Meg Douglas

Meg Douglas is a young royal niece newly at Henry VIII's court, closely watched for her Tudor blood and marriageable status. Spirited and unguarded where others have learned caution, she falls into a romance she knows is dangerous, more concerned with her own heart than with the political weight her name carries.

Agnes O'Casey plays her with an unschooled openness that stands out sharply against the court's practiced deceit — you can see exactly how someone this honest becomes a liability. The writing uses her as a measure of how little safety royal blood actually buys a young woman who wants ordinary things.