1 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:07,480 Divorced, 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:10,160 beheaded, 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,040 died. 4 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,560 Divorced, 5 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,320 beheaded, 6 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,640 survived. 7 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:42,280 The story of Henry VIII and his six wives 8 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,080 is one of the best-known in history. 9 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,080 There's Catherine of Aragon, the bitter, abandoned first wife. 10 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,880 Anne Boleyn, the original "other woman". 11 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,360 Jane Seymour - bit of a doormat. 12 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,640 Then we've got Anne of Cleves, she was the ugly one. 13 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,600 Catherine Howard, the one who slept around. 14 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,080 And Catherine Parr, the saintly nurse. 15 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,960 But I'm going to tell you a very different story. 16 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,880 17 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:32,680 I'm going to take you back in time, 18 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,520 and into the private lives of Henry's six wives. 19 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:40,280 I'm going to see the story 20 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,600 from THEIR point of view, 21 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,000 and I'll watch as events unfold. 22 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,720 ANNE: '..and not defy the Church in this way!' 23 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,320 The fate of my soul is no longer your concern! 24 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,720 It will ALWAYS be my concern. 25 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,600 These events all really happened, 26 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,800 and were recorded in historical documents, 27 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,680 or reported by eyewitnesses. 28 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:24,440 I asked for his head. 29 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,880 Not his coat. 30 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,560 They reveal six complex women who lived in a dangerous age 31 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,880 as they struggled to survive being married to Henry VIII. 32 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:03,120 You are still prepared to question me? 33 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:11,920 34 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:14,600 Six wives, whose names were tarnished 35 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:18,600 by Henry's propaganda machine. 36 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:24,360 37 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,840 Six queens, whose stories I want to re-examine. 38 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,600 39 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:38,760 Is she here? 40 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:48,160 41 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:56,760 I'll observe their life at court. 42 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,800 43 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,560 I'll watch them romanced 44 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,280 by a charismatic king... 45 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,760 Tell me you're the same. Always. 46 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,720 ..who craves the company of women. 47 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,800 The King is a very...sociable man. 48 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,760 I'll show you how they fall from favour. 49 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,880 I am your loyal wife, my lord! 50 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:35,160 Leave, or I shall have you dragged from here. 51 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,160 I have here a warrant for the arrest of Queen Catherine. 52 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,360 I'll see how their reputations are destroyed... 53 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:57,040 I beg of you to tell the King that my heart is filled with sorrow. 54 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,400 And assure him of my repentance. 55 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,000 ..and lives cut short at the hands of a ruthless, brutal man. 56 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,880 Six children born! 57 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,320 Five of them dead! 58 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,040 SHE GASPS 59 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,800 This is the ultimate true story 60 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:35,320 of love, loss and betrayal. 61 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:38,800 62 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,000 Remember what happened to my last wife and queen? 63 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,040 64 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,840 It's the 18th of January, 1510. 65 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,120 66 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:06,880 Catherine of Aragon has been married to Henry VIII for seven months. 67 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,640 68 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,840 LADIES GROAN 69 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,440 # Da-da! # 70 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,840 71 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:38,200 Excellently played, Maria. 72 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,040 Luck, my lady, nothing more. 73 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,280 ALL GIGGLE 74 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,640 75 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,120 METALLIC SCRAPE 76 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,200 DOOR RATTLES > 77 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,960 78 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:14,680 DOOR RATTLES 79 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,040 Maud. 80 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,800 81 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,000 LOCK CLACKS 82 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,320 83 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:45,120 Who is it? 84 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,800 85 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,560 Nobody. 86 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,800 87 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,760 SHOUTING 88 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,840 LADIES SCREAM 89 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,320 90 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:27,560 SHE GASPS, HE CHUCKLES 91 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,080 92 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,720 SHE GASPS 93 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:48,520 94 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,720 HE LAUGHS, SHE CHUCKLES 95 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:00,000 96 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:04,760 My darling lady. 97 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,360 We frightened you? Half to death! 98 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:11,960 HE LAUGHS 99 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,680 I'm sorry. 100 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,840 Mmm... 101 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,600 We thought you ladies far too clever to be fooled. 