0:00:02 > 0:00:08This programme contains some scenes of a sexual nature
0:00:42 > 0:00:44HEAVY BREATHING
0:01:17 > 0:01:19HORSE NEIGHS
0:01:32 > 0:01:35HE SCREAMS
0:01:37 > 0:01:39SHE GASPS
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Thomas... Thomas, Richard - come. Wake now.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08I want to sleep.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Come. Dress quickly, please.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22You are going to him?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24I have no choice.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Elizabeth?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Take this for luck.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39It may help you. And it cannot harm.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Nothing will help me with a man like him, Mother.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Come, Richard.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Where are we going, Mother?
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Why must we go so early?
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- We are going to go and meet the king. - King Henry?! Is he back?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03No. The new king. Edward.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Edward of York is not the king! He killed our father!
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Ssh. He is king now.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11And we must show our loyalty to him. Come on, Thomas.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03HORSES APPROACH
0:04:10 > 0:04:11SHOUTING
0:04:19 > 0:04:20- Stop!- Thomas!
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Halt!
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Halt!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38IN THE DISTANCE: Halt!
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Edward? Now? Really?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57All right. Rest a while.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Is he really the king?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14I'm Lady Elizabeth Grey, Your Grace.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Rise up.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25You've come to see me?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I...
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I cannot obtain my son's inheritance,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33my husband's lands which were taken from me when he died.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36My boys and I have nothing to live on.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41My husband was Sir John Grey. He died in battle at...
0:05:41 > 0:05:44He was the leader of the Lancastrian cavalry.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47They killed 700 of our men. He nearly ran you through, Edward.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49He did his duty as he believed it to be, Your Grace.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52He was loyal to the man he thought king.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56My boys are innocent of anything.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59And these are his sons?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02My only fortune. This is Richard and Thomas Grey.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Edward, you don't have time for her!
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Your home is near here?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09It is over the fields! And very near.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Warwick. Lead the men on.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I'll catch up with you.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19The men may go on. I'll escort you.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Forward!
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- We met the king.- I know. - We met the king!
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Go back to Mama.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42You are very welcome to Grafton Manor, Your Grace.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49Jacquetta Woodville! Is the pageboy at home as well?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Baron Rivers is away, unfortunately.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Ha ha, I forgot!
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Baron Rivers!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00A hastily made-up title to cover red faces when
0:07:00 > 0:07:05a high-born Lancastrian lady bedded a grubby commoner, as I recall!
0:07:05 > 0:07:09He was a squire, and always twice the man that you are, Lord Warwick.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Aha...
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Will you take a glass of small ale, Your Grace?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Or we have some fine wine from my cousins in Burgundy.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Edward!
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Surely, you are not...
0:07:19 > 0:07:23I'll take the wine, with thanks, Lady Rivers.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Boys. I have an important job for you.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27Guard Fury for me.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40There is not a man on earth who could ride past my daughter, Your Grace.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Not one with his sight, anyway.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Good health, Your Grace.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Oh! Excuse me.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Sit.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Aren't you happy here, with your father and mother?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I love my parents.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I am used to running my own lands and household.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33My sons will have nothing if I can't reclaim them.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Too many have suffered during these wars.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41But if I can keep my throne, I will see the law of England
0:08:41 > 0:08:45run from one coast to the other, and we will all be Englishmen again.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I wish for nothing more than that my sons will never fight.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Do you think it possible?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58There must be one more battle.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03Henry has regained his wits, for now at least,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06but I will try and keep it from your door, my lady.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10You are confident of winning.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17I am quick, I am brave and I am lucky.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19I am as lucky in battle...
0:09:21 > 0:09:22..as I am in love.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I will win. Thank you for the wine.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- You're leaving?!- Yes.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- We have not yet...- Write down the details of your claim,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36the land you say is yours and the details of your ownership.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Yes, of course.- And I shall collect the paper from you tomorrow.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43On my own.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Well?
