Special Guest Stars

Joely Richardson As Lady Catherine Parr Recurring

Guest Stars

Andrew McNair As Thomas Seymour Recurring	Emma Hamilton As Anne Stanhope Recurring
Frank McCusker As Risley Recurring	Guy Carleton As Chamberlain Recurring
Lothaire Bluteau As French Ambassador Charles de Marillac Recurring	Max Brown As Edward Seymour Recurring
Rod Hallett As Richard Rich Recurring	Sarah Bolger As Princess Mary Tudor Recurring
Simon Ward As Bishop Gardiner Recurring

Main Cast

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers As King Henry VIII	Henry Cavill As Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
David O'Hara As Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Recap

The scene opens at Whitehall Palace in London 1545. A servant walks up to a newly aged Kind Henry and hands him a magnifying glass. Lord Hartford (John Seymour) enters in and tells that Lord Surrey lost 600 men at another Battle of Boulogne including Captains of the army too. King Henry tells his lords that Lord Surrey is to be brought back to England to be examined. Grimsley is given the rank of Baron and Charles Brandon tells that the Emperor is commanding that people rally against England and to take their ships. The French Ambassador stops Lord Hartford in the hall and tells that the King's disease and plague is due to the fact that he took Boulogne from the French and to try to convince the King to give up. Gardiner and Grimsley talk and they plan to push the King more of the "heresies" of the people. Charles admits that Bridgette is his mistress to his son Henry and Henry is ok by it and Henry tells Catherine that he is tired of the betrayal of everyone in his service. She tells the King that she wrote a book. "The Lamentations of a Sinner". Bishop Gardiner enters and tells that they want to arrest an Anne Aschew for being a heretic. The king agrees...

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