102 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:34,920 ALL CHUCKLE 103 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:42,480 104 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,600 What does the King think of my new robe? 105 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,760 Beautiful. Every inch of you. 106 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:06,760 HE CLEARS HIS THROAT 107 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,040 What does the Queen think of the King's costume? Quite the rogue! 108 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:16,680 109 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,720 Friends, 110 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,480 such a pity you have to leave us. 111 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:27,240 112 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,320 HE LAUGHS 113 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:37,280 114 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:39,520 Henry VIII is a loving husband 115 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,520 to his Spanish queen, Catherine of Aragon. 116 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,720 Those two truly believe that theirs is a match made in Heaven. 117 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:53,960 118 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:58,880 A few hours and I miss you with all my heart. 119 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,960 I feel delirious. 120 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,800 121 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,960 What's wrong with me? 122 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,960 123 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,880 Perhaps you're coming down with a fever. 124 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,240 125 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,600 Tell me you're the same. Always. 126 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:36,920 127 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,720 Henry has been King of England for nine months 128 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,480 and Catherine is already pregnant. 129 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,080 130 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:03,480 We don't think of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon 131 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,360 ever being in love. 132 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:18,480 133 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,680 Catherine was his first wife, 134 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,880 and as the rhyme tells us, 135 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,480 the one he divorced. 136 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,440 137 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:53,000 The bitter ending of her marriage 138 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,840 has come to define her as an angry woman, obsessed with religion, 139 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:05,840 but I'm going to show you a different Catherine. 140 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,080 In reality, she was a steadfast and popular queen. 141 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,120 And for most of the 24 years of her marriage, 142 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,680 she really was rather good at handling 143 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,360 an increasingly difficult man. 144 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:41,760 145 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:44,560 In an age of arranged marriages, 146 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:47,840 that between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon was unusual 147 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:49,840 because it was a love match. 148 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:59,280 He could have had his pick of all the ladies of the Court, 149 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:14,040 and he later said, that of all the ladies in the world, 150 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,520 he would, again, have chosen her. 151 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,720 She was a bit older than him. 152 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,760 When they married she was 23, 153 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:39,400 and he was about to turn 18. 154 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:54,800 But they did have quite a lot in common. 155 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,600 They were both the children of dynasties 156 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,680 that had recently come to power through conflict, 157 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:11,360 and they were both ambitious. 158 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:19,400 They wanted to create a bigger role for themselves, 159 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:23,600 and for England on the European stage. 160 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,600 161 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:53,760 Ambition was something Catherine had had instilled in her 162 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:04,840 from a very early age. 163 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:10,080 164 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,880 This is the extraordinary Alhambra Palace in Grenada. 165 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:17,480 This is the closest thing that Catherine had to a home. 166 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,800 It was just one of many palaces of her parents, 167 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,880 Queen Isabel of Castile 168 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,400 and King Ferdinand of Aragon. 169 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:38,200 170 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:46,640 The Alhambra was Catherine's favourite, 171 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,360 and, by far, the grandest palace in the whole of Spain 172 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,080 with its beautiful gardens. 173 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:56,760 But it was also a fortress that witnessed battles, 174 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,600 sieges and slaughter. 175 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,240 Catherine's parents were fearsome rulers. 176 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:15,360 They'd forged alliances, and united kingdoms. 177 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,280 Her mother, Isabel, was known as the "Warrior Queen". 178 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,520 179 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,080 And Isabel had big ambitions for Catherine. At the age of three, 180 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,440 she was promised in marriage to the heir of the throne of England - 181 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,200 we're not talking about Henry here, but his older brother, Arthur. 182 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:46,080 To Catherine's parents, this was a great opportunity - 183 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:51,320 a new dynastic alliance. 184 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:58,320 But to Catherine herself, 185 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,480 it meant that she'd have to go and live in a very different country, 186 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:08,640 almost a different world. 187 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,120 And once she'd left Spain, 188 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:19,960 she'd never see her parents again. 189 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:25,840 190 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,920 Aged just 15, Catherine landed on the shores of England, 191 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,960 there to marry Prince Arthur. 192 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,760 He was the same age. 193 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,200 But their marriage would be tragically short-lived. 194 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,440 After just a few months, Arthur sickened and died. 195 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:05,000 It must have been devastating for Catherine, 196 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,240 who was now a teenage widow. 