Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023) s01e02 Episode Script

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[birds chirping]
[tolling bells faintly rising]
[bells stop]
[bells jingling]
[doors creak]
[upbeat instrumental music playing]
[upbeat music ends]
- Brimsley.
- Your Majesty.
What is in my engagement diary
for the week?
Engagement diary, Your Majesty?
I assume there will be charity visits?
The poor? Or orphans?
I know I must meet
with my ladies-in-waiting.
That is important.
There is so much to take in here.
The art, seeing the galleries of London.
And I have always loved
the theater and music.
Are there concerts,
operas in my engagement diary?
Your Majesty, there is nothing
in your engagement diary.
How can there be
There is nothing in my engagement diary?
No, Your Majesty.
Brimsley, I am the queen.
I have duties, official duties, do I not?
You do, Your Majesty. Many duties.
Then how can there be nothing
in the queen's diary?
You are currently enjoying the privacy
of the first days of marriage,
Your Majesty.
[pensive music plays]
This is my honeymoon.
Yes, Your Majesty.
[pensive music ends]
Parliament is calling it
the Great Experiment.
Well, it is a great experiment.
Giving out titles to people
who look like our new queen.
The point is there is much talk.
This must be a success.
- It will be, Lord Bute.
- What do we know?
They're well suited.
Of course they are. He is the king.
He is well suited to anyone.
- She is lucky.
- She is. That is not the question.
Oh. What is the question?
A female is present. I cannot speak it.
Ah. Well, then.
Perhaps we have nothing more to discuss.
Shall I report that
to the House of Lords, then?
It is all so very modern now.
In my day, there were seven people
in the bedchamber on my wedding night
to witness
the marital act
to confirm that Georgie's father and I,
well, did what it took to make Georgie.
Now it is the thing
to give the couple privacy,
which would not be
an issue ordinarily, I suppose.
A man, a woman,
the chance to mm
But this is Georgie.
Or, rather, the king.
And we know
that Georgie, the king can be
He's absolutely perfect.
We all agree on that.
- The king is truly perfect.
- [man] The strongest of kings.
- It is just that he has his own mind.
- Very independent.
A most original thinker.
But if the actions one usually takes
on one's wedding night
have not been taken,
that would hurt the Great Experiment.
There can be no questions.
Do you understand?
- There will be no questions.
- Never a question.
It is a wonderful experiment.
Long live the experiment.
Has he done the deed or not?
[pleasant instrumental music playing]
[pleasant music fades out]
[chair scraping]
[sighs softly]
[pensive music builds slowly]
[pensive music fades out]
[melancholy music builds slowly]
[gasps softly]
[sighs]
[screams]
[sighs]
[theme music playing]
[uptempo music playing]
[Lady Whistledown]
Patience is not always a virtue.
The passage of time
does not always reap benefits,
and perhaps good things
do not always come to those who wait.
However, there are some very special joys
well worth waiting for.
Oh!
[laughing]
[crying]
There you are.
[dog whimpers quietly]
- No. No!
- [son] But Mama
I believe you would quite like her.
She is a delightful person.
She is an actress. No.
Break it off and find a suitable woman.
There are already children.
- Shame on you.
- If he loves her
- You are one to talk.
- Thank you.
Your lady friend is married.
- Frederick, what about your wife?
- I have not seen her in 20 years.
If I were married to you,
I'd flee the country as well.
[laughter]
How is it that none of you
have managed respectable relationships?
Mother, perhaps it is too late.
Our sisters are past childbearing age.
- We have done our best, and maybe
- No.
Your father and I
have provided Great Britain
with a great bloodline.
It will not end with your generation.
This bloodline will continue.
- You'll make it continue.
- Were it as simple as you suggest
I will not sit here
it would result in anything remotely
I have a responsibility.
I have a duty, but I
- [overlapping chatter]
- [regal music rises]
[Lady Whistledown]
One wonders as England waits to see
which of King George's children
will bring us closer
to a royal heir to the throne
if patience is a virtue or a burden
for our dear Queen Charlotte.
[overlapping chatter continues]
[regal music fades out]
Brimsley.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Ready the carriage.
Yes, Your Majesty.
May I say our destination?
We are going to see my husband.
[upbeat music plays]
[upbeat music fades out]
- [horses neighing]
- [driver] Steady now.
Where is he?
- Your Majesty, we were not expecting you.
- Where is he?
The observatory, Your Majesty.
Wait here.
