The Spanish Princess (TV Series)

The Battle for Harry (2019)

Ruairi O'Connor: Prince Harry Tudor

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Quotes 

• Meg Tudor : How could Aunt Maggie not be here? She promised that she would.

  [Margaret hugs her] 

  Princess Mary : Meg!

  [Mary runs to Meg] 

  Princess Mary : Don't go, Meggie.

  [they hug, Meg kisses Mary] 

  Princess Mary : Is it a very long ride?

  Meg Tudor : Yes, long and bumpy and cold.

  Prince Harry Tudor : I'm only here to make sure you're really going.

  Meg Tudor : One day, you'll visit, and I'll make you eat sheep's stomach.

  [she laughs] 

  Meg Tudor : What is it?

  [Harry looks Margaret] 

  Meg Tudor : Don't let anyone poison you against your own heart. Go well, Scrapper.

  [King Henry comes, "All hail the King!] 

  King Henry Tudor : God go with you, Meg.

  [they hug, Meg starts to cry] 

  King Henry Tudor : Be strong for England, and be happy for yourself. My Queen of Scotland.

  [kisses her forehead] 

  King Henry Tudor : [Meg sees the red fabric on his father's wrist, they smile]  Guard her well, Thomas.

  Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire : With my life, Your Grace.

  [Meg leaves] 

  King Henry Tudor : Now, we look to the future. Tonight, we shall have a feast... a celebration, even.

• Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire : Your Grace. Sir Richard Pole and Lady Margaret are here.

  Sir Richard Pole : Your Grace, we are deeply sorry for your loss, and we share it.

  Maggie Pole : I loved her as you did, Your Grace. Lizzie and I were... When all is said and done, she was my cousin, and I am broken at her passing.

  King Henry Tudor : Tell me, Lady Pole. Are these the robes of your confessor? Seek an audience with your priest. You will find no absolution here. If you had not so distressed her in her final hours, she might still be with...

  Prince Harry Tudor : [Harry enters]  Aunt Maggie, Pole, I heard you had returned to us.

  Sir Richard Pole : We are sorry for your loss.

  Prince Harry Tudor : We feel it deeply, but, uh, summer is ahead, and I hope my marriage will provide warmth and cheer to England when she so badly needs it.

  Sir Richard Pole : Marriage?

  Prince Harry Tudor : I am to marry Catherine, secure our treaty with Queen Isabella, and then produce an heir so we may have succession and stability.

  Maggie Pole : But... is it agreed?

  Prince Harry Tudor : Why else would I say it?

  Sir Richard Pole : Congratulations, Your Grace.

  Prince Harry Tudor : The wedding will be set for June.

  Sir Richard Pole : If we can assist with the preparayions in any way. And we will be, uh, sure to congratulate the princess.

  Prince Harry Tudor : That will prove difficult. It seems my lady grandmother has risen above her station and sent her from the palace.

  King Henry Tudor : Please do as your grandmother sees fit. We have pain enough without having a family war.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Of course, Father. But nothing need prevent you writing for the papal dispensation when you see fit.

  King Henry Tudor : [Henry stands up]  Attend to Meg, Lady Pole. She is soon to leave for Scotland and needs a mother's help before she goes. She has been denied that... so you will have to suffice.

• Prince Harry Tudor : I don't know how you ever came to England knowing you might never see your mother again. I know it sounds foolish, but I'm afraid that she's... that she's cold down there.

  Catherine of Aragon : In Spain... we have bullfights. We call them "the festival of the brave," because the bull is sacred, a deity. When I was small, there was a bull of such strength and courageous heart that people came from all over Spain to see him. He was called El Rey. The finest matador was picked to fight him, and in the ring, El Rey was gored, once, twice, three times... but he did not go down. The fight continued late into the night, but El Rey wouldn't die. As the sun came up, the matador was so exhausted, he had to be carried out. But El Rey stood there, broken and bleeding, but for six days, he refused to die. On the seventh day, they summoned my mother, and she pardoned him. You are El Rey. You are wounded, but you remain standing.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Yes, I stand... for you.

  Catherine of Aragon : And soon, we will be husband and wife... God willing.

• Margaret Beaufort : Harry, may I have a moment?

  Prince Harry Tudor : Yes, of course, Lady Grandmother.