0:10:05 > 0:10:07He is... He's coming back tomorrow.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Of course he is.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Mother, where are you taking me?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32You'll see.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Choose a thread.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Magic? Do you want to be drowned on a ducking stool?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54It's forbidden and you promised.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56No-one knows but you and I.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59We are descended from the river goddess Melusina.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Magic is in our blood, Elizabeth.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02Now choose a thread.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22What were they?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Things that you will never know.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Children who will not be born, chances you will not take.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29They are lost to you.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34And what will I catch at the end of this fishing line of yours, Mother?
0:11:34 > 0:11:35The future.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Reel it in. A foot every day.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04CHILDREN LAUGH
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Argh!
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Lizzie, Lizzie!
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- It's the...- I know who it is.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Lady Elizabeth.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42JACQUETTA!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Baron Rivers.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56CHILDREN LAUGH
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Sh! Sh!
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Your Grace. And these are my sons.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13- Anthony, John.- We've met.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15At the battle of Towton.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18When you slaughtered half of England in one day.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22And in Calais, when your father insulted my mother over her marriage
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- and called my father a nobody. - Anthony.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Because you backed a king whose court was poison,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29whose taxes were unpayable
0:13:29 > 0:13:33and who murdered men he had smiled on and pardoned!
0:13:33 > 0:13:36And yet you called him pious!
0:13:36 > 0:13:41Well, now your pious Henry is defeated, and I am King.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Lady Elizabeth tells me she has lost her marriage lands.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51She didn't lose them, they were taken.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54And all she asks for is justice.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Justice! From the Yorks!
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Your Lancastrian Queen murdered my father and brother,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02and stuck their heads on spikes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04So do not talk to me of justice!
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Have you written down your claim for me?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Yes.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Then they'll be returned to you. By your King.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- Thank you.- (Elizabeth.)
0:14:29 > 0:14:34Lady Elizabeth, would you show me around the gardens before I leave?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36The air in here is...
0:14:36 > 0:14:37stale.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I cannot stay for long.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Henry's Queen is bringing the French to join his northern army.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51I must be ready for them.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54You don't fear you may lose?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Isn't that what you would wish?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Are you not on the side of Lancaster?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I wish there were no sides.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07May I send a pageboy to bring you to me tonight?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09I have a longing for you, Lady Elizabeth.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11More than I have felt for any woman.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Your Grace, I cannot be your mistress.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17I may die in battle and this could be my last request.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19You would deny your King that?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22You will not die.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25You are quick
0:15:25 > 0:15:28and brave and lucky.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- Then I must go? And this be the end of it?- No.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Tomorrow.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36At sunset.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Meet me by the big oak tree where I first saw you.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Even if only to say goodbye.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52She shouldn't have gone with him alone.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- He's a lecher.- They are looking at the garden, Richard.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56And what comes next?!
0:15:56 > 0:15:59He will not return her lands for charity!
0:15:59 > 0:16:01We are Lancastrians who stood against him.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- He will want payment. - If he has not taken it already!
0:16:04 > 0:16:06He's bedded every woman in his court,
0:16:06 > 0:16:07why would he not take Elizabeth?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12- He could be forcing her this moment while we argue!- Shhh... John.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13He will not take her in a rosebush, John.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15How can you possibly know that?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17He will summon her to court when she is obligated.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18When he has returned her lands.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Is that not so, Elizabeth?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26I only ask for what is mine to be returned to me.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31I ask for justice, and the King has promised it as he should.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33A hard man to deny, though, Elizabeth.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39And if he summons you to court, how will you answer?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41However you advise me at the time, Father.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Will anyone play chess?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Well, I shall certainly advise against it.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52It is not you we question.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54That man has been through half the wives of London.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57And the Yorkist army rape our women as they go.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59As does King Henry's.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00And at least this new king has his wits.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04We were once friends with that witless King.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07And his Queen. Or have you forgotten, Jacquetta?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09I don't forget.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11But the wheel of fortune rises and it falls.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15And the Queen, my friend, became too vicious,
0:17:15 > 0:17:16and now this man is King
0:17:16 > 0:17:18and Elizabeth needs her lands returned to her.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Just not at any price.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32It's not just the lands you want though, is it?