Perhaps this is good.
Perhaps.
Perhaps it is bad.
Would you like to step indoors
while we wait to find out?
Warm up a bit. It is a cool night.
Thank you, sir. That is very kind
and generous of you to offer.
I'm always jealous that the king's man
has far better quarters
than the queen's man.
To be expected.
I am more important than you.
- [gripping music plays]
- [both panting]
[Brimsley] The palace
is asking for a report.
- What are you going to tell them?
- Me? Why should I be the one to tell them?
He refused to consummate the marriage.
She could have seduced him.
She is a lady, pure and well-bred.
- You say that with a note of accusation.
- You might have done something.
I do not control him.
You serve him. You know him.
Is there a problem?
A deformity? Is there something
something wrong with his bits?
That is beyond the pale.
I am asking.
We have a problem.
I believe his bits to be fine.
Large.
From what I've seen,
he has large, healthy bits.
No deformity.
[grunting]
She is quite the beauty, a jewel,
but perhaps she is not pretty to him.
- Not his type.
- I do not know that I can define his type.
- [shudders]
- Female.
After that, I have never paid attention.
Well
[sighs] Perhaps what they need
is to simply spend time together
as they are right now.
What? Do you suppose
they'll spend 15 minutes together?
Ah. Let us hope for 20.
[moans, sighs]
Mm.
- What is this place?
- [George] Charlotte.
[chuckles]
Hello. Here you are.
This? It is an observatory
for looking at the stars.
Now, this is a perfectly clear night.
You can see the constellations,
and I think
I'm getting a glimpse of a planet.
Come. Look.
- Is this what you have been doing?
- [George] Excuse me?
[Charlotte] Since the wedding?
Is this how you have been
spending your time since the wedding?
Well, yes, it is most exciting.
There is an alignment
- In this room?
- [George] Observatory, yes.
George, what have I done wrong?
What mistake did I make?
- You made no mistake.
- Did I say something?
- No.
- Did I do something to offend you?
- [chuckling] No, Charlotte
- Then what is so wrong with me?
- There's nothing wrong with you.
- There must be something wrong.
Do not become unreasonable.
George, I thought
you were visiting a a brothel.
Do you know what that word means?
I know what a brothel is. Almost.
I have brothers. That does not signify
I'm saying that it might be better
if you were visiting a brothel.
I would understand it more,
but no, you prefer stars to my company.
- I did not say I prefer
- You have been in this room
Observatory.
The only one
of its kind in all of England.
You have been in this
one-of-a-kind observatory room
sleeping and eating
and staring up at the sky
and feeling excited by the constellations
since the night of our wedding
while I have been stuck
in that stuffy house
being changed like a doll
three times a day with nowhere to go,
no one to talk to, and nothing to do.
You're the queen.
You can do whatever you like.
- Except spend time with my husband.
- Come, now.
George!
I do not understand
what you complain about.
[exhales softly]
[exhales sharply]
[melancholy music builds slowly]
I am seven and ten years old,
and suddenly I am queen
in a strange country
with strange food and strange customs.
You do not understand
because this is who you were born to be.
I cannot do whatever I like.
The queen is not allowed
to go to the modiste,
or the galleries, or the ice shops.
I cannot make friends.
I must hold myself apart.
I do not know a single soul here
except for you.
I'm completely alone,
and you prefer the sky to me.
- George!
- What?
Say something!
- I do not want to fight with you.
- I want to fight with you!
Fight with me! Fight for me!
Go home, Charlotte.
[melancholy music fades]
[melancholy music rises]
[melancholy music fades out]
[bells tolling]
- [king's man] They appear to be satisfied.
- They seem very content.
I would hope for more news
than the appearance of satisfaction
and contentment.
They're a wonder together.
He is smitten with her beauty.
Really? King George is smitten?
Well, I would not dare
to define the emotions of the king.
Of course not.
I only meant that he seems happy.
And what evidence of this?
[light music plays]
A great deal of talking and walking.
Laughter. There is laughter.
It warms the heart to witness.
What of their relations?
Relations?
Their marital bonds.
Bonds?
The Dowager Princess wishes to confirm
that the marriage has been consummated.
Sexually.
She asks for the good
of the country, of course.
Of course.
So?
Certainly, I mean,
from what I can tell, I would say yes.
So, it is a successful honeymoon.
You agree it is successful.
Do you not, Brimsley?
Most successful.
Yes.
Excellent. Most excellent.
