A scene from Elizabeth 1998
Dudley

You are in the greatest danger. You must believe me. But you have a friend. Someone who can guarantee your safety and your throne.

Elizabeth

A friend?

Dudley

The King of Spain.

Elizabeth

[to her servants]

Leave us. [to Dudley] How would he guarantee it?

Dudley

He would marry you.

Elizabeth

Only to make an alliance. Nothing more. He would not expect to...

Dudley

He would live in Spain.

Elizabeth

Why do you do this, Robert?

Dudley

Because I love you. And though you will not see me, I am the only one who would care for you.

Elizabeth

You love me so much you would have me be your whore?

Dudley

For God's sake, I do this for us. I ask you to save some part of us!

Elizabeth

Lord Robert, you may make whores of my Ladies but you shall not make one of me.

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