197 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:12,600 198 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:19,200 Her father then tried to marry her off 199 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,880 to the new heir to the English throne, 200 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,040 Arthur's younger brother, Henry. 201 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:36,760 202 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,680 The Spanish and English kings spent seven years 203 00:19:50,120 --> 00:19:51,520 trying to agree on the marriage contract. 204 00:19:55,720 --> 00:20:00,000 Eventually, Henry's father called the marriage off. 205 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,920 But behind the King's back, 206 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:12,280 the young prince had grown rather fond of his Spanish princess. 207 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:15,960 And when the old king died, 208 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,680 the first thing the new king, Henry VIII, did 209 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,320 was to marry Catherine of Aragon. 210 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,320 211 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,920 So, Catherine and Henry were the ultimate thrusting power couple. 212 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,720 But top of the agenda for their marriage 213 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,000 was the continuation of the dynasty. 214 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:57,240 It was now her job to have children 215 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:04,000 and she did manage to get pregnant pretty easily. 216 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,280 It was only a few months later that the problems began. 217 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,280 218 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,240 Catherine's nearly five months pregnant 219 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,360 but it looks like she's had a miscarriage. 220 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,200 221 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,560 Has the King been told? 222 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,720 223 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,200 Not yet, my lady. 224 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:52,840 Then he must know. 225 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:00,800 Somebody fetch him. 226 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,440 227 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,280 Wait! 228 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:18,680 What is it? 229 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,400 Please, speak. 230 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:29,840 I'm confident, Your Highness, 231 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:33,720 the situation is not as we had feared. How so? 232 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:38,560 233 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:45,720 You are still with child. 234 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,560 235 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,200 It's impossible. I have taken the utmost care, 236 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,960 a thorough examination has been made, and the evidence is there. 237 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,160 My womb is empty. 238 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:12,280 I've seen the evidence myself. 239 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,560 240 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,920 How do you dismiss that? I do not, Your Highness. 241 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:30,720 My explanation is thus. 242 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,200 243 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,360 A twin pregnancy. 244 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:46,920 One child lost, 245 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,880 the other child continuing to grow. 246 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,280 247 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,600 Your belly is still full. 248 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,040 249 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,120 You're certain? 250 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,280 Quite. 251 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:14,640 252 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:18,760 Then I must take your word. 253 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,240 254 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:25,960 The Queen will require meticulous care during her confinement. 255 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,520 Of course. 256 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,120 257 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:39,920 Thank you. 258 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:48,920 259 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:55,520 This is a miracle from Christ, is it not? 260 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,880 261 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,920 The weight of expectation that Catherine is under 262 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,680 to produce an heir to the throne is absolutely crushing. 263 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,520 Oh, quickly. 264 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,560 265 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,880 Can you feel it? 266 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:44,360 I think so. 267 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,400 268 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,240 A miracle. 269 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,240 270 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:03,680 On the physician's word, 271 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,760 relief and excitement flood through the royal household... 272 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:20,400 273 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:28,160 ..and preparations for Catherine's confinement can proceed. 274 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:35,480 She will spend the last month before the birth locked away 275 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:43,120 with her personal servants, including her ladies-in-waiting. 276 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,840 The Tudors believe that disease travels through the air, 277 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,240 so the floors, doors and windows of her chambers are sealed 278 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,240 to prevent her or the baby from getting ill. 279 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,040 280 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,880 The groaning chair is prepared. 281 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,640 The mother sits in this to groan her way through labour, 282 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,160 and to give birth with the aid of gravity. 283 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:38,800 And, finally, the bed is blessed. 284 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,720 285 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:52,720 The day has come. My queen must go. 286 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,960 Only as far as my bedchamber. Which might as well be in Spain... 287 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,440 288 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,320 Gentlemen, I trust you'll look after the King in my absence. 289 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,720 I'll be in good hands. 290 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,600 But none as fair or kind as these. 291 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:23,800 292 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:29,040 My heart aches at the thought of weeks without you. Mine too. 293 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,240 294 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,720 But what prize at the end? 295 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,280 296 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,360 Indeed. 