The Spanish Princess (TV Series)

Fever Dream (2019)

Georgie Henley: Princess Meg Tudor

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Quotes 

• Margaret Beaufort : Have courage, child.

  King Henry Tudor : ...and I can assure you that she is.

  William Dunbar : Aye. Then it's agreed, Your Grace.

  [Meg enters room] 

  William Dunbar : I'll dispatch a message to Edinburgh. To let the king know we have a treaty.

  King Henry Tudor : Then she'll suit him?

  William Dunbar : She's young. That suits him well.

  King Henry Tudor : Meg, you know these... gentlemen. They've ridden from King James.

  Meg Tudor : Scottish thugs, Father, men who raid our land and kill our people.

  Margaret Beaufort : William Dunbar is the most celebrated poet in Scotland.

  King Henry Tudor : And an eloquent ambassador. King James and I have brokered peace between our two countries that will put an end to our grievances, a peace that will be sealed with your marriage.

  Meg Tudor : Just like that?

  King Henry Tudor : Like that. Our countries have been at war for two centuries, girl.

  Margaret Beaufort : You knew that one day a husband would be chosen for you.

  William Dunbar : [gives a necklace to Meg]  A gift of goodwill.

  Margaret Beaufort : [Meg leaves the room]  Uh... Wait!

  [Margaret goes after her] 

  King Henry Tudor : A wild girl for a wild country.

• Meg Tudor : Lady grandmother.

  Margaret Beaufort : Look at this. It's a thing of beauty. It's a page from my own translation of De Imitatione Christi, printed by Caxton on his press for me. I supported him when he began his labors.

  Meg Tudor : Lady grandmother, my father is making a mistake. What kind of men serve this King James? They have been here for months, and they are drunk all the time.

  Margaret Beaufort : Oh, Meg. Do you know why this is beautiful to me? It is the mind settled on a page. A life settled can be just as beautiful. You should be grateful that your life is settled. Many would want it.

  Meg Tudor : They leer at the married ladies of the palace. They even touch them. They call me "little fishy", their king's little fishy who has been caught. Is this dignified for our family? One of them relieved himself against the Royal Chapel. The king prays in there every day. Is this what they think of us, that our palace is nothing but a street market? Would King Henry of England send his daughter to such men?

  Margaret Beaufort : For peace, yes.

  Meg Tudor : And you pay these brutes huge sums of money to take me away.

  Margaret Beaufort : That is no concern of yours.

  Meg Tudor : King James is old.

  Margaret Beaufort : Not that old.

  Meg Tudor : He's old, and he'll die, next winter, if it is harsh. And who will take his place? Someone who wants peace or good old war?

• Meg Tudor : If the wind changes and you're still staring, you'll be stuck like that forever.

  Prince Harry : Poor thing, climbing under the sheets with my cadaverous brother. What do you say, Chaplain Wolsey?

  Thomas Wolsey : Oh, Harry, you've changed little since your school days.

• Catherine of Aragon : [Scots come]  You disgusting heathens. You dare to foul this day?

  Edward Stafford : Your Highness, these men are guests.

  King Henry Tudor : Welcome, gentlemen. Welcome. Now, as you recall from...

  Meg Tudor : Why are they looking at me?

• Margaret Beaufort : Meg, this treaty with Scotland turns the sword into a wedding band.

  Meg Tudor : You throw my body to them for their old king to pounce on. Catherine would kill them with her bare hands.

• Catherine of Aragon : Meg.

  Meg Tudor : I am ordered to see you off and wish you well, but I wish they'd ordered me to come with you. Still, they say the sweat is back. Maybe I'll be lucky and drop dead.

  Catherine of Aragon : Meg, let us say goodbye properly. We are sisters now.

  Meg Tudor : So strange. You knew about your wedding since you were a girl.

  Catherine of Aragon : My mother told me stories of England since I was this high. Now, I thought at first they were child's tales, but she was turning the soil, and planting this country in my heart. Now, even though it is strange and new, it still feels like mine. It was my mother's gift. It was a gift I wanted.

  Meg Tudor : And you never doubt?

  Catherine of Aragon : Whatever awaits you in this life, you must... fijar... fix your place in the heavens.

  Meg Tudor : What if you don't want the place that others pick for you?

  Catherine of Aragon : Then pick your place, not theirs, sister.

• Meg Tudor : [cries]  Not Arthur. Please, not Arthur.

• Meg Tudor : You wished to see me, Lady Grandmother?

  Margaret Beaufort : Yes. Our deal with Spain has altered. Into what, we don't know yet. God has turned our faces towards the north, gently, but firmly. We will need Scotland more than ever now.