0:17:33 > 0:17:34You want him too.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36He is the King of England.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I must show loyalty if I am to have my land.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43How else can a poor widow make her way in the world?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50You'd be a fool to sell yourself too cheaply, Elizabeth.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I don't intend to sell myself at all.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59I knew you'd come.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I can't stay for long.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Let down your hair so I may see it?
0:19:25 > 0:19:26(I am mad for you.)
0:19:28 > 0:19:30(I've been thinking about you all day long.)
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Shouldn't you be thinking about your battle?
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Sit with me.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Edward, I can't.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Elizabeth...
0:20:18 > 0:20:20No. No. I can't.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I told you, no! I meant it.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27You came to meet me!
0:20:27 > 0:20:29To say goodbye! And now I shall say it and go!
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Don't run away.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39(Dear God, Elizabeth, let me have you.)
0:20:43 > 0:20:44(I'm desperate for you...)
0:20:57 > 0:21:00No. No. No. I said, no!
0:21:02 > 0:21:04No. No.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07SHE SCREAMS
0:21:11 > 0:21:14You draw a knife on me?! Upon your King?
0:21:14 > 0:21:15That is treason!
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I draw the blade upon myself.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22If you come one step closer, I will cut my throat and die right here.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Play-acting.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25I'm sorry if I have misled you in my coming here,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28but I will not be your mistress.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30I could take that from you in a single second.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- Not before I slice my throat. - Stop it!
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Don't doubt my courage, Your Grace.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42I'm match for any man.
0:21:47 > 0:21:48So I see.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54You may keep my dagger as a souvenir.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- Your Grace? - You have made a fool of me.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00You may congratulate yourself on that.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03You'll never see me again.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47You've had no word from him, no token?
0:22:47 > 0:22:48He said I would never see him again.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Well, they say the battle will be any day now,
0:22:53 > 0:22:54and if King Henry wins
0:22:54 > 0:22:57then it will not matter what Edward thinks or does for he will be dead
0:22:57 > 0:22:59and you will have your lands back either way.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02But you know that there's more to it than that, mother.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06He asked me to lie with him and I refused.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10And if he dies, I'll regret that for ever!
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I regret it now.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14You are a girl from the House of Lancaster,
0:23:14 > 0:23:16and you live in a country that is divided.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19You may not fall in love with a York King
0:23:19 > 0:23:21unless there is some profit in it for you.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Your life will not be easy because you wish it to be so.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27You will have to wade through blood and you will know loss,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29you must be stronger.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31And this is your fortune for me?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32What do you foresee for yourself?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36I know what you think, Mother, but I don't share your gifts.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40I'm the daughter of a humble squire. I have no seeings or foresight.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41You are of my line.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44And you will come to know that in time.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48But what I foresee is that you may have whatever you want...
0:23:50 > 0:23:52..if you will take the consequences.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Hold the horses!
0:24:39 > 0:24:40What is it, Father?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43A muster. We are to go to war again.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46No. Why? Why you, Anthony or my brothers? Not again?!
0:24:46 > 0:24:49The King has commanded me to provide a dozen men.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Fitted and kitted to march under his command against the Lancaster King.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56We are to change sides.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Did he say anything else?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01It's a muster, not an invitation to a May Day breakfast.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03What do you expect him to say?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06They will be through the day after tomorrow. The men will fall in then.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Perhaps we should go out and wave them off.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I'm sure the girls would like to see the army on their way.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24John!
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Have you not had your fill of seeing men go off to war?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29We should show our support, Richard.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31If he wins, it will be better for us,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34and if he loses no-one will remember that we wished him well
0:25:34 > 0:25:36and we can soon deny it.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I'm paying them, aren't I? Arming them from what I have!
0:25:40 > 0:25:43And we should find a purse of gold from the treasure room for His Grace.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46A purse of gold to wage war against King Henry?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47What, woman, have you lost your wits?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Are we Yorkists now?!
