Book and Film Comparison

Rating: 2/10 (20 June 2015)

I have read the book version of this movie at least 8 times, as I really enjoy reading about the Tudor period.
I have waited a long time to watch this film and finally managed to, lets just say I am very disappointed.
The film has cut out many of the main storyline's found in the book.
1. Mary's relationship with Catherine of Aragon.
2. Mary had a daughter first, not a son straight away as implied.
3. The illness that drained Anne and killed Mary's husband William.
4. The summers Mary spent at Hever with her children...and so on.
These storyline's seemed important to me as they built up the character of Mary, we did not get this in the film.
Her relationship with William Stafford also appeared out of no- where, they didn't kill off William Carey and I felt this caused some confusion in the film.
I was very disappointed in the film portrayal of the book, I will read the book again but the chances of watching this film again are very slim.