297 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,080 298 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,120 Pray for me. 299 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,080 300 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,960 I'll pray for you both. 301 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,400 302 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:16,200 Catherine enters confinement in spring 1510. 303 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,720 304 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,040 Ahead now lies the ordeal of childbirth. 305 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,160 It's terrifying, because of the distinct possibility 306 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,800 that you might die. 307 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:46,600 Husbands often have portraits painted of their wives 308 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,280 while they're pregnant, so that a baby will have something 309 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,040 to remember its mother by if she doesn't make it. 310 00:29:58,720 --> 00:29:59,920 311 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,960 I would prefer to undress alone. 312 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:14,760 313 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:21,800 But there's something Catherine fears more than death. 314 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,200 And that's failing in her royal duty. 315 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:29,920 316 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,560 With just weeks to go before the birth, 317 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,480 should she trust her doctor 318 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,200 who believes there's a surviving twin still inside her? 319 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,840 Or should she trust her instincts? 320 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,360 All she can do is wait and pray 321 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:03,240 that God will deliver the Tudor dynasty a son. 322 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:09,360 323 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,120 SLAMMING 324 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,640 325 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,120 You've loaded them, surely? 326 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,720 327 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,040 KNOCK AT DOOR 328 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:51,440 329 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,880 Your Grace. 330 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,560 331 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:03,880 What is it? The Queen, my lord. 332 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,960 What's the matter with her? 333 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,600 The matter is not with the Queen herself... 334 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,840 335 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:28,000 ..but with the baby. 336 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:37,520 It's been born? 337 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,520 I'm afraid she has suffered a loss of the child. 338 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,320 339 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,640 The physician has just left the Queen's chamber, 340 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,760 he confirms as much. 341 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,840 342 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:11,480 Please leave us. 343 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,840 344 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:22,880 Get out! 345 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:26,880 346 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:35,760 The child? 347 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:44,920 What was it, 348 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,880 male or female? 349 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:57,640 I do not know. 350 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,960 You do not know? 351 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,880 352 00:34:09,720 --> 00:34:11,240 How can that be so? 353 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:17,320 I came in haste. 354 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,960 355 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:31,000 'The Queen asks if you will pay a visit to her chamber.' 356 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,360 She is bereft, my lord. 357 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,360 358 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,560 Maud, a stillbirth? 359 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:52,120 360 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,320 No birth. 361 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,840 There was no child. 362 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,720 363 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,040 Catherine's bump has simply disappeared. 364 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,840 It looks like the doctor's got it spectacularly wrong. 365 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:27,560 Not a second baby, 366 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:32,640 but an infection. 367 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,120 368 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,920 The infection must have made Catherine's belly swell up. 369 00:35:53,120 --> 00:36:01,120 And I believe she was so desperate to have a child 370 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:17,960 that she convinced herself that she was still pregnant. 371 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:26,280 It was humiliating. 372 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,480 All of that time spent in confinement, 373 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,200 all of that ceremony, and absolutely nothing to show for it. 374 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:43,800 Rumours started to circulate 375 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:46,720 that Catherine was unable to conceive. 376 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,160 And people at Court began to think that she was, 377 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,520 maybe, unsuitable as a queen. 378 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:58,120 379 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:01,960 And what about Henry? 380 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,400 He must have been disappointed too. 381 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,760 After all, he had the future of the dynasty to consider. 382 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:20,640 We sometimes forget, 383 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:26,360 but he was only the second Tudor king after his father, Henry VII. 384 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:30,120 The dynasty was young, it was still insecure. 385 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:35,160 And then, there was the security, the peace of the country. 386 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:38,520 If Henry were to die without an agreed heir, 387 00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:55,200 there could be civil war - 388 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:02,080 exactly what his father had managed to stop. 389 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,400 So, it's difficult to underestimate the pressure 390 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,960 that Catherine must have felt, literally, to deliver. 391 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,080 Fortunately for her, 392 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:34,000 her luck was about to change. 393 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,640 A few months later, she did conceive again, 394 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,280 and, this time, it was a real pregnancy. 