Episode 1.03

"EPISODE 3"

JRM as King Henry VIII & Gabrielle Anwar as Margaret - S1E3

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Season: 1

Original Air Date: 4/15/2007

Writer: Michael Hirst

Director:Steve Shill

Name of Episode: Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!

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Synopsis

Henry welcomes the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to the King's court. Since the Emperor is the nephew of Queen Katherine, the King is careful not to reveal to Charles the growing distance between himself and the Queen. However,unbeknownst to Henry, he is being manipulated by those he trusts the most.

Full Recap

The King asks Charles to escort his sister to her betrothed, Margaret,and promotes him to Duke of Suffolk so that he can have the proper station to do so. The King trusts Charles (a known womanizer) only because he is betrothed to Elizabeth Grey. The envoys from the Holy Roman-Emperor are driven in a carriage with Thomas More, and express their misgivings, saying "We heard some rumors, Mr. More, that the Cardinal advocates French interests." They soon meet with Cardinal Wolsey and determine to cement the treaty between the two nations by betrothing the King's daughter to the Emperor. The rumors about the Cardinal cause the Emperor to offer him material rewards. The envoys are entertained by a play in which the King himself participates- and where Anne catches his notice, with the bribed help of the director. Princess Margaret begins expressing her unhappiness with her betrothed, who is old and plagued by gout. Duke Charles meets Margaret to learn of her plans to travel to Portugal. The Emperor is invited to the King's court. The King orders the construction of another warship, saying "What we lack in men, we can more than make up for in ships. We are an island race, Cardinal. We have the best and bravest sailors in the world. I will have the greatest navy." Thomas Boleyn is made a Knight and Comptroller of the King's household. Anne, it is learned, is to come to court as a Lady in waiting to the Queen. We learn Anne has a poet lover, that she leaves broken hearted. Duke Charles' friends get angry and so drunk over Charles' recent elevation in status that "Even if she [a woman that they would bed] was a complete Venus, I couldn't satisfy her in my dejected state." The Queen tries and fails again to heal her marriage. We see that the Cardinal is under great tension, being roughly massaged by his mistress. Thomas Tallis witnesses the arrival of the new ladies-in-waiting for the Queen, and Anne catches his eye. The King has More read his criticism of Luther, to be delivered to the Pope in Rome, by the newly knighted Sir More. All Lutheran books that could be found were ordered burned. It is learned that the King of France knows of the treaty talks- and the Cardinal is quick to find a scapegoat. The Emperor arrives. Richard Pace, the secretary of state, is blamed the traitor who works for the French. Anne cunningly begins to insinuate herself more into the King's notice. Margaret says that she would marry her betrothed only if she were allowed to marry whomever she wished "When he's dead, which can't be long." The Queen explains her martial problems to the Emperor. Duke Charles learns of his friends' jealousy. The King dreams about Anne, who is very seductive, and tells him that he must seduce her. The King and the Emperor sign the treaty. The Cardinal explains to the King that the French had paid Pace a pension to spy on English affairs, which strikes the viewers as odd since he hadn't mentioned it when passing judgment on Pace. The King orders jewels fit for a queen- for Anne it appears. Pace screams futilely in his prison that it is the Cardinal who is receiving a French pension.

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Unanswered Questions

Best Moments

The Pageant where Henry notices Anne

Henry's dream sequence

Best Quotes

Thomas More-"There are a great many things that my king can do"

Norfolk (to Thomas Boleyn)-"When she opens her legs for him she can open her mouth to denounce Wolsey. They do say that the sharpest blades are sheathed in the softest pouches".

Henry VIII (to Anne) - "Perseverance, you are my prisoner now"

Princess Margaret (to Henry)- "I plead with you as your sister, don't make me marry him. He is an old man!"

Naked female courtier (to Henry) -"My lord, how like you this?"

Henry VIII (to Thomas More) -"Now don't be too modest Thomas, you are not a saint"

Thomas Boleyn (to Anne)-"Put yourself in his way"

Anne Boleyn (to Henry in his dream)-"No, not like this. Seduce me.Write letters to me and poems. I love poems. Seduce me."

Ambassador Mendoza-'Who are those ladies?'
Thomas More-'They are the graces,excellence.They have names like Kindness,Honour,Constance,Mercy and Pity.They are prisoners in the castle.The figure to the left,under the broken hearts is His Majesty's sister,Princess Margaret.
Chapuys-'Who is keeping them prisoner?'
ThomasMore-'Danger. Jealousy. Unkindness. Scorn. Disdain. Strangeness...
Ambassador Mendoza:'Is the King there? Which one is the King?'
Thomas More-'The men represent youth, devotion,loyalty, pleasure, gentleness, liberty.And,yes,His Majesty is hid amongst them.

