Boleyn's beautiful daughters Mary and Anne prepare to meet King Henry meanwhile, Henry discovers that Lady Elizabeth Blount, his mistress and one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, is pregnant with his child. Buckingham plots to murder Henry and thus grab the throne for himself, letting Thomas Boleyn and the Duke of Norfolk in on his plan. Meanwhile, Henry has a rival to the throne in the Duke of Buckingham, a blood relative to earlier Kings. A summit is to take place in France, and - against Katherine's express wishes - their daughter Mary is to be betrothed to the Dauphin of France, also still a child. Thomas More, Henry's teacher and a humanist, is in favour of the treaty which further convinces a reluctant Henry to abandon his war plans. More interested in his own ambitions, the Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, manipulates the young king to propose a 'Treaty of Universal Peace' with France instead. Henry's uncle, Ambassador to Italy, is assassinated by the French and Henry seizes upon this event to plan a war with France to establish his immortal reputation and seize back the title of King of France. The aunt of the powerful Spanish Charles, Katherine is all that a Queen should be, and popular, but the difficult pursuit of a divorce approved by the Pope becomes a seductive option. And weighing most on his mind is his failure thus far to produce a male heir with his Queen, Katherine of Aragon so far their only child (who survived beyond birth) is the young Princess Mary, on whom he dotes. However, he is troubled by religious unrest in his own kingdom, as well as political struggles and changing allegiances with other countries. King Henry VIII is the young and virile king of England, one of the most powerful nations in the world, and seems to have it all.
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