395 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:50,200 396 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:55,520 It was also a smooth pregnancy. 397 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,960 398 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,840 On New Year's Day, 1511, 399 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:19,760 Catherine gave birth. 400 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,120 It was a boy, 401 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:32,000 and he was christened Henry. 402 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:34,400 It looked like God was happy at last with Henry VIII, 403 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,760 with the Tudor dynasty, 404 00:39:44,240 --> 00:39:46,400 with the whole kingdom of England. 405 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,840 London went wild with celebrations, 406 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,720 there were bonfires and fireworks, 407 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:05,320 and, here at Westminster, there was a joust. 408 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:10,120 409 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,120 The grandest jousting tournament of Henry VIII's reign 410 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:23,960 was now held in honour of Catherine delivering him a son. 411 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,920 The event was recorded on a spectacular 60-foot-long manuscript. 412 00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,920 For the last 500 years, 413 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:39,160 it's been looked after by the College of Arms in London. 414 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,680 Its custodian is the York Herald, Peter O'Donoghue. 415 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:52,880 416 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,320 So, Peter, this is the actual moment of jousting. 417 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:01,280 What's going on here? It looks very exciting. 418 00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,800 This is Henry on his horse, 419 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,040 and he has struck his opponent on the head, and broken his lance. 420 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:21,000 It's the most prestigious blow in jousting - 421 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,800 to break your lance on your opponent's head. 422 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,720 You can't really tell that he's the King, can you? 423 00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:37,200 Because he's in disguise. Yeah, that's right. 424 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,200 There is this disguising, this playful element to it. 425 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,360 He's fighting under an assumed name. 426 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,040 You can make out what that name is with the heart, 427 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:00,280 that's a "Coeur Loyal". 428 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,760 He's called "Sir Loyal Heart"? That's it, exactly. 429 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,040 So, tell me a bit about the ladies. 430 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,360 The most important lady here, of course, is the Queen. 431 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:23,720 So, here's Catherine of Aragon, watching. 432 00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,800 And here we have this motif of Ks everywhere. 433 00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,400 'By calling himself Sir Loyal Heart, 434 00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:46,720 'Henry was declaring his love for Catherine. 435 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:50,200 'She'd done everything right. She'd given him a son. 436 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:54,640 'This really was the high point of their marriage.' 437 00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,040 And this is the King on the way home again afterwards? 438 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,760 That's right. "Desarmey" - "disarmed", on the way home. 439 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,160 He's out of his armour, 440 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,880 in his golden robe which is very spectacular. 441 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,840 And what I really like is the way you can see his piercing blue gaze 442 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:26,040 and he's training it straight on the beautiful queen. 443 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,560 He is looking right at the woman he loves. 444 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,360 Oh! Look at this, all the other ladies are looking at her 445 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,920 and they're going, "Oh, isn't your husband gorgeous?" 446 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:48,680 You know, you see him here 447 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:55,800 painted in this, sort of, wonderful work of art. 448 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:00,640 He's just had his son, so the dynasty is established. 449 00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:05,920 The whole kingdom waited with bated breath 450 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:14,240 to see what the outcome of that pregnancy would be. 451 00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:23,880 If you've got a son and heir, everyone can relax. 452 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,480 And he is the hero of the day. 453 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,960 He's young, he's incredibly rich, 454 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:40,080 he's incredibly glamorous and handsome... 455 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:45,800 And a beautiful wife as well. 456 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:55,200 What could possibly go wrong(?) PETER LAUGHS 457 00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:03,480 Exactly right. 458 00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:09,440 459 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:14,360 There were endless celebrations for the royal birth. 460 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:21,400 But they were all in vain. 461 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:26,160 462 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:34,480 At just seven weeks old, Prince Henry sickened and died. 463 00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:41,200 464 00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:48,440 Three barges draped with black cloth 465 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:58,240 brought a baby's body down the river from Richmond to Westminster 466 00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:05,400 where he was buried in the Abbey. 467 00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:07,920 For Henry, he could hardly bear to talk about it. 468 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,520 One ambassador going in for a meeting with the King 469 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:16,800 was advised not to mention it, 470 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:21,840 lest it "revive his grief". 471 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:25,320 472 00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:29,880 And we're told that Catherine made much lamentation. 473 00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:33,000 474 00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,960 She was inconsolable. 475 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:43,760 She'd now lost two babies. 476 00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,640 477 00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,480 Catherine is struggling to give the King an heir. 478 00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:00,600 But in pretty much every other respect, 479 00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,000 she's still his perfect queen. 480 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,080 It's two years later, 481 00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:14,680 Henry is away fighting the French. 