Perhaps we shall have an heir
on the way before the next fortnight.
[light chuckling]
[birds chirping]
[rhythmic thumping]
[Lord Danbury groaning]
[grunting]
[groaning]
Mornings, evenings,
middle of nights, and now tea time.
I was having tea, Coral.
I was embroidering a pillow!
I'm so sorry, my lady.
Do we know what brought it on?
He went to White's in Mayfair
for the first time.
The gentlemen's club?
Apparently, as a titled member of the ton,
he has a right to entry,
but they refused to allow him in.
Oh, my lady.
You know, the same thing happened
to Lord Smythe-Smith and the Kents.
My husband is determined
to make these people accept him.
The ton are a horrid lot.
Even their maids are high in the instep.
What was wrong with the way things were?
Not that I presume to understand.
It's the title. Lord Danbury.
He's been given a taste,
and now he will not be denied.
He's going to try
and join the hunt tomorrow.
I'll keep the hot water for your bath
on the fire for whenever you need it.
You only have to call for me.
I believe I shall also need a salve
for my inner thighs.
Oh, dear.
What if he puts another one
of his gigantic babies inside me?
Oh!
[soft music playing]
- [Brimsley] He must act.
- I cannot make him act.
You made him consummate the marriage
in front of the Dowager Princess.
What would you have the king do?
A gesture.
- A gesture?
- A gesture.
I will suggest some sort of gesture.
[birds chirping]
[quietly] Ah. Oh
Uh, orange.
Take it to the kitchens
for the queen's meal.
[man] Yes, sir.
I can pick my own orange, Brimsley.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Uh, orange.
[indistinct whispering]
The king has sent you a gift.
It is waiting in the foyer.
And there is a note, ma'am.
[chuckles softly]
Show me the gift.
What is that?
- The gift from the king, Your Majesty.
- But what is it?
[Brimsley] Why, I think it is a dog,
Your Majesty.
[Charlotte] No.
Dogs are big and majestic.
Uh, a Pinscher, a shepherd,
a schnauzer, a Dane.
That is
a deformed bunny.
[whimpers softly]
[Charlotte groans]
[whimpers quietly]
[barks]
[utensils scraping]
[whimpers softly]
[whimpers]
[barks]
[dog whimpers]
I want to meet
my ladies-in-waiting tomorrow.
Your Majesty is on her honeymoon.
You cannot
I can. I will. You shall not tell me
what I'm allowed to do.
Your Majesty, I am the one person
who'll never tell you
what you are allowed to do.
I will, however,
always tell you how best to do
the things you are not allowed to do.
I am not allowed to meet
my ladies-in-waiting during my honeymoon?
It would be unwise
for Your Majesty to meet with all of them.
One would want to be discreet.
And if one wanted to be discreet,
would one trust Lady Danbury?
[soft, uplifting music playing]
[gentle tune playing]
How is the tea? Is it to your liking?
The tea is good, Your Majesty.
What a beautiful dog, Your Majesty.
- It is a deformed bunny.
- Oh.
My mistake, Your Majesty.
It was kind of you to invite me to tea.
Are you meeting each
of your ladies-in-waiting individually?
- No.
- Oh.
Brimsley said you'd be the most discreet
because I am on my honeymoon.
Which is going wonderfully, by the way.
It is a splendid honeymoon.
My husband is the best of husbands.
He gave me this beautiful bunny thing.
[whimpers softly]
May I speak freely, Your Majesty?
I shall be no more
than five paces outside this door.
[Charlotte] Mm-hmm.
- [exhales]
- [doors close]
- Please speak freely. No one else does.
- [Lady Danbury chuckles softly]
Yes.
First, you are a terrible liar. [chuckles]
I did not believe a word
you said about your honeymoon.
Do not try that again in front of society.
It will cause scandal.
Uh [chuckles lightly]
My honeymoon was a disaster.
My wedding night,
I did not know what to expect.
He was old and impatient.
All of it was painful
and quite terrifying.
It is all right if your wedding night
was not perfect or splendid.
Your Majesty. [chuckles lightly]
You did have a wedding night?
He was mean and rude and selfish.
He just wanted to leave.
He felt bad, I suppose.
And he did not seem to understand
why I did not want him to live at Kew
while I am stuck here
with no one to talk to.
And then he gives me that beast,
as if that is to make everything better,
but that does not make up for
Your Majesty.
I am still allowed to speak freely?
Mm-hmm.
I'm talking about
consummating the marriage.
