He loses his best friend when his loyal hounds cut Beckett down in the cathedral but he gets lashed publicly in atonement - doesn't bring his friend back and he is miserable under the responsibility of being king.

@SnowyOwl You should watch The Lion In Winter. Same King.

@rainmanjr I've seen it a couple of times, not many movies that have Peter O'Toole in them that I haven't seen.

@SnowyOwl He lost no friend. He boxed in an adversary and then had him killed when he found a way out of that box. He hardly seemed miserable at the end of LIW when he shouts that it's "Great to be King."

@rainmanjr

@rainmanjr And that is what it is to lose a friend that you hold dear but politics and power overwhelm you.

@SnowyOwl Kings have no friends.

And his staff.

I had forgotten the extra drama older movies provided with their music. Thanks for reminding me.

They do, eventually.