King Henry fixes his lonely eyes on thirty-year-old, twice-widowed Katharine Parr - becoming Henry's sixth queen in 1543. Four years into the marriage, Henry dies. Thrilled at this renewed opportunity to wed her first love, Katharine doesn't realize that Sir Thomas Seymour now sees her as a mere stepping stone to the throne, his eye actually set on bedding and wedding fourteen-year-old Elizabeth. The princess is innocently flattered by his attentions to the shock of her household. The result is a tangled tale of love and a struggle for power, bringing to a close the dramatic and violent reign of Henry VIII.
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