15th of August, 1535: The news of Catherine of Aragon’s death reached the court at Brussels, along with the news of the hanging of the nobles. This came as a shock to the court, especially Mary Tudor. The princess had been holding onto the idea that her mother could be brought to Brussels as she had been, and it legitimately shocked her that her father could do such a thing. But, unlike when she had been told of Catherine’s trial, Mary instead decided that she must find a way to reach England and save it from her father’s tyranny. She had a new meeting with Charles V, detailing her plan of attack. With a strength that had not been seen in her before, she demanded her right to choose a consort as a future monarch, while also insisting that Charles help her in her quest. Whilst the Emperor was a little peeved that a young woman was bossing him around, he also say a light in her eyes that ‘challenged the flame of the burning bush’. So he told her to refine her plan, and he would adapt it into his. And this plot, it would surely topple a King.