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Yes, if he wins,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55and he is likely to.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57For then he will control all our fortunes,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00and all the marriages
0:26:00 > 0:26:02and there are many girls in this family, Richard.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Sometimes, woman, you even scare me.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Very well.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16We'll do it your way.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20And we'll wear white roses too, if you wish,
0:26:20 > 0:26:22if you can find some this early.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Let's go! I'm so excited! Those ribbons are beautiful!
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Can I borrow your green dress? Can I borrow your green dress?
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- We don't want to be late! Hurry up! - Hurry up!- Come on!
0:27:44 > 0:27:49My men, Your Grace, all sworn to your service.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50I won't forget your support.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Nor how dizzyingly quick it was conjured out of nowhere!
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Tell me, if I scratch that rose,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57will I find its true red colour underneath?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Leave it, Warwick.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Your Grace.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07We offer you this to help your cause.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14You never accepted your defeat at Towton,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16nor given up hope of mad old Henry back on the throne.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19It seems no matter what we do,
0:28:19 > 0:28:20we lose in your eyes, Warwick.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22I cannot sleep.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I haven't slept since I last saw you.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Nor I.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Nor can I eat.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34(No.)
0:28:37 > 0:28:38Because of me?
0:28:40 > 0:28:41(Yes.)
0:28:45 > 0:28:46So, is this love then?
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Is this what it feels like?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I thought you were well versed in love.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Not love. Perhaps the other!
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I cannot ride the battle like this.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02I have to have you.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04And if you will not be my mistress...
0:29:05 > 0:29:08- ..then you must marry me. - (Don't joke.)
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Marry me.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11It is the only way.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14(I'm mad for you.)
0:29:17 > 0:29:18Will you marry me?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Yes.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Tomorrow, at sunrise.
0:29:28 > 0:29:29Meet me at your chapel.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Bring your mother as a witness.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32I will bring my chaplain.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35(We have to keep it secret for a while.)
0:29:35 > 0:29:39...trouble to be riled by me if I am so far beneath you.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43May we offer you refreshment?
0:29:46 > 0:29:49No. But I will take supper with you tomorrow, if I may?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51A few hours' hunting while the last of the men are recruited
0:29:51 > 0:29:52and we'll be close by.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01HE SNORES
0:30:36 > 0:30:40I was early. I couldn't wait.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42CHOIRBOY SINGS "KYRIE ELEISON"
0:30:56 > 0:30:57SINGING STOPS
0:30:57 > 0:31:00I'm a fool! I forgot the ring!
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Lady Rivers, do you have a ring that I could borrow?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06I...I have one.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- Your Grace.- Thank you.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Lady Rivers? Where can I take my bride?
0:31:58 > 0:32:00There's a hunting lodge by the lake.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02I've had it made ready for you.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13I'm never nervous!
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Don't be.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19Don't be.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Thank the Lady of Heaven we're dining at your father's.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29I'm starving to death, you wanton woman.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35If you'd let me out of bed, I can get you some bread and cheese.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Yes, but then you'd be gone too long.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40I could not spare you.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47I must wash.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16You have no appetite, Your Grace?
0:34:16 > 0:34:19I thought you would be hungry after hunting.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24I thought the same myself, but I am exhausted.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26She led me quite a merry dance.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Elizabeth, I have to go.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52You have to go?
0:34:52 > 0:34:55To battle. The men are ready.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56It's time.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57What? You must go now? Today?
0:34:57 > 0:35:01This moment, I'm afraid. Or else I risk my crown.
