0:00:02 > 0:00:08This programme contains some violent scenes,
0:00:08 > 0:00:14some strong language and scenes of a sexual nature.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45BABY CRIES
0:00:57 > 0:01:00BABY GURGLES
0:01:06 > 0:01:09APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS
0:01:15 > 0:01:17What news, Sire? Does the child...?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Stillborn.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20A funeral is planned.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Have the tailors arrived for our pavilion?
0:01:23 > 0:01:24They are en route.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26It is the talk of the court.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Sire, my heart is heavy for your loss...
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Ensure the talk does not abate.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Make it the gossip of the card tables.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Leave us now.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Before we begin, Sire...
0:01:49 > 0:01:51You will not address the King directly.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52I think he already has.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57The men we apprehended wore Spanish leather on their person.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00If I wore a pair of clogs, would that make me a Dutchman?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02You would have me be silent?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Deeply.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I only wish His Majesty to be aware,
0:02:05 > 0:02:09since we already have a Spanish influence in our lives.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Her Majesty must remain abed at least a week, Sire.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25And as for the condition of the child, I have an explanation.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I cannot wait to hear it.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40As you know, Sire, Her Majesty has enjoyed the company
0:02:40 > 0:02:42of a little blackamoor, Nabo.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46She liked to play games with him - peek-a-boo and so on.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50As I understand it, Sire, shortly after Her Majesty fell pregnant,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Nabo hid behind a piece of furniture and jumped out upon her
0:02:54 > 0:02:58to give her a surprise, and he gave her a look of such force
0:02:58 > 0:03:01that it served to corrupt the royal womb with darkness.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08It must have been a very penetrating look.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Where is the child now?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26A wet nurse, out of sight.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27She has our trust.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29You're sure?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Quite sure, Your Majesty.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Very well. Fabien, do as you must.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53# I was the king of my own land
0:03:58 > 0:04:01# Facing tempests of dust
0:04:01 > 0:04:06# I'll fight until it's the end
0:04:10 > 0:04:12# Creatures of my dreams
0:04:12 > 0:04:16# Raise up and dance with me
0:04:25 > 0:04:27# Now and forever
0:04:28 > 0:04:36# I'm your king! #
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Sire, we may have war, or we may have splendour,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57but I do not believe that we can have both.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Then it must be war.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Then the Dutch will secure their trade routes into West Africa,
0:05:02 > 0:05:03and we shall have no part of them.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07To see our rivals profit in wealth and stature from our own inaction
0:05:07 > 0:05:09is not a price we should be paying.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12As lucrative as these routes may be for the Dutch,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15you cannot put a price on glory, Sire.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18The Dutch are mistaken.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23And France has my wife to thank for that.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38SHE WHISPERS IN SPANISH
0:05:55 > 0:05:57You have no colour in your cheeks.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Unlike your daughter.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Please, husband. Where is she?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04"Husband".
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Do you know what Socrates had to say about marriage?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17He said, "By all means marry.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20"If you get a good wife, you'll be happy.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25"Get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I must tell you, madam, I am feeling VERY philosophical.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Madre de Dios...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40What we do here resonates throughout the world.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Do you imagine this William of Orange in the north,
0:06:43 > 0:06:44if he knew what had happened here,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47would pause for a second at our borders?
0:06:47 > 0:06:50That he would see the king and his country
0:06:50 > 0:06:52as anything other than weak, debased,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54a laughing stock?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59This was not the act of a wife or queen.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03This was an act of sedition by a traitor.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Where is our daughter?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Your daughter is in God's mercy.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14SHE PRAYS IN SPANISH
0:07:14 > 0:07:17French when it pleases you, Spanish when you choose to hide.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19If the court thinks me an idiot,
0:07:19 > 0:07:23at least they think me worthy of something, even if it is pity.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25You will find no pity from me.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Her Majesty looks unwell.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31See that Masson tends to her.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Her confinement shall be extended until she is fit to rejoin us.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45When you first came to court, do you remember what I told you?
