The Spanish Princess (TV Series)

The New World (2019)

Angus Imrie: Prince Arthur

Quotes 

• Prince Arthur : [letter, with his voice]  My own darling, my dearest spouse, I feel a strong desire to embrace you. Your letters have delighted me and your passion rendered me so smitten. Let your coming to me be hastened, that the love between us reaps its joy and proper fruit. Your Highness, most loving spouse, Arthur.

  Catherine of Aragon : Arthur.

  Lina de Cardonnes : Highness?

  Catherine of Aragon : Is it foolish to believe myself in love with a man whom I have never met?

  Lina de Cardonnes : You love God, and you have never met him, either.

  Catherine of Aragon : I hope God has not read my letters back to Arthur, or he would not think me so devout.

  [Isabella comes] 

  Catherine of Aragon : Good morning, madre.

  Queen Isabella : Good. You must always think in English now. We must continue to the coast to catch the tide. There is still a dangerous ride ahead.

• 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.

• Prince Arthur : Aunt Maggie.

  Maggie Pole : My brave hunters. Oh, Arthur. Oh. Rabbit stew.

  Prince Arthur : Uncle Richard shot them. I hesitated.

  Maggie Pole : Well, then you are merciful to save a life when others are too quick to take one.

  Prince Arthur : My mother does hold you in high affection, Aunt Maggie.

  Maggie Pole : [she goes to her husband]  I do not like this house, Richard. I want to go home. I miss the children.

  Sir Richard Pole : They will join us in Westminster. It's not long now.

  [they start to walk] 

  Sir Richard Pole : That boy's mind is all over the place. In a fog of love, I suppose. I nearly took an arrow in the backside.

  Maggie Pole : The girl is coming, then? I have hoped, after all this time...

  Sir Richard Pole : Her name is Catherine, and you must learn to use it, Maggie, for the boy's sake and our children's. You heard Arthur. The queen would like to put the past behind us.

  Maggie Pole : I would like that Spanish girl to sink down to the bottom of the ocean, because she is the cause of my pain and grief, and so is Queen Elizabeth. But we do not get what we want in this life, Richard.

  Sir Richard Pole : The king's mother travels to Southampton to accompany her. Maybe the princess will be so affrighted, she'll take the first tide home again.

• Prince Arthur : I- I am glad to finally meet you.

  Catherine of Aragon : It rains. I would like to go inside.

  Prince Arthur : Oh no, uh, this isn't rain. It's drizzle.

  Catherine of Aragon : It is rain.

  Prince Arthur : Drizzle. We have many different kinds of rain, downpours, drizzle, mist, spitting, dancing dollies. It's why our gardens are so green.

  Catherine of Aragon : Well, it is water from the sky. It is wet.

  Prince Arthur : We... we cannot be alone until we are married, and if we go inside, then they can hear us. It's too small. I will try hard to be a good husband to you. I will... I will always listen to you, to your concerns, and I will be attentive to your... to your needs.

  Catherine of Aragon : My need is that I stay out of the rain so I do not catch a chill. You were more caring in your letters. You said that you would cherish me and keep me safe and love me.

  Prince Arthur : I said...

  Catherine of Aragon : How you longed to hold me in your arms until our union bore fruit. You were loving and poetic.

  Prince Arthur : And did you write back?

  Catherine of Aragon : Of course.

  Prince Arthur : How many?

  Catherine of Aragon : Uh...

  Prince Arthur : How many times?

  Catherine of Aragon : I- I don't understand.

• Maggie Pole : You'll make a very handsome groom.

  Prince Arthur : [to his servants]  Go, all of you.

  [they leaves] 

  Prince Arthur : He sent her letters, bloody wrote to her. Harry. I tried to write to her a year ago. I wanted to be friends before she came here. But I couldn't find the words. I tried too hard. It sounded scholarly or else too soft. And then Harry found them and made fun of me, so I didn't try again.

  Maggie Pole : But he did.

  Prince Arthur : And she wrote back to him.

  Maggie Pole : But she thought she was writing back to you.

  Prince Arthur : It doesn't matter. He's... He's made love to her. With words, at least. He's ruined her. She isn't mine.

  Maggie Pole : He's jealous of you, Arthur, because you'll be king, and your marriage will bring peace to England, because your marriage makes you powerful.