The Spanish Princess (TV Series)

Fever Dream (2019)

Laura Carmichael: Maggie Pole

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• Maggie Pole : What will happen to her now?

  Queen Elizabeth : I do not care what will happen to her.

• Margaret Beaufort : Be sure Arthur manages the tenant lands. Ludlow Castle is his formal seat now, and its estates are the responsibility of the Prince of Wales.

  Maggie Pole : Of course. We leave tomorrow.

  Margaret Beaufort : I notice you avoid the princess Catherine. Why is that?

  Maggie Pole : I-I do not, my lady.

  Margaret Beaufort : I expect you or Sir Richard at court regularly to report back on the prince and princess and how they fare in Ludlow.

  Maggie Pole : I imagine my lady, the king's mother has her own methods of observing them.

  Margaret Beaufort : The girl has a simple job to do... conceive. See to it that all elements of the house are conducive to it, and waste no time in sending news when she does. We can shame the Spanish into sending the rest of the dowry once the prince...

  Maggie Pole : Once the child is with child.

  Margaret Beaufort : Oh, and I do observe, Lady Pole, comings and goings, whispers in corridors. Do you whisper in corridors?

  Maggie Pole : What would I possibly have to whisper about?

• Queen Elizabeth : A long, long road to this day, but it is here, by God's will.

  Maggie Pole : And by the king's will, Your Grace and by yours.

  Queen Elizabeth : Is every word you say a rebuke to me, Maggie?

  Maggie Pole : Is every word you say to me a threat? I know nothing about these plots against England you imagine.

• Catherine of Aragon : Lady Pole. I beg forgiveness for what was done in my name. I throw myself upon your mercy. I did not know.

  Maggie Pole : I- I cannot speak of it. Get up.

  Catherine of Aragon : I am here, only because an innocent life was taken, your brother. Edward was innocent. I was a child, too, when it happened. I am so sorry, so sorry.

• Maggie Pole : Who's winning?

  Prince Arthur : The tree.

  [he sits] 

  Prince Arthur : I have realized something. I have seen a portrait of her, but she never saw a picture of me.

  Maggie Pole : You are the sweetest of men. Hmm?

  [She touchs his face] 

  Prince Arthur : You... You used to do that us as children.

  Maggie Pole : No, it wasn't me. Teddy used to do it. Oh, it's all right. I've had my own struggle with Catherine, but then I thought she must be spinning like a top in her mind also, yes? She just hides her fear better. Besides, I think Teddy likes her.

  Prince Arthur : What do you mean?

  Maggie Pole : Oh, he's never far away.

  Prince Arthur : If he were here, we'd all be playing fox and geese together.

  [She hugs him] 

  Maggie Pole : Oh, Arthur.

  Prince Arthur : Aunt Maggie, my mother asked me to spy on you.

  Maggie Pole : Of course she did. Your mother and the king see plots abroad and plots at court. But we out here have a chance to be happy.

• Catherine of Aragon : Why is he leaving the prince?

  Maggie Pole : He's preparing him a draft. They will not neglect him.

  Catherine of Aragon : I am staying.

  Maggie Pole : You can't, Your Grace. It is the sweat. Thousands died when the Tudor army brought it to England.

• Catherine of Aragon : I know how much you love him. I also try to love him.

  Maggie Pole : I know you love the idea of being queen.

  Catherine of Aragon : You still think so badly of me.

  Maggie Pole : No, it's not your fault. You were bred for it. But I have seen so much ambition in my life. My family have been the victims of it.

  Catherine of Aragon : Lady Pole... Maggie... come. Pray with me.

• Sir Richard Pole : You cannot risk this, Your Grace. This is too dangerous.

  Maggie Pole : Catherine, don't.

  Catherine of Aragon : Everybody out. Leave me with my husband.

  Prince Arthur : S-Stay away.

  Catherine of Aragon : What can I do? What do you want?

  Prince Arthur : I want... to live.

  Catherine of Aragon : Your father will ride to you. I know it.

  Prince Arthur : I'm sorry. They will... They will send you back to Spain. And I dreamed of Camelot. And... And Teddy was a knight of the Round Table. And he had a place set for me.

  [Catherine continues to cry and Arthur is in pain] 

• Queen Elizabeth : He liked honey. I will make sure there is bread and honey after the funeral in London. Maggie?

  Maggie Pole : I told you this would happen, Lizzie, and you let Teddy and your own brother die on that scaffold. I told you the Tudor curse would grip you and your children. Where is his future now? Oh, Arthur, to be born into such a family as this.

  Queen Elizabeth : You say too much.

  Maggie Pole : Perhaps you and the king have enemies after all, Your Grace.