0:07:45 > 0:07:49That you would reward any favour...with interest.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Mm-hmm!
0:07:50 > 0:07:51And yet,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53I am still waiting.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57After you had me spread all those lies for you
0:07:57 > 0:07:59about your little blonde friend.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02That's what I love about you, cousin. you're so very patient.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Never doubt my affection for you.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Oh! By the king!
0:08:17 > 0:08:22"The King invites you to a private showing of diverse suits of lace..."
0:08:22 > 0:08:26There was a domestic working in the hallway north of the birthing room.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Yes.- Pallid...- "..from the master tailors, embroiderers..."
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Green eyes, a scar on her chin.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I want her name.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36"..a carousel will follow in their honour."
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Mother!- Aren't you thrilled?- Oh!
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Have we heard from Rossignol on the cipher?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- No.- The moment he sends word, you shall fetch me.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Yes.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50SHE SINGS IN FRENCH
0:08:50 > 0:08:52DOOR OPENS
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Thank you!
0:08:59 > 0:09:01BABY CRIES
0:09:11 > 0:09:13That is very expensive firewood.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16If I do not burn these, the rest shall die, Sire.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20A greening disease is spread in many, caused by flies.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22But the rootstock is strong,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24and if we can girdle and graft onto the budwood,
0:09:24 > 0:09:28scions take, the trees propagate, the orchard is saved.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34How do you know the rootstock is strong?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35What is the measure?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38I make it my business to know the provenance of every tree
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Your Majesty receives.
0:09:39 > 0:09:45This one came first from the university at Strasbourg.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48This one,
0:09:48 > 0:09:50the botanic garden at Montpellier.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Before that, China, Arabia.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57To know the seed is to know the root.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59To know the root is to know the tree
0:09:59 > 0:10:01and the fruit that follows thereafter.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04So, I burn the sick to preserve the pure
0:10:04 > 0:10:08and the King shall have his orange blossom.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12You're very well-spoken for a soldier.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Words are weapons, Sire.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I've used many in my time.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18But I'm a gardener now.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22My gardener.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52CHURCH BELLS CHIME
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Just look at them.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28A king either rules his ministers or is ruled by them.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Only power controls a country
0:11:32 > 0:11:35and, as of now, the power lies with them.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41It is time to show them who you are.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Without the documents of law before us, my edict has no legitimacy.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Where are the archives and why are they not before us?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Are they still on the road?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Sire, the decision was taken to turn the caravan around.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Taken by whom?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08The road from Paris is very dangerous,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12especially when it approaches the royal lands around this lodge.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15We could not have court materials taken hostage.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17But that is exactly what has happened, Monsieur Louvois.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21The masters of the Tailor's Guild arrived safely.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23One would think the King's guard
0:12:23 > 0:12:25might also stand a chance of survival.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29We think only of security. We merely serve, Your Majesty.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30For now.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40If Monsieur Louvois does not soon hold his tongue,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I may volunteer to hold it for him.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45I would rather have an honest critic than a false friend, Bontemps.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Sire, he seems to talk only of his opposition to you.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53He takes contrary positions to all of your plans,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56then declares them thunderously to anyone who will listen.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58And long may he continue.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I am sure I do not understand, Sire.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05You will.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10What news of your son?
0:13:12 > 0:13:13Bontemps?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Carmelite and lavender.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Do you like it?
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Persian silk.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Leave it alone.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01SHE SOBS QUIETLY
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Forgive me, Monsieur.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19The royal baby...
0:14:21 > 0:14:23We all have a heavy heart.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I saw something.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32I do not understand.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38The child was alive and the strangest colour!
