In 16th century England, King Henry VIII finds his daughter considered illegitimate, Babette. Despite her young age of seven, she is an impossible enigma to solve, shrouded in mystery, with a strangely fascinating, intriguing and absolutely extraordinary combination of gestures, attitudes, denoting sophistication, opulence, cunning and intelligence. His mother was a commoner, who was executed for not giving birth to a man. "I deeply regret the time we were apart, my dear." King Henry says.