0:35:01 > 0:35:02And how should you love me then?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04I would love you even if you were a common pauper,
0:35:04 > 0:35:06and right now I'd be glad for it.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Elizabeth. We must discuss - should luck go against me and I am killed,
0:35:10 > 0:35:12you must say nothing of this marriage.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14You would gain nothing by revealing it.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17You will remember me in your prayers, I hope,
0:35:17 > 0:35:18and I would like you to marry again.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21If you find yourself with child, then you must leave England.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Henry and his son may die young
0:35:22 > 0:35:26and if you have a boy, he will be the only heir to the throne.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Go to my brothers, to Warwick. They will help you raise our York boy.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Just come back to me, Edward.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Elizabeth, you are not going to lose me on the battlefield.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I will die in bed
0:35:38 > 0:35:41beside the most beautiful queen that England has ever known.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00You whore.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03You shamed our house and our name.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07And your dead husband who gave his life fighting that usurper.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08- No, Anthony.- Don't touch me!
0:36:08 > 0:36:10It isn't what you think!
0:36:10 > 0:36:13What? My eyes deceive me? And this is an honourable coupling?
0:36:13 > 0:36:16This IS honourable!
0:36:16 > 0:36:19We are married!
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Oh, dear God, Elizabeth!
0:36:23 > 0:36:24He's fooled you.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26What?
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Oh, my poor, dear sister!
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Let me guess,
0:36:31 > 0:36:33a secret wedding in our chapel?
0:36:33 > 0:36:36None of his family attended - Lord Warwick must not be told?
0:36:36 > 0:36:41- For now.- Elizabeth, think! This is a man who is King of England.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44He will marry a princess, not some commoner from the camp
0:36:44 > 0:36:47of his enemy he found begging by the roadside!
0:36:47 > 0:36:48He is married to me now!
0:36:48 > 0:36:50You are not married, Elizabeth.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52You've been tricked.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56It was a pretend service.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59There were witnesses.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00Who?
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Mother! And a priest!
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Which priest?
0:37:06 > 0:37:09I...I don't know.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13He's tricked you with a pretend priest to get you into bed.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15He's done it before and he has a bastard son.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17He is Warwick's puppet, Elizabeth.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Without him, Edward could never have claimed the throne.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Warwick is the kingmaker.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26You can be very sure he will make the queen as well.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28You are wrong. Edward is king!
0:37:28 > 0:37:31He does not have to do what Warwick tells him.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32You are wrong!
0:37:56 > 0:37:57HE GASPS
0:38:05 > 0:38:07SHE GASPS
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Elizabeth?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Elizabeth? A messenger.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- My Lord.- Thank you.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29Father! Is there news?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Another bloody battle.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34Who's won?
0:38:34 > 0:38:37The Lancaster forces were routed. Henry is defeated.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- Oh, dear God! - Edward? Edward has won?
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Henry has fled to the moors with a price on his head
0:38:43 > 0:38:45like a border rebel.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47He's lost his wits again.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Oh, the poor man. And Queen Margaret?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51She's taken her son to Scotland.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53She won't give up, though.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55She'll never give up until her son's on the throne.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58And so this war will never be over.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01No-one may doubt now that Edward of York is king.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04And all our fortunes rest with him.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Mmm...
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- I have to go. Or father will miss me at dinner.- No, stay.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16- You are not helping, husband. - I am not trying to help.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Unless we were to announce our marriage and then...
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Not yet.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23If he had his way,
0:40:23 > 0:40:28Lord Warwick would have me marry the Princess Bona of France,
0:40:28 > 0:40:31and he will need some time to see it is not to be.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33A few days?
0:40:33 > 0:40:34Weeks.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Oh, Elizabeth! He is like an older brother to me.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45He gave me my first sword. He stood beside me my whole life.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47I must take the time to explain it to him. I owe him that much.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50But you will tell him?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- And I will come to court as your wife?- Yes. When the time is right.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57- May I at least tell Father, so we can meet openly when you are... - We may as well tell the town crier!
0:40:57 > 0:41:01If we met openly, the whole town would know
0:41:01 > 0:41:03and the rest of England soon after.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06We must keep our secret a little while longer.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17I'm rather enjoying it, though - aren't you?
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Our humble hunting lodge?
0:41:22 > 0:41:24I have to go.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34So...he didn't take you with him?