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- What madness are you speaking? - Please, Sire, I beg you.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46I say this in the strictest confidence
0:14:46 > 0:14:47and in the spirit of loyalty.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49My mother works for you at Saint-Cloud,
0:14:49 > 0:14:50thus I felt I must speak it.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Perhaps, you might help me join her there in service?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55I'm so scared!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12The doctors made every effort,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14but the pox was too strong,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17the fever too much.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21It took him.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34I am with you in your loss.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Go home.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Sire, you are my home.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46You must grieve while you can.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48I will.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Be with those you love.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I am, Sire.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55You defy me?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58My place is with you.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04God is punishing me for hurting those closest to my heart.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05He is testing you, Sire.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08He is offering you a gift.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Vengeance and mercy are both His to choose.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14They are also yours.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I believe He placed this child in your care for a reason.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21I've heard enough.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23She is strong. Let her live.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24And then what?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Come now...
0:16:28 > 0:16:30truly...
0:16:30 > 0:16:32answer me.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Sire, I do not presume any authority or judgment.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37Of course not.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44A secret such as this has the power of a tide.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Once released, it will go where it must, beyond our control,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51and that will be the end of my life,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53of your life,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55of everything we know of this court.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- Sire, I meant only... - Grieve your loss.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00But do not forget your place.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07That colour...
0:17:07 > 0:17:09She needs the distraction. It will pass.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13You sound very sure.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14You doubt my opinion?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18I only see that she has not recovered.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19You have a different solution?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Why continue on the same course if there is no improvement?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Why not change what is being done?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I am not going to argue with you.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Besides, what is done is done. Have you packed the bags?
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Father, stop this thinking. It will be the end.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Of both of us, if we do not take measures!
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Then let me help you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43We cannot unsee what we have seen!
0:17:45 > 0:17:46And they will kill us for it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49She needs us here.
0:17:53 > 0:17:59Sire, I serve you now as I served your father.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04He did things as they have always been done.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I see you as a very different kind of man.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Born in a new age,
0:18:11 > 0:18:16born perhaps years ahead of all who love and follow you.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19The choice is clear, Sire.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20There are two paths.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22One worn and one yet to be.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27How you plant your next step ahead in this moment
0:18:27 > 0:18:30will determine the way ahead for all of us.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33We know how the kings of the past
0:18:33 > 0:18:35would have moved against this problem.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38But you are different, Sire.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41You are the king of our future.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46The only question is, what kind shall it be?
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Add a monthly stipend to the royal household.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Under what name should I...?
0:18:59 > 0:19:01The pension must remain outside of record.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Outside of ALL record.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Do as you must.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Baptise it thoroughly.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27See how life fights death.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Cherish this moment.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35It is God given.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Stop at once! Fabien!
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Give her to me!
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Our work protects the King.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Your work here is finished.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53What chance does that wretch have outside these walls?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55That is not your concern.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Tomorrow, the Gazette de France will report on funeral preparations
0:19:58 > 0:20:00with all consideration of a royal passing.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02A grave is prepared.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11A grave error, to be sure.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30CHOIR MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
0:20:39 > 0:20:41SHE SOBS
0:21:14 > 0:21:16How is he?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19As you might expect.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22He should be here.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24The King does not mourn.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30In public, perhaps.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32In truth, anywhere.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35It's not only protocol. The man does not weep.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Not with you, perhaps.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41It takes a woman to see it.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44His heart will be full of sorrow.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46His heart,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49if he has one,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51is a whole other matter entirely.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Is it not?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03You look nice.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Our Father, who art in heaven,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15hallowed be Thy name.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Give us this day our daily bread,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25and forgive us our trespasses,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28as we forgive those that trespass against us.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Lead us not into temptation,
0:22:30 > 0:22:34but deliver us from evil.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Now and forever.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Amen.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Amen.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20BANGS ON DOOR
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Who is that?