[chuckles] You and the king did
consummate the marriage, did you not?
You have to have
Your Majesty, Charlotte,
if you did not consummate the marriage,
you are not actually married to the king.
Your whole position is in danger.
The Great Experiment is in danger.
My God. You did consummate?
You do know what I mean
when I say consummate?
Perform the marital act?
Does it have something to do
with this Great Experiment?
[light whimsical music plays]
[exhales softly]
Let us send for Brimsley. [chuckles]
We will require
drawing paper and charcoals.
[bells jingle]
[Charlotte] How many times
does he insert it?
As many times as necessary, Your Majesty.
- [Charlotte] How long does it take?
- Sometimes it feels like it takes forever.
Will I enjoy it?
I never have,
but I do not believe I have ever thought
of it as something to enjoy.
More of a chore.
Perhaps if it is with someone you like,
it is different. I do not know.
Well, I do not like George,
so I do not see why we should need
to bother ourselves to do this at all.
That is not [clears throat]
Your Majesty this is Britain.
It was not that long ago
that queens were beheaded
for not bearing children.
That is not going to happen.
That is not Hmm.
Your Majesty,
this is important.
You are the first of your kind.
You must secure your position.
Yes, but this is not my failing.
I mean, he clearly does not want me,
and I cannot somehow force him
to want to do this with me.
And maybe that is a good thing,
if I'm not queen, if we are not married.
Then maybe we can forget all about this,
and I can go home.
[breathes deeply]
It is a Pomeranian.
Your deformed bunny.
It is a dog.
A very rare
and purebred Pomeranian.
[rhythmic thumping]
[sighs]
They would not let him join the hunt?
They would not let him join the hunt.
[Charlotte] You'd think I'm sending them
to the Tower of London.
I'm telling them to marry.
That can be a difficult proposition.
It is simple.
Find a titled, appropriate young lady.
Marry her. Make babies.
It is a ritual as old as England itself.
Everyone does it.
Dowager Viscountess Violet Bridgerton,
Your Majesty.
- Ah.
- Ah!
Do sit down and join us.
Your Majesty.
Thank you for the honor of the invitation.
This is a surprise.
I thought I would call upon an expert.
Ex Expert?
You have a great many children.
Yes, I suppose I do.
[laughter]
I have a great many children.
As Your Majesty decides.
You have had two weddings in two years.
How do you do it?
Uh, do Do what?
Get them to want to marry.
[Violet] Well
It helps if they are in love.
- Love?
- [Violet] Yes.
Love solves a plethora of issues.
I'm going to speak plainly
because we are all mature women here.
My boys are in love.
They are in love with commoners.
They are in love with Catholics,
and they are in love with actresses.
And they are in love with women
who are already married.
Love is not the issue.
Love has produced
over 50 illegitimate babies
for the Crown.
Oh my.
Uh, Lady Danbury also has many children.
Perhaps she can advise.
My four children have done me the honor
of moving many continents away.
Besides, marriage is a duty,
not a pleasure.
But it can be such a pleasure.
Or it can be a painful,
lifelong sentence. [chuckles]
[Violet] Marriage offers so much.
Companionship. Tradition. Family.
Warmth. And if they take the time
to become close, well,
a match does not have
to start out as love. It can grow.
Love can bloom from the thorniest
of gardens, can it not?
- Blooming love.
- [both chuckling]
Your flower metaphors
make me nauseated with their sweetness,
but I applaud your point.
I shall simply find them wives myself,
order them to marry,
and they can worry about the love part
later, after there are royal babies.
- That was not quite what I
- Brimsley.
Have the Lord Chamberlain
draw up a list
of eligible brides across Europe.
Thank you.
You are welcome, Your Majesty.
[dog whimpering]
[whimpering continues]
Go to sleep, PomPom.
[sighs]
[barks]
You are late. He will be getting up soon.
Oh, well, your gesture has short legs.
- What did you want anyway?
- Did you allow her to have a visitor?
- Just one.
- It is her honeymoon.
It is Lady Danbury. I've always liked her.
She is not going to tell anyone.
She does not have to tell anyone.
The servants talk.
The palace knows she was there.
Well, sir,
perhaps it is time you leveled with me.
What is wrong with your man?
What is keeping him from her bed?
You worry about
your own side of the world.
- [Brimsley] PomPom.
- [whimpering]
[barks]
[Lord Danbury] What does
the Dowager Princess want?
I do not know!
