The Spanish Princess (TV Series)

The New World (2019)

Laura Carmichael: Maggie Pole

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• Maggie Pole : [narrating voice]  The year of our Lord 1501. Spain is wealthy, but fears for its political power. Queen Isabella overthrew a thousand years of Muslim rule and must have Catholic allies to maintain her sovereignty. And England faces poverty. Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth have long needed rich allies to deter invasion from France and Scotland. Both believe an alliance is vital to solve their problems, and so a match has been made between their eldest son and heir to the Tudor throne, Prince Arthur, and the Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon. This alliance will eventually make Catherine the Queen of England. She has been promised this since she was a small child. The fortunes of both kingdoms and the security of Europe rest upon Catherine's young shoulders as she leaves her palace home to make the arduous journey across Spain to the ship that will carry her to England. But achieving her God-given destiny comes at a price. For Catherine may never see her beloved homeland again.

• 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.

• De Fuensalida : House of Tudor, I give to you our illustrious princess, Catherine of Aragon.

  Margaret Beaufort : [in Latin]  Welcome to England, child. I cannot speak Spanish so we shall converse in Latin.

  Catherine of Aragon : I speak English perfectly well, and I am not a child. I am Princess of Spain and Princess of Wales.

  Margaret Beaufort : Soon to be Princess of Wales.

  Catherine of Aragon : My marriage was held by proxy in my absence, two times, I believe, so I am Princess of Wales by law, yes?

  Sir Richard Pole : Your Grace, we thank God for your safe arrival. I am Sir Richard Pole. This is my wife Margaret.

  Catherine of Aragon : I would like to be inside, out of these damp clothes.

  Maggie Pole : Oh, uh, these ladies will take your belongings, and then you can...

  Catherine of Aragon : I will bathe and then siesta.

  Margaret Beaufort : Sie... "Siesta?" Is... Is this a food?

  De Fuensalida : It is, uh, sleep, my lady.

  Margaret Beaufort : Sleep? It's the afternoon. No, you'll have your full introduction to Prince Arthur, and then...

  Catherine of Aragon : No. I... I cannot meet him until we stand together in God's presence.

  Margaret Beaufort : But you're already married, twice, as you've said, so God will have no judgment on your meeting your own husband.

  Catherine of Aragon : We are not blessed in His sight, and I meet no one until the English mud is washed off me and I have had siesta.

• Maggie Pole : I can't bear it. It hurts even to look at her.

  Sir Richard Pole : You can, and you will have to.

• 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.

• 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.