Season 2 – The Spanish Princess

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Kl c @Cloudy462 Oct 24 I seriously got lost on the timeline. The ending wasn't what I expected.... See more Leodon S @RT94144845 03/21/2025 I think we spend much too much mental and actual capital romanticizing the dead dictators we call kings and queens, but was conscripted into seeing all three limited series adaptations of the Philippa Gregory novels over the last few weeks. Of these, The Spanish Princess is easily my favourite, and its titular heroine is by far the most sympathetic of the three. The Spanish Princess is less concerned with the power-seeking machinations of its predecessors and more so on the subjugation faced by even some of the most powerful women in history, the effects on ordinary citizens for whose benefit monarchs purported to rule, and the corrupting nature of power itself, even for those who seek to engage such power with the best intentions. That said, Henry VIII remains human garbage who should be consigned to the landfill of history instead of continuously being flattered by increasingly attractive casting, and to be honest that goes for most subjects of this particular genre. They still aren't worth all this screentime. See more Ana S @RT32767993 10/15/2022 I watched it only to know I had finished the show. See more 01/28/2022 Aside from some of the historical inaccuracies and clothing of the period NOT being close to correct. It's a good watch with lost of drama. See more 10/19/2021 It's worth watching just for the performance of Charlotte Hope. She does a great job expressing the angst and frustrations of a woman in that situation. If you're looking for a history lesson with this series then you are taking it the wrong way. This is a drama loosely based on the queen's life and times. It's similarly like the series Britannia, but based in more reality. It's not supposed to be a docu-drama. I think many people may be uncomfortable with the idea that a supposedly powerful woman would debase herself like this because of a powerful man. I think it conveys the powerlessness of women historically. See more 09/06/2021 Based on the Philippa Gregory novels The Constant Princess and The King's Curse and the sequel to the miniseries The White Queen and The White Princess, The Spanish Princess is about Catherine of Aragon (Charlotte Hope, Game of Thrones, The Nun), a teenaged Spanish princess — so yes, the title is telling the truth — who will soon become Queen of England after marrying King Henry VIII. Now, after the first part of the series, during which Catherine travelled to England to meet her husband by proxy, the heir to Henry VII, Arthur the Prince of Wales. As she and her lady in waiting struggled to fit in, she learned that Henry the Duke of York — Arthur's arrogant brother — has been the one whose letters have romanced her. And when Arthur dies, she keeps the peace by marrying that brother, which brings us to the second part of the story. The two royals have only gained in popularity and have the most glamorous court, but as Catherine prepares to give birth to an heir, Henry is going to war with France. And as the season progresses from 1511 to 1525, Harry's eventual madness becomes a danger to our heroine*. This series takes that history and dynamically brings it to modern life. It doesn't shy away from the violence of the era, either. There's an incredibly violent jousting accident in the first episode that may shock many. Regardless, if you want someone in your life to care more about history, this would be a good show to get them watching. *Henry VIII had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn and with only a daughter, had no true heir apparent. He sought to annul the marriage, but Pope Clement VII refused the request, which led to Henry proclaiming himself the head of the Church of England and cutting ties with the Catholic Church. Catherine refused to accept this as well as her demotion from queen to princess of Wales and desite being banished, she was still loved by the people. See more Read all reviews

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