It is my family that had
a relationship with the late king.
That is true.
You are no one.
- I am no one.
- So why should she want to see you?
I do not know! I don't know these people.
[sighs]
Dearest.
I am sure it is only because of you
and your reputation
that they would want to meet with me.
I promise to tell you
every single detail upon my return.
How is that?
I suppose that will do.
[kisses] Ah.
[exhales deeply]
[Dowager Princess] Please elaborate
on your meeting with the queen.
I am not sure I understand.
- You met with Her Majesty.
- I did.
I am asking you to elaborate.
We had tea.
You had tea?
- Yes.
- And?
- I met her puppy.
- Puppy?
Yes. She has a Pomeranian.
What did you speak to Her Majesty about?
[scoffs lightly] Does it signify
what two ladies discuss at tea?
Tea is often about gowns
and flower arranging
and embroidery
and the social season gossip.
If we are bold,
the latest musical compositions.
- I do not think the girl knows.
- She knows.
Agatha.
We know what tea is generally about.
What was this tea about, girl?
This tea?
You are being
purposely obstructive, Agatha.
- And I will not have it.
- Lady Danbury.
Excuse me?
Lady Danbury.
That is my title, Your Highness.
The one you were kind enough
to bestow upon me.
Lady Agatha Danbury.
And I do remember
one thing about this tea.
It was when I understood
our new queen had not yet realized
that our titles are shiny and new.
Is that not an interesting topic
for an upcoming tea?
Perhaps we should speak in a womanly way.
[man] Let me handle her for you.
- If Lord Bute were here
- I believe I can manage.
You surprise me.
I always thought you were a quiet one.
I am not quiet.
It is simply that my husband is loud.
Ah.
Mm.
Lady Danbury.
I need to know
what is going on at Buckingham House.
I need a trusted ear.
Do you understand?
I do.
Well, then.
Traditionally, when a title is bestowed,
it comes with income and land.
An estate.
Without those things,
a title is simply a title.
We all have needs, ma'am.
You want money.
Mm. [scoffs]
You forget that the reason
your father-in-law, the king,
knew my family
is because
my father-in-law is also a king.
And Sierra Leone is very rich.
[breathes deeply]
We already have money.
We have more money than most of the ton.
What I need is for my husband
to not be denied entry to White's.
I need my husband
to be invited on the hunts.
I need to cross the street
to the best modiste,
to take the finest seats at the opera.
That is grasping.
Asking for rather a lot.
You should be grateful.
You said you need to know
what is going on over at Buckingham House.
I assume the reason you need that
is so that Lord Bute believes
you have the situation in hand
because if you do not,
the House of Lords will be at your door.
Is not that a fact?
Careful, Lady Danbury.
I am merely pointing out.
You need to know what is going on
over at Buckingham House.
We need to be equal members of the ton.
We can be grateful to one another.
[light instrumental music builds slowly]
Hello, Charlotte.
[light music fades out]
Hello.
Is it all right if I join you
for a meal this evening?
A meal?
A meal? Are you
A meal?!
- [scoffs]
- Charlotte.
Where are you going? Where are you going?
I do not know, just away from you!
Wherever you are not.
Charlotte. Charlotte!
Charlotte, if you'll give me a chance
Charlotte, stop walking this instant!
I
I realize you have no reason to like me.
You have no reason to trust me.
I marry you,
and then I disappear into my observatory.
And then I come here to dine as if
But if you will give me
just one evening of your time.
Allow me to show you
where my mind has been.
It might not make you forgive me,
but it might make you hate me a bit less.
Look, do you see it?
I do not see anything.
Well, concentrate.
I cannot concentrate with you hovering,
breathing, and telling me to concentrate.
- Let me just turn the focus a tiny bit.
- Would you step away and let me
Oh, my word.
- What is that?
- [George] That is Venus.
Venus? The planet Venus.
I'm staring at Venus?
- You are. I've been studying it.
- [gasps softly]
See, a rare occurrence is coming.
Venus will travel in a specific arc
and give us a single moment
to take precise measurements,
and we shall know
the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
"The Transit of Venus," it is called.
It will be quite the spectacle.
It is
[chuckling] Well, George, it is beautiful.
It is.
And this is what you have been doing.
There is something about the heavens.
In this world we live in, where I'm given
so much power and attention,
it is good to remember I'm a bit of dust.
I'm a small dot in the universe.
It keeps one humble.
Being king is a hazard.
My world has been made
to revolve around me, and
It has made me selfish.
