More’s Former Palace, Hertfordshire

Queen Katherine and Princess Mary face exile to this lavish palace in Hertfordshire, once the property of Thomas More. Mary sneers at the association, her contempt underscoring the estate's opulence amid her frailty. Cromwell decrees the separation here to isolate them from court, the sprawling grounds and grand halls embodying enforced distance from Henry's reach and a poignant link to More's principled past.