Emperor Charles V- 'Together we shall invade France and bring to an end the adventures of that libertine monarch.King Francis.
Henry VIII-'That would make me very happy.'
Emperor Charles V-'It will also make you king of France.'

Anne Boleyn (to Thomas Wyatt)-'You are a poet as I am a woman.Poets and women are always free with their hearts,are they not?'

Thomas More -'There's only one way to reach the King's ear,and that is through the good offices of Cardinal Wolsey.'
Spanish envoy -'We heard some rumors,Mr. More,that the cardinal advocates the French interests.'
Thomas More -'Only when he considers them to be in ours.'

William Cornish -'You give us no choice but to attack and breach your defenses!'
Lady Unkindness -'No knight shall ever breach mine.'
William Cornish -'Lady,Desire overcomes all.'

Henry VIII -'What we lack in men,we can more than make up for in ships.We are in an island race,Cardinal.We have the best and bravest sailors in the world.I will have the greatest navy.'
Cardinal Wolsey -'Ships are expensive,Your Majesty.'
Henry VIII -'My father was a clever man,your Eminence.A shrewd man. A businessman.He left me a great deal of money,your Eminence.I intend to spend it!'

Trivia

William Cornysh was an English composer,poet,dramatist and actor.He worked at court as Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal and was responsible for the musical and dramatic entertainments at court and at events like the Field of the Cloth of Gold.

The poem that Thomas Wyatt recites to Anne is actually a real poem by Thomas Wyatt 'And Wilt Thou Leave me Thus?'

Charles V,Holy Roman Emperor,had the famous jutting out Hapsburg chin in later life this became so pronounced that he had difficulty chewing.

Cornelius Hayes was the Royal jeweler.

Anne Boleyn did play Perseverance at the Chateau Vert pageant at Shrovetide 1522. Other women involved include Mary Tudor,Queen of France,Mary Boleyn and Jane Boleyn (nee Parker).

Richard Pace was the King's secretary but there is no evidence that Wolsey tried to incriminate him and get him imprisoned in the Tower of London.In 1519 he was made dean of St Paul's and held that office until his death in 1536.

Henry VIII had two sisters,Margaret and Mary. The Margaret character in the series is an amalgamation of the two sisters but is closer to Mary.

The timing of Margaret/Mary Tudor's marriage is wrong.She was sent to France in 1514 and it is there she first came across Anne Boleyn,who served her there.Also,Anne Boleyn did not come to English court until early 1522.

Princess Margaret is played by Gabrielle Anwar who was 37 when the episode was aired,yet Princess Mary Tudor was only 18 when she was sent to France to marry.

Charles Brandon was made Duke of Suffolk in 1514,not 1521.In 1513,he was contracted to marry his ward,Elizabeth Grey,when she came of age,but married Mary Tudor,Queen of France,in 1515.By 1521,the setting of this episode,he had been married to Mary Tudor for 6 years and had 3 children with her.

Princess Mary Tudor did not marry the King of Portugal.She was sent to France in October 1514 to marry King Louis XII of France who died just a few months later,in January 1515.

Brandon was not sent to escort Mary to Portugal(or even France),he was sent to bring her home after the death of Louis XII of France,her husband.

There is no evidence that Anne Boleyn and Thomas Wyatt had a relationship,although it does seem that Wyatt was in love with Anne.

Thomas Boleyn was indeed made a Knight of the Garter,but in 1523 not 1521.He was also Comptroller of the Household from 1516-1521.

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When Anne Boleyn is sitting in the grass with Wyatt,her hair moves from in front and behind her shoulder from shot to shot.

Thomas Tallis sees the ladies-in-waiting pass him by in one shoot,but in the next shot the last two rows of the ladies pass by him again.

This episode is rated TV-MA for nudity and adult content.

This episode won the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series.

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OTHER OBSERVATIONS

- Historically Princess Mary Tudor was present at the masque when Henry met Anne.
- Henry can be seen wearing a fleur de lys during the court banquet in the gardens - the fleur de lys is the symbol of France

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	Charles V
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Owen Day-Jones as the son of the Duke of Norfolk in Episode 1.03	Owen Day-Jones portrayed Henry Czerny's son