New thing: "this ship was wreck" or just "shipwreck" to describe not only when a show ruines your OTP, but also the period of uncertainty that plagued England after both the sinking of the White Ship and the death of Henry I, known as The Anarchy.
There is...
Henry VIII (back away slowly)
his wife, who deserves better (statistically it'll be Katherine of Aragon, but whichever one it is, she deserves better)
one or more hyper-competent arseholes called Thomas (who also frankly deserve better than what happens to them, but they are still arseholes, and they are all called Thomas)
depending on the year, there may also be the Duke of Norfolk in the middle of totally selling out one of his nieces
and finally Spanish ambassador Eustace Chapuys, being extremely snarky in all of his letters
On the upside, depending on the year there may be some absolutely banging music, but is it worth it? No.