The Private Life of Henry VIII Quotes

The Private Life of Henry VIII is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . The Private Life of Henry VIII completed its run in 1970.

It features Alexander Korda as producer, Kurt Schröder in charge of musical score, and Georges Périnal as head of cinematography.

The Private Life of Henry VIII is recorded in English language and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of The Private Life of Henry VIII is 97 minutes long. The Private Life of Henry VIII is distributed by United Artists.

The cast includes: Binnie Barnes as Katherine Howard, Robert Donat as Thomas Culpeper, Merle Oberon as Anne Boleyn, Laurence Hanray as Man, Franklin Dyall as Thomas Cromwell, Gibb McLaughlin as French executioner, and Sam Livesey as English executioner.

The Private Life of Henry VIII Quotes

Binnie Barnes as Katherine Howard

• (Binnie Barnes) "Who's there?"
• (King Henry VIII) "Henry."
• (Binnie Barnes) "Henry who?"
• (King Henry VIII) "The King."
• (Binnie Barnes) "Oh, the King, not the man."
• (King Henry VIII) "Unlock the door."
• (Binnie Barnes) "Isn't it rather late for a maid to unlock her door to a -- man?"
• (King Henry VIII) "On, come on, unlock the door."
• (Binnie Barnes) "Is that a command?"
• (King Henry VIII) "Yes."
• (Binnie Barnes) "To the King, then, not the man."
• (King Henry VIII) "Don't do that. I'm leaving me crown outside."
• (Binnie Barnes) "You've left it outside with my reputation, sire."
• (King Henry VIII) "No one saw me, Katherine, I swear. Can't you forget the King and forget the crown, forget everything -- you told me once I was a man, uh? What do you say if I'm not the King?"
• (Binnie Barnes) "Get out of my room."
• (King Henry VIII) "What? Whyyy --"
• (Binnie Barnes) "That's what I would say, if you were not the King. Since you are the King, I expect your command."
• (King Henry VIII) "Command? It's a poor thing to command in love."
• (Binnie Barnes) "Love? Who is in love?"
• (King Henry VIII) "I am, with you."
• (Binnie Barnes) "Love eternal, since yesterday afternoon, until tomorrow morning?"
• (King Henry VIII) "When I say love, I mean love."

Laurence Hanray as Man

• (Laurence Hanray) "Well, one must admit, she died like a queen."
• (Unnamed) "Yes. And that frock, wasn't it too divine?"
• (Laurence Hanray) "Was it? I didn't notice."
• (Unnamed) "No, you wouldn't. You wouldn't notice that I haven't had a new gown for a year."
• (Laurence Hanray) "All right, all right, you shall have one -- for your execution."

Merle Oberon as Anne Boleyn

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Franklin Dyall as Thomas Cromwell

• (Franklin Dyall) "Sire, we need more heirs."
• (King Henry VIII) "I have given you three, two daughters and a son. I grant you, the daughters show little promise; Mary may grow to wisdom, but Elizabeth'll never learn to rule so much as a kitchen. Ah, but the boy is my second self."

Gibb McLaughlin as French executioner

• (Gibb McLaughlin) "There is a blade for you fit for a king. Or in this case, a queen, n'est-ce pas?"
• (Sam Livesey) "Not fit for our Queen."
• (Gibb McLaughlin) "No? Why not?"
• (Sam Livesey) "She is an English Queen, ain't she? Well, what's wrong with English steel? And come to that, what's wrong with an English headsman?"
• (Gibb McLaughlin) "Ah, meaning yourself?"
• (Sam Livesey) "Why not? I was good enough to knock off the Queen's five lovers, wasn't I? Why'd they want you, a Frenchman from Calais?"
• (Gibb McLaughlin) "I will tell you --"
• (Sam Livesey) "No, I'm telling you. It's a crying shame. 'N half the English executioners out of work as it is."
• (Gibb McLaughlin) "And why are they out of work? Because they are only fit to sever the bull necks of their countrymen with a butcher's cleaver. But a woman's neck, a Queen's neck: that calls for finesse, for delicacy, for chivalry -- in one word, a Frenchman."
• (Sam Livesey) "I could think of another word."

Robert Donat as Thomas Culpeper

• (Robert Donat) "I never should have come, Kate. We can't go on like this."
• (Binnie Barnes) "I know, it's dreadful, seeing each other every day and never being alone together --"
• (Robert Donat) "Oh, it's not that, it's -- it's being torn in half between you and the King."
• (Binnie Barnes) "But, Tom, we belong to each other."
• (Robert Donat) "No. We belong to him."

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