0:41:34 > 0:41:37He has to tell Lord Warwick first. He must explain to him.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Or perhaps Lord Warwick will explain to Edward that he must marry
0:41:40 > 0:41:44- the Princess Bona of France, and throw off his little commoner. - I will not hear it, Anthony!
0:41:44 > 0:41:49In any case, I love Edward so much, I would have him any way I had to.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Then I'm sorry. Because I think you've seen the last of him.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04My Lord.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11- Your Grace.- Your Grace.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Your Grace.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22He writes me "Lady Elizabeth Grey".
0:42:22 > 0:42:25He does not say "wife", he writes "my love"!
0:42:25 > 0:42:27There's nothing here that speaks of a marriage, Mother.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Not a word to prove it ever happened.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Read the rest.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34He writes that he's busy but he will see me soon.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36The court is in London, the council is sitting,
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Henry has still not been captured and Queen Margaret has sailed
0:42:39 > 0:42:43home to France with her son demanding help.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46He says he loves me. He burns for me.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48That's lovers' words, nothing more.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Does he say whether he has spoken to Lord Warwick?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53He does not say. It means he has not.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56What should I do? Should I trust him?
0:42:58 > 0:43:02The messenger who brought your letter also brought a summons for your father.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06It has gone out to all the nobles, requesting they attend the court.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09It will be to announce his marriage.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11That's what your father believes.
0:43:11 > 0:43:12To me?
0:43:17 > 0:43:18Or to another?
0:43:20 > 0:43:22It seems...
0:43:22 > 0:43:24the French Princess Bona is at court.
0:43:27 > 0:43:28- Your Grace.- Your Grace.
0:43:28 > 0:43:29- Your Grace.- Your Grace.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37My Lords. We welcome you to court.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42The king has some important news he wishes to share with you
0:43:42 > 0:43:44about Princess Bona of France.
0:43:54 > 0:43:55Lord Warwick?
0:44:05 > 0:44:06PEOPLE MURMUR
0:44:07 > 0:44:09Whatever can be the problem now?
0:44:11 > 0:44:15Father, I think the king may announce...
0:44:15 > 0:44:16that he is married to Elizabeth.
0:44:18 > 0:44:19Elizabeth who?
0:44:20 > 0:44:21Our Elizabeth.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24Are you out of your mind?
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Although he married another before her.
0:44:27 > 0:44:28And the first lady has his son.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31So he might equally announce his marriage to the first one.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36Dear God!
0:44:36 > 0:44:39I should've guessed that whore would get her hooks into you
0:44:39 > 0:44:40when she lured you into her hovel.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43You may not call her that. She is the queen.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47SHE is a roadside strumpet and this can easily be undone. It must be.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49She is my queen of choice and I...
0:44:49 > 0:44:50Of choice?
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Have you gone mad? We've...
0:44:53 > 0:44:55We've got a peace treaty to conclude with France
0:44:55 > 0:44:58and without it, that whore of Anjou will bring the whole French army
0:44:58 > 0:45:00against us and this time they will win!
0:45:00 > 0:45:03- I cannot help it. - Well, you will have to help it!
0:45:03 > 0:45:05I've not spent the last year of my life
0:45:05 > 0:45:09scraping to that fat French pig for Princess Bona's hand for you
0:45:09 > 0:45:11to just throw it all away!
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Now get in there and make the announcement.
0:45:23 > 0:45:24Um, thank you for your patience.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28We are
0:45:28 > 0:45:31proud and happy to announce...
0:45:36 > 0:45:39..I am married to Lady Elizabeth Grey.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42PEOPLE MURMUR
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Your Grace?
0:46:46 > 0:46:47Your Grace?
0:46:49 > 0:46:51Sorry, that... Mm, it's beautiful. Thank you.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58I have written to my family in Burgundy,
0:46:58 > 0:47:01inviting them to London for the coronation.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04They will confer on us the royal position we shall need to see this through
0:47:04 > 0:47:07and if we fail, they will be there for refuge and support.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11You're making it sound more like a battle, Mother, than a marriage!
