1:23:00
It's true.
1:23:02
The throne's yours by descent
and possession...
1:23:05
...but if this had been a freer time, if people
could elect, I'd have swept the country.
1:23:12
Since we're equal in love,
why can't we be equal in power as well?
1:23:16
- But we are equal. I have made you so.
- No.
1:23:19
It's still all yours to grant me or take away
as you see fit.
1:23:23
- Can it be otherwise?
- I ask you this in all devotion.
1:23:26
Am I not as worthy to be king as you
to be queen? Must you rule alone?
1:23:31
Darling.
1:23:34
You're so young in policy.
1:23:37
If I granted you this,
do you know what people would say?
1:23:41
That you had forced it
on me by revolution...
1:23:44
...and all the security and safety...
1:23:47
...which I have built for them through years
of planning would be blown away.
1:23:52
Is that your reason, or is it that you
wouldn't trust me as king?
1:23:56
No, I would not trust you. No.
1:23:59
- You're jealous of your rights, your throne.
- Yes.
1:24:03
So the court's in my hands,
the country mine, you my prisoner...
1:24:06
...I must disband my army,
give your kingdom back to you?
1:24:11
I, your prisoner?
1:24:14
Of course. The throne's mine for the taking.
1:24:17
So this is your loyalty?
1:24:19
This is your love?
1:24:22
Well, at least I know now
what it was you wanted.
1:24:29
You shall have it.
1:24:31
- Your throne?
- Yes, and make the best of it.
1:24:35
So shall I.
1:24:41
What are your plans?
1:24:43
- I have none.
- The tower? The block?
1:24:46
Having been a queen, I realize how useful
they are to consolidate power.
1:24:51
You could hardly take a queen prisoner
and have no thought of her destiny.
1:24:56
My mother walked that path.
I can walk it too.