Film Quotes by Timothy Dalton

Philip II: "What If" is a game for scholars.

Philip II: A king like you has policy prepared on everything: well, what's the official line on sodomy? How stands the Crown on boys who do with boys?
Henry II: Richard finds his way into so many legends; let's hear yours and see how it compares.
Philip II: Well, he found me first when I was 15. We were hunting; it was nearly dark; my horse fell; I was thrown. I woke to Richard touching me. He asked me if I loved him: 'Philip, do you love me?' And I told him yes. Do you know why I told him yes? So that one day I could tell you all about it. You cannot imagine what that 'yes' cost. Imagine snuggling to a chancred whore, and bending back your lips into something like a smile saying, 'yes, I love you, and I find you
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Philip II: beautiful.' I don't know how I did it.

Philip II: I'm not a boy!

Henry II: I want to reach a settlement. I left you with too little earlier,
Philip II: Yes, nothing is too little.

Prince Richard: You loved me!
Philip II: Never!