0:23:51 > 0:23:52He is your son.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Louis XIV.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01Not yet, he's not.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07A maid comes crying to you
0:24:07 > 0:24:11and says she's got information about the royal baby and now she's dead.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Now we're told we cannot leave Versailles
0:24:15 > 0:24:17because the Queen is unwell.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21What's going on?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24What is your brother hiding?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27You know him better than anyone.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35You be careful about what you say and how loudly you say it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Do you think the King would think twice about dispatching you?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Perhaps the baby was alive after all.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48We saw the child buried.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50We saw a BOX buried.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Your brother thinks you're weak.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08You have more power than you realise.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Use it!
0:25:14 > 0:25:16I intend to.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22This is your moment to shine, my love.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24I know.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Show them who you are.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32The Spanish have fortified the towns of Charleroi, Tournai,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Douai and Lille.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37General Aumont has his troops in the north - Turenne.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40His battalions lie to the east of Cambrai.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57I say cut off all of Flanders, along with Lille,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00and the large Spanish bases in the east,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Bruges,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Ghent,
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Brussels
0:26:06 > 0:26:08and Namur.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09But, to achieve your goal,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12we'd have to cut the Spanish off from Tournai and Douai.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Who would lead our men? Every man is accounted for.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16There is one, perhaps.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22But, in truth, he may not be ready.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07To meet here is too dangerous.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09We cannot leave while the Queen is unwell.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- The King will not have it. - Perhaps that is his intention.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Many noble families will ride in for the carousel of fashion.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17This is our moment to make our case.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I hear the Duc De Cassel shares our intent.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Then let him come.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26De Cassel does his own will.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30He's too rich and too powerful to listen to any other man but himself.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33But, if we were to persuade his friends,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35then we might yet persuade him.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41No matter what, the building of Versailles must be stopped.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45We grow in number every day,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48and not even a king can stop a tide.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I have never seen a cipher quite like this.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Even Rossignol cannot break it.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12This was in Montcourt's rooms, you say, yet he walks free?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Free, but not unwatched.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16So, we do not know what it says?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19These symbols share a common thread
0:28:19 > 0:28:21with those we liberated from the prisoners.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Spaniards?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Someone inside your court was helping them.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Someone inside was a friendly face.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Then we must summon Montcourt to us.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Better to lie fallow and collect information.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39This paper was placed freely upon Montcourt's bureau.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42So he may not have known its true purpose?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Well, one thing is clear.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47There is a plot against you, Sire.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Montcourt has wounded you before and he may try again.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07OPERATIC SINGING DROWNS OUT SPEECH
0:29:10 > 0:29:13SHE SINGS OPERATICALLY
0:29:28 > 0:29:31The men are at war and so are we.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33The men use their swords, we use our beauty,
0:29:33 > 0:29:38but the end is the same, my dear - conquest.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41This one is nice.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Oh, you'll need more than just a dress.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46A filigree bracelet and a necklace of diamonds, believe me.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48But how will we pay?
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Oh! Let me worry about that.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Your job is to bring me a king.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55He's not even here.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13When you gaze at a king, do not avert your eyes, especially
0:30:13 > 0:30:15when you look as you do right now.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21You were never more beautiful than at this moment. Leave us!
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Take it off.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59There is talk of war.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01Always.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04My husband would love to fight.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Is that his desire?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12He talks of nothing else.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18If I send him to the Spanish Netherlands, he may not return.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22A glorious death would not displease him.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26That is my brother you are talking about.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32I speak it, Sire, but you think it.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Well, a little death is good for everyone.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Le Chevalier de Lorraine, Philippe Duc d'Orleans!
0:31:43 > 0:31:45OPERATIC SINGING CONTINUES
0:32:03 > 0:32:04Oh, look!
0:32:09 > 0:32:10LAUGHTER
0:32:15 > 0:32:17You mock me?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21How can I not?
0:32:21 > 0:32:23You are an embarrassment to the King.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29You mock me, you mock my brother and that makes you a traitor.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33If I smite you, you will fall, which makes me a dead man.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39Coward!
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Argh!
0:33:24 > 0:33:26HE GROANS
0:33:28 > 0:33:29Stop!
