Young Bess (1953)

Rex Thompson: Prince Edward, King Edward VI

Quotes 

• Prince Edward : [muttering to Tom about Uncle Ned, who rules while Edward is King as a minor]  I wish he'd die.

  Thomas Seymour : What? What was that?

  Prince Edward : I said, I wish he'd die. D-Y-E.

  Thomas Seymour : It's the wrong spelling.

  Prince Edward : [nonchalant]  Oh, is it?

  Ned Seymour : What is Your Majesty talking about?

  Prince Edward : Spelling. Nobody knows for certain how to spell the King's English.

  Ned Seymour : The spelling is not important, so long as the word carries the right meaning.

  Thomas Seymour : The word His Majesty had *exactly* the right meaning.

• Prince Edward : It's a great honor to be the King's whipping boy.

• Prince Edward : Beetle-face! Herring guts!

• Prince Edward : Do you think it's true that Danes put meat under their saddles and bounce on it until it's tender?

  Thomas Seymour : No, that's the Hungarians, Your Majesty.