I cannot imagine how painful and cruel
it must have been
to have me ruin your wedding night.
It was your wedding night too.
I'm so sorry.
Yes, well I do not forgive you.
Yet.
Yet.
Yet is good.
Yet is hope.
Perhaps.
You know,
it almost does not quite count
as a wedding night
because we did not
actually have the night part.
I've been told that as well.
We can start over.
- Try again.
- Mm-hm.
If you're willing.
[Charlotte] Well
that seems very
I think that is a reasonable idea.
Does this mean you're coming home
to Buckingham House?
I am coming home to Buckingham House.
"We may not travel together."
- We did, right after the wedding.
- Ah.
Rules to protect succession.
Right after the wedding,
there was no possibility
you might be carrying the next king.
There is no possibility now.
They do not know that.
And after tonight
there will be.
- I shall see you soon.
- Mm.
[light instrumental music builds slowly]
Might you like a refreshment
after your travels?
I would. Thank you.
[light music ends]
You are breathtaking.
It is pretty.
But it has a thousand tiny buttons.
[chuckling] I'm suddenly concerned that
I may have made the wrong choice.
I'm very good with buttons.
[chuckles lightly]
[breathing softly]
- Charlotte.
- Mm?
Do you know what happens
on our wedding night?
Ah, yes. I know everything.
I've seen drawings
and had a detailed explanation
as to what is to occur.
- Well, that is good to know.
- [chuckles]
I do not like the part where my head
hits the wall over and over again.
Is there a way to avoid that?
Yes, there is a way to avoid that.
[soft music builds slowly]
[breathing softly]
[panting softly]
[panting continues]
[moans, pants]
- [Charlotte chuckles softly]
- [George panting]
[both exhale deeply]
- [birds chirping]
- [soft music fades out]
[bells jingling]
[sighs deeply]
[pleasant music playing]
[Lord Danbury] This is ours?
Are you sure?
What do the papers you received
from the palace say?
The papers say that it is ours.
This, the land,
spots at Eton for the boys,
and apparently there are cattle somewhere.
There is a key. [chuckles]
[Lady Danbury exhales deeply]
I never thought that I would see this day.
Do you know how this happened?
I have no idea.
I will tell you how this happened.
The king sees me for who I am.
My value, my worth.
He understands that
the old days are over.
Hm. And that this is a new world.
That men are men
regardless from whence they come.
[chuckles quietly]
Perhaps this is
the beginning of a new era.
- Now, I believe
- Hush, woman. [chuckles]
I will try the key. [chuckles]
He has gone out for a ride or a walk.
We shall hold breakfast for him.
I would like us to eat together.
Uh, I do not think he has gone out,
Your Majesty. I believe he has a visitor.
[George] in that case, politics.
[Dowager Princess]
Do not make me ask the question.
[George] I am not making you ask.
This is none of your business.
This is my marriage.
[Dowager Princess]
Your marriage is Palace business.
Your marriage is Parliament business.
Your marriage is
the business of this country!
This cannot go wrong.
I need to know
if you have properly bedded her.
- The Crown
- [George] You told me I had to wed.
For the Crown. I did.
You told me to charm her
to make it easier for the Crown.
I have done my best.
You told me I could not let her know me
because I must protect
the secrets of the Crown. I have not.
You told me to bed her.
I have done so! I understand!
It has been abundantly clear
since my first breath
that I was born for the happiness
or misery of a great nation
and consequently must often
act contrary to my passions.
I am the picture of duty.
The Crown resides within me,
embedded like a knife!
You do not need
to explain it to me, Mother.
[shouts] It is me!
[exhales sharply]
I shall have my breakfast now.
There is no need to wait for the king.
[dog whimpering softly]
The list of suitable brides for your sons
from the Lord Chamberlain, Your Majesty.
Thank you, Brimsley.
What a lovely breakfast.
[door creaks lightly]
[clears throat]
[George] She is gone?
[king's man] Your mother has departed,
Your Majesty. I saw to it myself.
And Charlotte?
[king's man] The queen is at breakfast.
If you'd like to join her, I can
Shall I send for the doctor, Your Majesty?
No.
I'm fine. I do not need him.
[shuddering breaths]
[exhales forcefully]
Yes, yes. Get him here. [breathes shakily]
Charlotte.
She will never know of it.
[tense music playing]
[exhales forcefully]
[shuddering breaths]
[tense music ends]
[closing theme music playing]