0:33:30 > 0:33:33I think you've made your point.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01Have you lost your mind?
0:34:03 > 0:34:05You choose who I marry.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08You choose where I live and how much money I can spend,
0:34:08 > 0:34:11but you do not get to choose what I wear and who I fuck.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Understand this. Everything you are reflects on me.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18I've been dressed like this since I was three months old.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21My goal in life was to be less than you.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23It was not my choice.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26It was my duty, so that I would not be the cloud in front of the sun.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30You think it's hard to be a king?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Try being a king's brother for a day.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36You can't trick me.
0:34:37 > 0:34:43I know what you're planning here and what you're hiding.
0:34:44 > 0:34:50That's right. I know you... Brother.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54I have never given you anything other than my love and respect.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Is that what you say to yourself while you're fucking my wife?
0:34:57 > 0:34:58Someone has to!
0:35:05 > 0:35:10Everything I have, I share with you, but you won't share the truth.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14How can I have your back if you won't tell me the truth?
0:35:14 > 0:35:18There are some things you cannot know, that only a king can know.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20What happened to the baby?
0:35:20 > 0:35:23The child did not survive.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Don't you understand how rumours start?
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Your silence only fuels the fire.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Let me help you.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47I have never uttered an ill word against you, my brother.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55It's not your words that worry me...
0:35:58 > 0:35:59..brother.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Majesty, I wanted you to know I've been praying for you.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Why?
0:36:17 > 0:36:22As we sink into our deepest misery, we must remember:
0:36:22 > 0:36:26God's will is to rouse our souls in longing for our promised Saviour.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30"Know that our redeemer liveth."
0:36:45 > 0:36:46You are a whore.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53You come to me for contrition even as my king's seed swells your belly.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59We are all damned in this place. Do you not see?
0:36:59 > 0:37:01I am the queen of harlots
0:37:01 > 0:37:05and you're a pious poutain and we can beg for mercy all we like.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08The hell fires are gaping and will swallow us all.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Her Majesty is tired. You must leave.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18You tend to Her Majesty.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20I will look for the items for a poultice.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22She's sick because of the birth.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Where is Nabo?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26And the poultice will reduce the swelling of the womb.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- It is swelling for a reason... - Do as I say!
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Help me, please.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39And call for the King.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44Your Majesty, let me at least make you comfortable. Your Majesty?
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Your Majesty! Get my father! Quickly!
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Your Majesty?!
0:38:07 > 0:38:12The north and the east are out of the question. We simply cannot...
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- You took it. - Brother, you are red in the face.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18You took my tactic and you gave it to him.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22All my life I have longed for war, even the smallest taste,
0:38:22 > 0:38:25and now you're denying me again and again!
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Ask me who will lead the charge.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Who will lead the charge?
0:38:28 > 0:38:29You will.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35Sire, you mentioned that the man might not be ready yet.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I was talking about you, Louvois.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Congratulations, Brother,
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- you are going to war. - RAPID APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Sire, the queen!
0:38:59 > 0:39:00- It must be... - God in heaven!
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Push on her stomach where you feel my hand,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05near the ovarium. I'll pull it out through her lower womb.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Pull what out? If she dies, we both die.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09There, I have it!
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Her pulse is stronger. We will never speak of this.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Speak of what?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Her Majesty was unwell, Sire, and bled,
0:39:22 > 0:39:26but I'm glad to say her condition now looks as though it will improve.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29So I see. You may leave.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35You will stay.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38Privacy!
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Show me your arm. What is that in your hand?
0:39:59 > 0:40:00Is this how you stopped the bleeding?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Lie to me, you lie to God.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Afterbirth. I removed it from her uterus. It is...
0:40:06 > 0:40:08I know where it is.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10How did you know it would stop the blood?
0:40:10 > 0:40:14A guess. I am a midwife trained by my father.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18I am also a student of anatomy and medicine.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21I do not recall signing any laws allowing women doctors.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27I took body parts, studied the organs,
0:40:27 > 0:40:30took down detailed notes and drew them.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33A justice would assume the worst and have you burnt at the stake.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36If that's your command.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38My command...
