A corner of an old factory in Bristol is again being converted into Westminster Palace from Tudor times, as the filming of a big Anglo-American TV series begins.
Production of the second series of has begun in Bristol again, with locations in and around the city providing the backdrop to the show, which explores the life and times of Catherine of Aragon.
The first series showed how she came to England at the end of the 15th century to marry Prince Arthur, the first son of Henry VII, only for him to drown in a shipwreck, leaving his younger brother Prince Harry to be first in line to the throne.
She went on to marry him, and became queen when he became King Henry VIII, setting in train one of the most explosive periods in English history.
The TV mini-series is filmed and screened on the Starz subscription TV channel, through Amazon Prime, and has been a big hit in the States.
The series is filmed on location and on the show’s full-scale, interconnected Tudor-era Westminster Palace sets, which stand in the huge 30,000sq ft of the Export Warehouse and Tank House 1 at the Bottle Yard Studios in Hengrove.
"It was a fantastic endorsement for us to host The Spanish Princess after its prequel The White Princess filmed here in 2016,” said Fiona Francombe, the site director at the Bottle Yard Studios.
“We’re used to productions creating entire worlds here, but this is one of the biggest and most visually rich dramas we’ve had to date, in terms of the beautiful sets, period costumes and nearby historic locations it features."
In late summer, the production team began appealing for extras - - to take part in the series.
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