12. Banished

Complete story — includes the ending

King Francis and Prince Louis come to blows over Mary — Francis is jealous of Louis's closeness with Queen Mary, while Louis blames Francis for Mary's rape. Lola accepts Mary's request that she offer herself as a companion for Louis, so to deflect court gossip over Louis's obvious feelings for Queen Mary. When Greer and Castleroy's connection to the radical Protestants is revealed, Greer is stripped of her title and wealth, and sent away from court. Bash investigates the late Princess Emone and Princess Henriette's very premature demise, discovering that they were killed when his own mother, Lady Diane, had left the nursery window open by shattering it in sheer outrage she had felt towards King Henry II. Queen Catherine almost freezes to death when the restless spirits of King Henry, and nine-year-old Princess Henriette and Princess Emone encourage her to leave her earthly family for her "real one", but she is saved by Bash. The Queen Mother finally confronts the spirits, telling her twin daughters' to leave and wait for her when her time finally does come, and banishing King Henry's essence away for all of the harm and suffering he has caused during his reign. She then takes out her bitter vengeance on them by striking her lifelong rival with a fireplace poker and strangling her to death.