Having tired of his new, yet unattractive and uninteresting bride, Anne of Cleves, Henry takes on a mistress, the comely Katherine Howard, which rekindles his passion. Anne's cousin, a Bavarian prince, arrives at court and sweeps Princess Mary off her feet, but the romance is short lived when Henry demands him to return to his homeland. Using his new powers, Brandon has Cromwell imprisoned in the Tower of London, having accused him of being a traitor.