Young Bess Page #2

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you and we're going to keep you.

Make way for the Prince of Wales.

The Prince of Wales.

Make way for the Prince of Wales.

Make way for the Prince of Wales.

- What a fuss, just because I come

- Edward, is that you?

- You heard the idiots shout.

- But it's the middle of the night

I had to wait till Mother Jack went

to sleep. I'm a prisoner in my room

- Come let me look at you.

- I wanted to show you this.

It's a model of the Admiral's

flagship. He gave it to me himself

- I like my Uncle Tom.

- Edward, I'm so happy.

- About what?

- I love the Queen. We're friends.

She won't last.

What did you say?

She won't last. Take care,

you're smashing my ship.

Edward, will you answer me? I order

you to tell me everything you know

- Is she in danger?

- You're hurting me.

- I think the King wants a change.

- A change?

She contradicts him, and nobody's

supposed to contradict my father.

When I'm king, if anybody

contradicts me, they'll be execute

- You don't know what you're saying

- They quarrel about religion.

Well, I hope the French

come in time to save her.

They'll invade us. Perhaps they'll

kill the King before he kills her.

- But they'll have to hurry.

- I don't believe you.

Don't you?

Come on with me.

Why should you care? The King's will

and wish means nothing to you!

The King's law is not heeded by his

own wife. What a sad spectacle!

- You plead for a heretic?

- You see!

After the execution,

they'll send you back to Hatfield.

- Anything in sight?

- Nothing, Lord Admiral.

Keep looking. First man to sight

the French fleet gets an extra grog

Signal Burnell. Tell him

to fill in that gap in the line.

The biggest fleet ever gathered

against us. The danger is real.

Ned, the King's barge is coming for

the ladies. You should go with them

- We want to stay for the fighting

- Will you lead a boarding party?

Why not?

Are we so sure we can beat them

that we have women on board?

That was your idea.

- Is this a war or a picnic?

- A picnic, sir.

That's the spirit.

That's what I like to hear.

- Don't you agree, spoilsport?

- Not with overconfidence.

- Did you forget their 300 ships?

- No, and they didn't forget me!

- I broke the blockade in Boulogne

- Glorious nonsense.

Glorious performance.

Were there ever two brothers

less alike, fighting like cats?

Archbishop, tell them what

happened to the Kilkenny Cats.

Just a moment, Your Majesty.

- How do you feel, Cranmer?

- A little better.

- How is Mrs. Cranmer?

- Very well indeed.

- You're not afraid of me, are you?

- No. What reason could there be?

They say in this document

that while I was in France, -

- you authorized a translation

of the Bible into English.

Could you hurt my feelings allowing

this jewel to be translated?

- Who am I to use the royal power?

- Who did it then?

- Not I, Sire.

- Who is cleverer than the King?

Who between the church and the state

thinks he can do as he pleases?

Does Your Majesty forget that I was

monarch while you were away?

- No, Kate, I do not forget that.

- I've pleaded for this translation

I know.

I still think that the word of God

should be available for everybody.

So you've become a learned doctor?

- You're here to instruct us?

- I never thought ...

Quiet!

Pretty business that I, in my old

age, should be taught by my wife.

Do you know what the law obliges

me to do, even though I like you?

Even though you're a very pretty

woman. I like you very much.

- Stop that hellcat screeching.

- What is it?

- The French!

- Where?

Out there. Tall ships.

Coming up like clouds.

- Top-man, what do you see?

- Nothing, my Lord Admiral.

- No trace of the French?

- Not a sail in sight.

I did see the ships for a moment.

Perhaps they saw us and sailed away

- Take that brat out of my sight.

- No!

Go, Lady Elizabeth.

You'll go back to Hatfield.

I don't want to ever see you again

- I'll not go back to Hatfield.

- What's that?

- I'll not go back to Hatfield.

- Sail ho!

- What do you make of them?

- Ships of the line. French.

Nine, ten ...

Bound for Portsmouth.

The King's barge for the ladies.

You! Come here.

You're very lucky. Did you see the

before they could see them up there

- Yes.

- Don't you know the world is round

- They must be wrong. It's flat.

- You shape the world as you want.

Why not? Didn't you?

So I did! And you're my daughter.

Water!

I never laughed so much in my life

Thank you, Kate.

Kate.

Don't mourn. Look forward.

I've told these gentlemen to honor

and treat you as if I were alive.

Come here, Ned.

You ambitious, old horse.

You can't wait for me to die.

Don't lie to me.

I know you're shrewd.

You're my son's uncle. That's why

I want you on the Council.

But you're a cold fish.

People don't like that.

They like a man to laugh

and drink with them.

A man of courage. Tom!

I want him on the Council too.

Come here, Tom.

You're a man of my own kidney.

- Look after my little son.

- I will.

- We've had some good fun together

- Great fun.

- We did some good work, too.

- We made the narrow seas English.

Keep them so.

- You'll need ships.

- I'll get them.

Tom.

Don't be too much of a hero.

Ned's a jealous fool.

Watch the French,

but watch Ned first.

I'll watch him.

The sheep.

Just a lot of sheep staring at me.

Mary, big crazy sheep.

My little son a frightened sheep.

You, how did you get in here?

Come closer. I want to see you.

- Who are you?

- The black sheep.

Come closer.

- Anne Boleyn's brat.

- Your daughter!

I remember.

You saw the French coming.

- What will you do when they return

- England has never been invaded!

- Not by the Normans?

- They're us, so they couldn't have

Did you all hear what she said?

Tom, did you hear what she said?

I wish she were a boy.

Watch her grow up, Tom.

You keep an eye on her. Ned, wait

and see. She'll make you jump.

I wish I were there

to see the fun.

- Pray to release me from purgatory

- You have abolished purgatory.

Don't argue, Ned.

- Ashley, what are you doing?

- Last time I left half our things

- They'll drag us out of our beds.

- The Queen will protect us.

And who's to protect the Queen

when she's queen no longer?

Where did I put your warm bodice?

It's always so freezing in Hatfiel

Hatfield? Back to Hatfield?

If I did, I'd never see him again.

Princess Elizabeth.

Get back to Mrs. Ashley.

- I must talk to you.

- In my room? In your bedgown?

You'll lose your head. Do you know

what it would mean if they saw you

- They'd say I seduced a princess.

- They say I'll be sent to Hatfiel

Away from everyone I love.

The Queen and ...

They would! They shan't touch you

and they won't send you to Hatfiel

I'll find a place for you to live

with the Queen.

And I'll come to see you. Often.

- My lord.

- It's bound to be my page.

Don't be afraid. Barney's a good

boy. Forget you saw the Princess.

- I'm talking to you.

- I have a message from Seymour.

- He wants you at the Council.

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