But hey, while brainwashing you, why not continue with the story? Antoinette de Guise is plotting with Mary Queen of Scots. Oh and King Henry has been delaying her marriage to the Dauphin, they must work on that. In comes Diane with Francis and Mary, trying to speed up their wedding. Henry throws a fit and a glass, saying Francis will marry when hey says, not when Diane says. Henry goes off to shoot arrows, and Catherine follows. Catherine suggests they need an impartial advisor, so they send a message to Montmorency.
Catherine then talks to the Bourbons about finances and austerity measures proposed by the King. Next up, Catherine goes to tell Mary that her fiance is not so hot. Henry is shown as wishy-washy and pretty much controlled by Diane. Is he just thinking with his dick?
Anyway, that night, Diane visits Henry to continue on the same topic. Their relationship is maternal and sycophantic. Diane makes a self-serving semi-apology, saying he can send her away. King Henry arranged for the marriage to Mary Queen of Scots in the first place and considered it a feather in his cap. He was all set to put Scotland as a vassal state to France and hopefully add England in there too, and to accomplish this, he needed the two kids to marry as soon as they were reasonably of age.
He was all for it! The next day at the privy council, Henry invites Diane, and she announces that the wedding is on. Francis and Mary were married in April , in case anyone cares about the historical timeline. Catherine is not thrilled that Diane did get her way, so she goes off to the woods to talk about her visions with Ruggieri again. Here comes the Holy Roman Emperor, whichever one he is! Oh and the dowager Queen Eleanor is back, since the Emperor is her brother, but that could be either Charles or Ferdinand.
The exaggerated shape of her gowns are perhaps inspired by a few rather exaggerated period images, like this one:. If the show wanted a conflict between the two women, a more accurate yet still juicy one would be their backgrounds.