482 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,480 This is an on-off war that'll go on throughout his reign. 483 00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:25,360 And in his absence, he's made Catherine regent. 484 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:29,080 She is running the country. 485 00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:32,520 Now, this is quite uncommon. 486 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:38,160 For me, it's evidence that not only does he still love her, 487 00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:41,600 but also, that he respects her judgment. 488 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:45,120 489 00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:47,720 With Henry away, the Scottish king, James IV, 490 00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:54,320 has seized an opportunity to invade England. 491 00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,440 But he hasn't calculated on the Spanish warrior queen, 492 00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:01,360 Catherine of Aragon. 493 00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:06,760 DOOR OPENS 494 00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:09,400 She's deployed an army of 26,000 Englishmen 495 00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:12,120 and is awaiting news from the battlefield. 496 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:16,040 497 00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:22,520 Your Highness... 498 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:29,640 499 00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:35,240 ..the Scot is dead. 500 00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:40,280 CHEERING 501 00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:44,760 502 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:49,600 And what proof is this? 503 00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:55,680 The Earl of Surrey thought it more...palatable 504 00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:02,520 to send his clothing. 505 00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:07,120 LAUGHTER 506 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:15,560 SHE CHUCKLES 507 00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:22,480 "More palatable"? 508 00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:27,640 For whom? 509 00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:31,560 510 00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:36,520 He was killed on the battlefield in Northumbria yesterday, 511 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:45,400 along with scores of his men. 512 00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:51,280 513 00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:55,240 The Queen can be assured that this is his blood. 514 00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:02,800 That may be so. 515 00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:07,840 But where is the body? 516 00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:14,240 517 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,280 I asked for his head. 518 00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:25,240 Not his coat. 519 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:36,040 520 00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,960 The body's in London. Then have it brought to me. 521 00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:48,680 As you wish, Your Highness. 522 00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:54,200 Majesty. 523 00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:00,920 Your Majesty. 524 00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:05,640 525 00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:11,480 This shall be sent to King Henry. 526 00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:22,400 527 00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:29,880 A reputed 10,000 Scots lie dead on the battlefield - 528 00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:33,400 the invasion defeated. 529 00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:40,800 Catherine's popularity as queen soars, 530 00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:48,000 and the dead king's coat is dispatched to Henry in France. 531 00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:53,240 532 00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:59,480 She'd wanted to send something even better, 533 00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:04,600 as she wrote to Henry... 534 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:17,160 "I thought to send himself unto you." 535 00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:21,960 By which she means she'd wanted to send 536 00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:28,920 the actual corpse of the dead king. 537 00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:36,760 "But our Englishmen's hearts would not suffer it." 538 00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:42,120 By which, she means her wimpy English servants 539 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,840 had thought that this was a bit too much. 540 00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:53,320 Later on in the letter, she says something rather intriguing. 541 00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:57,760 That she is off to see "Our Lady at Walsingham". 542 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:00,720 543 00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:07,680 Walsingham in Norfolk 544 00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:12,200 is the site of a religious shrine. 545 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,120 Since the Middle Ages, 546 00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:23,440 it's been associated with fertility and childbirth. 547 00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:27,120 It was a hugely popular place in Tudor times. 548 00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:31,200 549 00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:34,480 Catherine came here in 1513 550 00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:38,360 to pray and give thanks. 551 00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:44,400 She had lots to give thanks for. 552 00:53:46,240 --> 00:53:49,680 There was that victory over the Scots, and, even more significantly, 553 00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:52,960 she was, once again, pregnant. 554 00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:56,600 555 00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:06,280 And Catherine believed that she was in need of God's protection. 556 00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:11,200 This was her third pregnancy in four years of marriage 557 00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:18,320 and she still had no children. 558 00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,880 559 00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:33,840 Catherine of Aragon was now 27 years old, 560 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:47,680 in Tudor terms, that's middle-aged. 561 00:54:56,440 --> 00:55:00,000 Royal women were giving birth at 16, even 15. 562 00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:06,520 In fact, Henry VIII's own grandmother 563 00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:12,760 gave birth to his dad when she was just 13. 564 00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:21,040 So, Catherine was definitely an older mum. 565 00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:26,720 566 00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:31,120 She must have felt like time was running out. 567 00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:34,800 568 00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:40,840 But Catherine's prayers weren't answered. 569 00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,560 570 00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:57,160 For the third time, she'd lose the baby. 571 00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:04,800 572 00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:11,880 Tragically, it had been a boy. 573 00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:17,760 Catherine's success as queen was now being overshadowed 574 00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:23,680 by her failure to deliver a healthy son.