Ana Torrent credited as playing...
Katherine of Aragon
- Katherine of Aragon: [being led to court; stops in front of Mary and Anne] So, the Boleyn whores. Two former ladies of mine. What did I do to upset you, that you should turn against me like this?
- Anne Boleyn: [nose in the air] You failed to give England an heir.
- Katherine of Aragon: And that upsets you so?
- Anne Boleyn: What upsets the King upsets me.
- Katherine of Aragon: How dare you.
- Katherine of Aragon: [to the king] I know you. You have decided, but it grieves you. Will you destroy your marriage, your country, your soul before God, on the whim of one girl? Because she denies you? Because she tortures you with her refusal? You think she doesn't know exactly what she's doing? She wants me to step aside. Where is my wise husband? Where is he?
- [Resigned]
- Katherine of Aragon: You are a king, so be one.
- Katherine of Aragon: So, you want me to creep away and become a nun? Well, I shall not. You want me to lie before God and admit my first marriage was consummated? Well, it was not. You want me to retire and give up my daughter's claim as rightful heir to the throne? Well, I shall not; not in a thousand years, not if you rack me to within an inch of my life. I am Katherine, Queen of England; the King's one true wife and mother of the heir to the throne. Beloved of the people, and beloved of a King you have bewitched.
- Katherine of Aragon: [to the physician, exhausted in childbed] Was it a boy?
- Physician: [nods] Stillborn... Your Majesty.
- Katherine of Aragon: [to her daughter, Princess Mary] No brother for you, to make this country safe. I'm sorry.
- Lady in Waiting: [Presenting Mary and Anne to Queen Katherine] Mary Carey, Your Grace.
- Katherine of Aragon: [Confused] Who?
- Lady in Waiting: Your new lady-in-waiting, and her sister, Anne.
- Katherine of Aragon: Really? I wasn't aware I was expecting one.
- Lady in Waiting: [Pointedly] Appointed by... his Majesty, the King.
- Katherine of Aragon: [the other ladies whisper among themselves; Katherine understands what is happening] By my husband? Really? Well, then, she must be some kind of gift, or surprise. He must have seen in her some talent he knew would please me. Tell me, what special talent is it that you have, apart from your obvious youth and beauty?
- Mary Boleyn: [Extremely embarrassed] I...
- Katherine of Aragon: Poetry, perhaps?
- Mary Boleyn: No...
- Katherine of Aragon: Or dressmaking?
- Mary Boleyn: No...
- Katherine of Aragon: Singing, then, surely.
- Mary Boleyn: No, Your Majesty.
- Katherine of Aragon: Come, you are too modest. Sing for us.
- Mary Boleyn: Really, I beg you...!
- Katherine of Aragon: Sing!
- Mary Boleyn: [singing slightly off key] Western wind, when will thou blow...