have you had news?

  King Henry Tudor : First we're told her brother dies and her mother cannot spare her. Then the princess has a fever, and again she is delayed, and now I hear some Moorish rebellion blocks her passage. Are you sure God isn't trying to keep her from us, Lizzie?

  Queen Elizabeth : God tests her resolve and ours, but every threat is overcome, so it seems to me that God protects our princess and brings her to us.

  Prince Arthur : My bride has sailed, mother?

  Queen Elizabeth : She has, so you must leave for Dogmersfield House, where she will break the journey and you may meet.

  Prince Arthur : Are you not coming with me?

  Queen Elizabeth : Your new brother cannot bear the journey. Richard Pole will ride with you as always, and your Aunt Maggie will attend to you.

  [Arthur leaves] 

  Queen Elizabeth : You are not sleeping.

  King Henry Tudor : We are beset with enemies on every side. Until wedding bells ring out and Spain becomes our ally, we have neither the... the funds nor the... nor the men to save ourselves and all of Europe knows it. Until that girl arrives, we are lost.

• Queen Elizabeth : Arthur... your Aunt Maggie, what does she say to you? You know you must relay it to me.

  Prince Arthur : She says nothing, Mother.

  Queen Elizabeth : My cousin may know of plots against us.

  Prince Arthur : She cares for me and that is all.

  Queen Elizabeth : You must tell me everything she says. Many are against us. God save you, Arthur.

• Queen Elizabeth : Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou...

  The Boy : [flashback]  England, receive my blood!

  Queen Elizabeth : [continues to pray] 

  King Henry Tudor : Lizzie. Lizzie, she's landed. In Plymouth for some reason, but she is here. Finally I will see this mythical creature for myself.

  Queen Elizabeth : God smiles upon us.

  King Henry Tudor : I will ride at first sight to see them.

  [he kisses Lizzie's cheek and leaves] 

  Meg Tudor : [She brings Mary]  Harry shouted her today. He's been in a rage all day.

  [Lizzie hugs Mary] 

• King Henry Tudor : I have finally laid eyes on Catherine. She is willful, yes, and obstinate, but our alliance is in place, and we are safe.

  [kisses Lizzie's head] 

  Queen Elizabeth : Was she comely?

  King Henry Tudor : Hmm?

  Queen Elizabeth : Is she like the portrait they sent us?

  King Henry Tudor : Y-yes, she is. As you were when we first met. She has your spirit, and she is... Yes, she is beautiful. Now if you'll excuse me.

  [kisses Lizzie's hand] 

• Margaret Beaufort : I fear we shall have trouble with that one. She's arrogant and overprivileged.

  Queen Elizabeth : The perfect character for a queen. But of course you'd like her humble and penitent.

  Margaret Beaufort : I don't like her.

  Queen Elizabeth : She brings the might and wealth of Spain to us. Who any of us like or do not like is of no consequence.

• Sir Richard Pole : Your Grace.

  Queen Elizabeth : Hello Maggie.

  Sir Richard Pole : Come, Ursula.

  [he leaves] 

  Queen Elizabeth : We haven't seen each other in the longest while.

  Maggie Pole : Sir Richard and I have been busy with our family and running Arthur's household.

  Queen Elizabeth : And now we must both hand him over to another. It's strange, isn't it? One day, we'll be doing the same with my Harry and your little Henry, too.

  Maggie Pole : Your Grace.

  Queen Elizabeth : Maggie, I would like you to join me in my confinement. I would give us the chance to reacquaint.

  Maggie Pole : I have Prince Arthur and his new wife to attend to at their seat at Ludlow. As soon as they are wed, we will...

  Queen Elizabeth : Do you hear of traitors that would raise against my husband?

  Maggie Pole : I tend to Arthur. That is all.

  Queen Elizabeth : Do you poison him against me? You cannot stay this way with me forever, Maggie. Our Spanish princess will need a heart of stone if she is to survive this family.

• Queen Elizabeth : My husband tells me you are beautiful. He is taken with you.

  Catherine of Aragon : He was rude to me.

  Queen Elizabeth : No, not rude. Eager, desperate. He is a starving man, and you are bread. We paid a high price for you.

  Catherine of Aragon : What price?

  Queen Elizabeth : Yes, I see it. He said that you were... Well, he said that you idealistic and certain of your goodness. When I first arrived at court, all I wanted was my liberty and love.

  Catherine of Aragon : My mother says that steel runs through your veins.

  Queen Elizabeth : Did she say that? I'm flattered. I wasn't always so. I only know what I learnt not to fight every battle. I am like a reed that bends in stiff wind, but doesn't snap. Here I am. I haven't snapped.

  Catherine of Aragon : What was the price you paid?

  Queen Elizabeth : Did your mother never tell you what was done to bring you here? Nor Lady Pole, when you saw her?

  Catherine of Aragon : Lady Pole retreats upon sight of me.

  Queen Elizabeth : Your mother would only pledge your hand if there were none to challenge Arthur for the throne, so two young men were... they were put to death, one of them an imposter, the other a beloved boy from our family, Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick. He was Maggie Pole's brother, simple soul, a child in his mind. He had no idea why he had to die. Perhaps that was God's mercy on him.

  Catherine of Aragon : My mother would not order that.

  Queen Elizabeth : Oh, but she did.

  Catherine of Aragon : She would not kill an innocent, only enemies.

  Queen Elizabeth : He was beheaded at the tower, where you sleep tonight.

  Catherine of Aragon : Why would you tell me this the night before my wedding?

  Queen Elizabeth : Because you need to know what rests on you, the hopes of Spain and England and the Habsburg Empire. We join forces to unite against our enemies so that my son is protected on his throne when we are gone. And you must give us sons, Catherine, no girls, only boys, heirs, so that the king may sleep again and sweetly dream as he once did.

  Catherine of Aragon : I know my duty, but I will not share your guilt. If you spill blood, then it is yours.

  Queen Elizabeth : There is no guilt, only love for my both sons. Do not cross me, Catherine. There is nothing I won't do to save my boys or to save my love.