  [kisses her hand] 

  Margaret Beaufort : There is a rumor that this Spanish widow has set her sights on you, which is, of course, unthinkable.

  Prince Harry Tudor : We cannot let so valuable a princess go to waste. We need the Spanish treaty. If we don't keep her, France will grab her, and then fat King Louis would have all that Spanish gold to use against us or to push me from my throne, when I inherit it from Father. It may be Louis who musters men againts us.

  Margaret Beaufort : "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing, and they will be childless." Leviticus.

  Prince Harry Tudor : "If brethren dwell together and one of them die with no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry a stranger, her husband's brother shall take her as a wife and perform the duty of a husband." Deuteronomy.

  Margaret Beaufort : No. I mean, I... I'm happy that you know your scriptures, but there are better choices for you. There are other princesses to wed.

  Prince Harry Tudor : There weren't for Arthur. The Spanish alliance was our Holy Grail. Has something changed?

  Margaret Beaufort : Mm, she is bespoiled. She has lied to you.

  Prince Harry Tudor : You don't think I would know it if she had? Or do you think your intellect is sharper than my own?

  Margaret Beaufort : No, of course not. It...

  Prince Harry Tudor : Well, then we are agreed. You see there, Lady Grandmother, sometimes different roads can lead to the same castle.

• Prince Harry Tudor : Good evening, ladies. Forgive me. I... just happened to be passing.

  Catherine of Aragon : You were at court when I was sent away, were you not?

  Prince Harry Tudor : My father didn't want me to make a fuss. Grandmother is a curmudgeon, but, uh, she will come around.

  Catherine of Aragon : This is a curious hour to visit, Your Grace. I was prepating to bathe.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Well, don't let me stop you.

  [he hangs Tudor badge] 

  Prince Harry Tudor : Well, it is cozy here.

  Catherine of Aragon : The furnishings are cheap and shoddy. It is beneath my station. There was a brawl in the street.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Yes, well, it's lively. I got into a scrap just around the corner from here, and when the fellow realized who I was, he, uh... he wet his drawers. You won't be here for long, Catherine.

  Catherine of Aragon : Only for as long as the King wishes to sit in his dark room.

  Prince Harry Tudor : We are all sitting in the dark. All of us must wait.

  Catherine of Aragon : Very well, my lord.

• Margaret Beaufort : What kept you out so late? There was privy council meeting. You should have been there.

  Prince Harry Tudor : You have not placed her out of my reach, you know.

  Margaret Beaufort : The future of this kingdom rests on you. You must be at every meeting.

  Prince Harry Tudor : I'm disinclined to do your bidding when it risks this country's future. How do you think Queen Isabella will react when she learns her daughter is treated like an outcast?

  Margaret Beaufort : I simply sought to save her reputation. She cannot be here in the palace with so many men around when she is...

  Prince Harry Tudor : Shining far more brightly than you do.

  Margaret Beaufort : It is unseemly. Until this awkward question is resolved, the princess must live far fro the court.

  Prince Harry Tudor : I think you would have her rot on the Strand.

  Margaret Beaufort : Don't be ridiculous. Durham House is perfectly adequate. She expects her luxuries. Your brother's death robs her of her entitlements, so now she comes to you instead. My handsome boy, you are my prodigy, my stupor mundi. You haven't been yourself since your mother's death. I'm afraid you're vulnerable and this girl sees it.

  Prince Harry Tudor : It's late. You should rest, Lady Grandmother.

• Prince Harry Tudor : Shh. Wait. There. No, hold back. You'll scare them, and they'll break too soon.

  [she shots the bird] 

  Prince Harry Tudor : That bird was young, easy sport for you. Maybe that's how you prefer it.

  Catherine of Aragon : Not at all. If it doesn't have a full fighting chance, then there is no test of skill.

  Prince Harry Tudor : And you are skilled, aren't you?

  Catherine of Aragon : Should we... Should we ride back?

  Prince Harry Tudor : How are you finding the gelding?

  Catherine of Aragon : He is very fine. I should dearly love a stallion as this.

  Prince Harry Tudor : Oh, you would like him as a gift?

  Catherine of Aragon : It will be a marvelous gift, were you to offer him.

  Prince Harry Tudor : You don't have anywhere to keep him on the Strand, do you? So I suppose that's another target for you to set your sights on. Now we have four birds each.

  Catherine of Aragon : We are equal.