0:40:40 > 0:40:43..is that you will remain close to me on medical matters.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47As to your father's position, in the eyes of the court,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49he will remain our physician,
0:40:49 > 0:40:52but the advice I will heed will come from you.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Bontemps, let in some air.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Unless you advise against it?
0:41:01 > 0:41:05As long as we cover her, fresh air will give much benefit.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Comfrey and calendula will aid her healing, rosemary for the pain.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Don't look so surprised. I've put many women to bed.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33STRING MUSIC PLAYS
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Noble opinion is ours.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21We shall need more than that.
0:42:21 > 0:42:27We have our tinder, but now one of us must strike the flint.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31If it is to be me, so be it.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38I must tell you all.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42I believe that very soon we shall have a revolution in our country.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47The world knows France to be a master of the battlefield,
0:42:47 > 0:42:50but one glimpse around this glorious place will tell you,
0:42:50 > 0:42:53soon it will be our textile mercers
0:42:53 > 0:42:57and our master tailors who shall transform the world.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Our fashions will be revered just as much for their beauty,
0:43:00 > 0:43:06elegance, refinement and grace, the finest in the world.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Many of you mentioned at the carousel your desire to
0:43:10 > 0:43:13acquire one of the emerald rings on display.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16I'm afraid to say this was never going to be possible
0:43:16 > 0:43:18because I have bought every single one,
0:43:18 > 0:43:23as I wished you all to have one as a gift at this very special evening.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25APPLAUSE
0:43:29 > 0:43:32I hope you are enjoying the orange blossoms.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34I can trace the rootstock of these trees
0:43:34 > 0:43:37back to the ancient citrus forests of Arabia.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44Which reminds me... Montcourt?
0:43:52 > 0:43:54How is your wife?
0:43:55 > 0:44:00Dead, Sire. She passed away six weeks ago, sadly.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Thank you for the speed with which you rushed back to court.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07I can see you didn't even have time to change after the funeral.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09MURMURED LAUGHTER
0:44:10 > 0:44:12These are not my mourning clothes, Sire.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15They're not your evening clothes, either.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18Neither are they French clothes, Montcourt.
0:44:18 > 0:44:24Your father, the Baron, inherited his title from his grandfather, no?
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Yes, Sire.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29Yet this was a title originally bequeathed to his grandmother,
0:44:29 > 0:44:33the Baroness of Saint-Maur, but she married no higher than Seigneur.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38Seigneur Charles de Saint-Maur no less, Sire.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41And no more, sadly, for you.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44A farmer's son might call himself Charles de Saint-Maur
0:44:44 > 0:44:47if indeed that is where he was born.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Your father was a common man with a fiefdom,
0:44:50 > 0:44:54a vassal to his overlord, the true noble, the Grand Seigneur.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00Isn't that right, Montcourt?
0:45:01 > 0:45:06You might be labelled a vassal, perhaps, or a peasant,
0:45:06 > 0:45:09yet you seek to raise yourself above those men,
0:45:09 > 0:45:13both of whom would gladly sweat and toil to feed their families,
0:45:13 > 0:45:16pay their taxes and honour their duties to their king.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21You think yourself above them, Montcourt, yet you lie far below.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26You pay nothing and do nothing,
0:45:26 > 0:45:34which leads me to believe you ARE nothing, which begs the question:
0:45:34 > 0:45:37What is a nothing doing at my court?
0:45:37 > 0:45:39I can find you my papers, Sire.
0:45:39 > 0:45:44I beg you allow me to prove my worth.
0:45:44 > 0:45:48The papers are all here, Montcourt, after an inexcusable delay.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51As to the delay, Sire, as I mentioned, um,
0:45:51 > 0:45:55we did not wish to bother you with such trivial affairs of the state...
