Summer 1531 Summary

The Queen and Princess have returned to court for the princess to get well and the queen to rest. Katherine asks the queen what she thinks Anne's secret is, and Mary tells her that Anne and King Henry are very much alike, both having the ability to be single-minded.

William Stafford wants to arrange to escort Mary to Hever. She accepts, but warns him that there can never be anything between them, to which he replies that he wants to be friends.

Anne and Henry, along with the court and all of its trappings, leave the castle without saying goodbye to Queen Katherine, leaving her alone. A note from the king tells her she and Princess Mary are to be banished and must leave the castle within a month.

Mary goes on to Hever Castle to be with her children, now ages seven...