#reignep

You're not naive to the burdens of royalty. You and I, us... We are are not just royalty. We are more than an alliance, we're different. We love each other.

I am just as strong and as stubborn as Elizabeth! I will not live in fear of her!

I am determined to find the joy in our lives. In the small things.           In everything.

Ruling requires that your hands be                               drenched in blood.

Just know whatever happens,                this is not the end I dreamed for us.

…today I am King. And I will punish those who defy me. Remember your son. Do not test my power, and do not tempt my fury.

That girl, who knew no fear. I am not her anymore. No. You are wiser, and stronger. Remember that strength that so many have tried to take from you, it is in you still. My friend. My Queen.

Lay down your burdens, Mother, so I am no longer your worry. I promise you, I will let no one, not Elizabeth, not any usurper, take my country from me. Since I was a babe, I have been a Queen. Since a child, I have been alone on foreign soil. I know how to keep my life, my crown, and I will.