0:45:55 > 0:45:56I AM THE STATE!
0:46:10 > 0:46:13It has come to my attention that many of you are uncomfortable
0:46:13 > 0:46:16here on our visits to Versailles.
0:46:16 > 0:46:21Many of you prefer Paris or your lands and estates,
0:46:21 > 0:46:25which you so dearly miss, some only a short ride away.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29To all of you, I say this:
0:46:29 > 0:46:32You will soon get used to it,
0:46:32 > 0:46:36and we shall all soon discover who we are.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40Your noble birth freed you from our taxes.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Your falsehood has condemned you to pay.
0:46:42 > 0:46:46- I have no money but my estate. - Take his keys, then.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52- What do I do, Sire?- I'm sure you will think of something.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55You, what is your name?
0:46:56 > 0:46:59Pierre de la Croix.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01God smiles on you, la Croix.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11I do not know that man.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13He does not belong in our court.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19The time has come to prove to me who you are, all of you.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23You can rest assured I will do the same.
0:47:42 > 0:47:46- We are all under suspicion now. - Every single noble family must produce their papers or pay tax...
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Mother, what is all this proof everyone is talking about?
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Proof is proof, my dear. We have nothing to worry about.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Now, go and enjoy yourself.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Pull up a chair.
0:48:14 > 0:48:19I said a chair, not a stool. A chair with arms.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29Only a king may sit next to His Majesty in a chair with arms.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31You're more than a king.
0:48:34 > 0:48:35You're my friend.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05I would very much like to hear stories about your son.
0:49:09 > 0:49:13In his last hours, he asked me to tell him about my life with you.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19And what did you say?
0:49:19 > 0:49:21I told him the truth.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26That it is God's gift to me to be by your side.
0:49:31 > 0:49:38'That the gardens seem so glorious that they themselves
0:49:38 > 0:49:44'gave birth to beauty and might steal the breath from any man.
0:49:47 > 0:49:52'I also told my son he would one day work and live in my place,
0:49:52 > 0:49:58'that he might find himself part of the finest family in the world,
0:49:58 > 0:50:04'all of whom dare to dream they might one day live like a king...
0:50:07 > 0:50:09'or a queen...
0:50:10 > 0:50:14'..in a palace that will seduce your eyes
0:50:14 > 0:50:20'and steal your heart, and that one day, when we are all gone...
0:50:21 > 0:50:25'..they will write stories about this place of wonder.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30'But when they do, I fear those that hear it...
0:50:30 > 0:50:32'might not believe it.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38'And think it some kind of fairytale.'
0:50:38 > 0:50:39Oh, my God!
0:50:39 > 0:50:41SHE SHRIEKS
0:50:52 > 0:50:54Did your son approve of the dream?
0:50:58 > 0:51:01He asked me if that was where he was going.
0:51:04 > 0:51:05I told him it was.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18Some would say your son is in a better place.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23I happen to believe that true paradise
0:51:23 > 0:51:27lies in his father's arms,
0:51:27 > 0:51:31to be here with you in this moment.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37But that is not our choice.
0:51:39 > 0:51:44God has made his plans and we cannot question his design,
0:51:44 > 0:51:46just as my people cannot question mine.
0:51:49 > 0:51:54But they will. They mean to kill me, friend.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58They would kill us all to preserve the past.
0:51:58 > 0:52:02They may even succeed, but change will come no matter what.
0:52:05 > 0:52:08HORSES ON COBBLES OUTSIDE
0:52:12 > 0:52:15And if we are to endure, there is only one course.
0:52:17 > 0:52:18Which is what, Sire?
0:52:20 > 0:52:23We must lay our own foundation here.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26Why here, Sire?
0:52:26 > 0:52:29Because I will not be the King of Paris.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32I know who I am.
0:52:34 > 0:52:35I am Louis XIV.
0:52:37 > 0:52:38I am King of France.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45Now these nobles must prove their worth to me.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51See how they run.