KathieHC

Just saw the first episode. I have watched The White Queen and The White Princess before. Philippa Gregory is like this historical fiction writer that gives explanation to certain events that never would have been possible otherwise. I read her books as entertainment but never took her seriously as a "historian". I liked Starz's White Queen despite inaccuracies due to it being an adaptation of PG's books. The White Princess, however, it's more of an ok-ish situation. I mean personally, the tv series is better than the book because the book is boring, but the tv series gets a lot of things wrong. Now, The Spanish Princess is a thing. I waited for it because I thought it's going to be great despite major inaccuracies. I gave them that benefit of the doubt. As I watch the episode, dear god. What is this thing I'm watching? It's like it's detached from its prequel shows. I know it's trying to do this new thing with the intro, but why do I get The Crown feels with that instead of TSP as a sequel to TWP. Then, we see the episode. They say it's drawn from The Constant Princess and The King's Curse, but I just don't feel that. Catherine did not speak English (in the book and real life). Catherine knows what happened to get her to England right from the start (in the book). Catherine and Arthur did not share rooms and they only meet on a specific day for love making (in the book). About Lina though, I'm not sure. I don't know if Catherine ever had a "Lina" who is a moor. She had a grand household when she first arrived in England but most of them left when things fell apart. The closest one that could have been Lina is a woman named Maria de Salinas. She's Catherine's constant friend and lady-in-waiting. I could go on, but I think this would be enough for now. If they say drawn, they might as well not say that because they did not follow anything at the book at all. Sure, Philippa's books maybe trashy, but at least they are a lot less trashier than this show. I'd rather read her books than watch this. Even PG says nothing about this.