If you care about your sister, you won't give her reason to misstep.
And if I care about my sister, what do I do about you?!
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My dearest son, you can't hug your big brother whenever you like. He's King. At the moment.
Do not kill Elizabeth. There will be much retaliation.
I have no intention of killing her. I will dismantle her power bit by bit. Every choice I make, who I fight, who I support, who I marry, will be in service of taking her throne.
I'm not looking for a man to love, I'm looking for a weapon to use against her and her throne.
Tell your son to come to court. Or I will have him dragged here. On his knees.
The Prince of Spain came to France whole, and left with an enormous piece of wood sticking out of his skull.
That is not true. We had our finest surgeon remove it.
ECEarl of Clan Gordon
You're going to marry my son.
The hell I am.
You don't want me to marry Martel either?
I had his father killed. Do you think I want him rising in station?
We believe it was Clan Gordon who took her. Their proposals to the queen had gone unanswered.
So they kidnapped her, as is their tradition. They're lovely people, aren't they? Good Catholics.
A daughter joining her mother for an evening stroll is hardly a crime.
No, but murder is!
The tears might be a bit much.
The tears are real!
She wasn't your friend, Elizabeth, she was your prisoner. What a grotesque curse of royalty that you cannot even tell the difference.
Do not threaten me. I am half brother to the queen. My family has royal blood in our veins. The people believe that God chose us to rule, while you merely spout His teachings.
Why, Claude, how nice of you to take time away from your grief to criticize me.
Men forget that women have ears.
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