![]() ![]() ![]() The official synopsis desribes the story thusly:Ĭatherine of Aragon, is the beautiful teenaged princess of Spain who was promised the English throne since she was a child. So, yeah, there’s a whole going on here well before Anne Boleyn ever shows up on the scene. After arriving in England as a teenager she wed, saw her new husband die a little over six months after his wedding, lived as a pauper while her parents and former father-in-law wrestled over her dowry, and eventually found herself in favor again, after receiving a dispensation which allowed her to become engaged to her former brother-in-law. The young Infanta of Spain was engaged as a child to Prince Arthur (son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, whom you’ll remember if you watched the The White Princess. But Catherine’s life story contains a great deal more drama than that. Much of her life will probably be familiar to viewers, as she was the woman thrown over and then divorced in favor of the infamous Anne Boleyn. The series will adapt Gregory’s The Constant Princess and The King’s Curse to tell the story of King Henry VIII’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Premium cable Starz announced its new limited series The Spanish Princess, based on two more of best-selling author Philippa Gregory’s historical fiction novels. ![]() The creative team behind popular period dramas The White Queen and its sequel series The White Princess are joining forces again to tell another Tudor-family story. ![]()
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