The Virgin Queen (TV serial) Quotes

The Virgin Queen is a List of historical period drama films and series that first aired in 2005 on PBS. The Virgin Queen completed its run in 2005.

The Virgin Queen was on for 4 episodes. It features Paul Rutman as producer, and Martin Phipps as theme composer.

The Virgin Queen is recorded in English and originally aired in UK. Each episode of The Virgin Queen is 237 min long. The Virgin Queen is produced by BBC.

The Virgin Queen Quotes

• (Unnamed) "I know that I have the body of a weak and feeble woman. But I have the heart and stomach of a king; and a king of England, too. And I think foul scorn that Spain or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm. To which, rather than face that dishonour, I will myself take up arms beside you. I will be your general and your rewarder for your virtues in the field. We know that you already deserve rewards and crowns, and we do assure you in the word of a prince, this shall be paid to you. And take heed too of my Lieutenant General. For no prince ever commanded a more worthy or noble subject as he. By your obedience to him, by your valour in battle, we shall yet win a famous victory over these enemies of God. Of my kingdom. And of my people."

• (Unnamed) "As for religion -- Henceforce, all services will be conducted, not in Latin, but English, starting with my Coronation. How can my people understand the power of prayer unless they first understand its meaning? If they are to accept the Protestant faith, it must be through persuasion, not purges. Let the Catholics keep their crucifixes and robes, if they wish. There is but one Jesus Christ. The rest is trifles."

• (Unnamed) "I see now, if my life has a purpose, it is to protect you from your vanity -- and the price you will pay if you fall pray to hers."

• (Unnamed) "Hadn't you as a child vowed never to take a husband? Dear God, after what happened to your mother, who can blame you? Would you forego a chance at motherhood, Bess, for the sake of a childish vow?"
• (Unnamed) "It's not only men who can be corrupted by power. An heir can be as much a threat as a comfort in that."
• (Unnamed) "But the love of a man is hardly that of a child."
• (Unnamed) "It can be as fickle."
• (Unnamed) "As can a woman's."
• (Unnamed) "But a woman ruler is not as other women, is she? Like the coin that bears her image there are two sides to her. On the one, she embodies the feminine frailty of her sex, and on the other she is the body politic ordained by God."
• (Unnamed) "Well, then, it is to the frail and feminine one I must appeal."

• (Unnamed) "If I am exiled they will see it as proof of my guilt, I'm done for."
• (Unnamed) "All these months you kept me close you were using me. Playing with me for your own callous ends as you do all men. So long as I was married you were safe, and now I am free you spurn me. If I leave I won't return, Bess. It will be the last time you ever see me."
• (Unnamed) "I will have but one mistress here, and no master. Do you hear me? I will have no man rule over me."

• (Unnamed) "To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them who see it than pleasant to them who bear it. For myself, I was never so much enticed by it as humbled that God chose me as His instrument to defend my kingdom from peril, dishonour, tyranny and oppression. There will never be a queen with more zeal and devotion for her country and her subjects, but it is my desire now to reign no longer than for your good."

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