With a powerful alliance with Spain and an heir sleeping in his crib, what could go wrong for glamorous royal couple Catherine and Henry?
With Thomas More's encouragement, King Henry meets with King Francis of France and the two sign Wolsey's peace treaty. During the summit, Thomas Boleyn manoeuvres his elder daughter Mary into Henry's bed in an effort to secure favour for the family. Boleyn and Norfolk betray the Duke of Buckingham's plot to the king, and the Duke is executed. Katherine of Aragon continues to pray for Henry to give her a live, healthy son, but Henry wrestles with the theological problem of having married his brot
As Catherine fights to restore her marriage after another tragedy, so too Meg must find a way to pull Scotland together after the bloody battle of Flodden.
While meg risks all for love, a pregnant Katherine struggles with the nauseating possibility Henry is cheating on her.
When the plague hits London, the court flees to Hampton court, but Maggie and Thomas remain in an empty and surprisingly romantic palace.
A great gathering in France is the backdrop to a political stand off between Katherine and Wosley, while in London, riots.
A new religion is rising, as is tension in court. Katherine must stop Henry's dangerous paranoia from turning friends into enemies.
As Henry loses himself to madness, the stakes have never been higher for Katherine - her husband has become a threat to her life.