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Oh, it IS a battle, make no mistake, Elizabeth.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16The king has done what he should not.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19He has married from another house, and a commoner at that.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22There are many who will be cursing our luck and wishing us to fall.
0:47:24 > 0:47:28But you, Elizabeth - you may have it all.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32You love your husband, and he will give you prestige, too.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34You are blessed. Mm?
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Oh, and after the Coronation,
0:47:37 > 0:47:42- we must send your boys to live with their kinsmen. They must learn... - No! My boys stay with me!
0:47:44 > 0:47:46Girls. Out!
0:47:50 > 0:47:52Elizabeth!
0:47:54 > 0:47:57You're as cold as ice! Elizabeth... Elizabeth!
0:47:57 > 0:47:58- I...- This is a seeing!
0:48:00 > 0:48:02You have been warned of danger to your boys.
0:48:02 > 0:48:03- Now, do you see more?- I...
0:48:06 > 0:48:08They must not be with strangers.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10So be it.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13We have had a warning and now we will keep them close with us
0:48:13 > 0:48:14and they will be safe.
0:48:18 > 0:48:22You're of my line, Elizabeth. I knew you had the sight.
0:49:20 > 0:49:21Father.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Good to see you.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31My Lord.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41Do you give me your blessing, Father?
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Of course I do.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46And you will always be my daughter, no matter what.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49My little Elizabeth.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50Oh!
0:49:52 > 0:49:55Anthony. You can stay down there! The things you said to me.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57I beg your forgiveness, sister.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59I hope you know that it was out of love.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01I am happy for your joy.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Get up, then.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06Common tart!
0:50:06 > 0:50:08Anthony... Anthony!
0:50:08 > 0:50:11We had a secret wedding. We must expect some jibes.
0:50:33 > 0:50:34Elizabeth.
0:50:38 > 0:50:39My wife.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53- Jacquetta Rivers.- Mm-hm?
0:50:53 > 0:50:55So you've turned your coat to York.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Margaret Beaufort. Lady Tudor.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00Lady Stafford now.
0:51:00 > 0:51:01Oh, you remarried?
0:51:01 > 0:51:03As women must, it seems.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06Though some of us still loyal to our own house.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08These are different times, Lady Margaret.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11Lancaster brought us only war. King Edward will bring us peace.
0:51:11 > 0:51:15He is a pretender. He has taken the throne by force.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17He is the king.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20And those who speak against him are guilty of treason.
0:51:23 > 0:51:24- Is all well?- Mm.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30A common Lancastrian girl as queen.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33It's an insult to the lords who fought for him,
0:51:33 > 0:51:35to take a bride whose family killed for Henry.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41The worst part is he kept it from you.
0:51:41 > 0:51:46The boy is fogged by lust. I shall bring him back.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49I have sacrificed too much to lose him now.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52The Rivers whore will wish she'd never come here.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57My brothers - George and Richard. My sister Margaret.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07My cousin, Lord Warwick.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10his Countess, and daughters Isabel and Anne.
0:52:15 > 0:52:19My royal court, I give you the Queen of England.
0:52:21 > 0:52:22APPLAUSE
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Lord Warwick looks as though he's swallowed poison.
0:52:27 > 0:52:31All his plans for Edward smothered in their sleep.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34They'll make Edward pay for it, though. You can be sure of that.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38And now we have the joy that is his mother.
0:53:06 > 0:53:10Duchess Cecily. It is an honour to meet...
0:53:14 > 0:53:17I am not happy about this marriage.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23That's a shame. We're all delighted.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26I would remind the Lady Rivers
0:53:26 > 0:53:28that the wedding was a secret one which...
0:53:28 > 0:53:31Private. It was private. Not secret.
0:53:31 > 0:53:35I was there, as were other witnesses.
0:53:35 > 0:53:39But if your son, the king, did not invite you, then I am afraid you must take that up with him.
0:53:39 > 0:53:44Your daughter is a widow and years older than my son!
0:53:44 > 0:53:45I know.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47That's such an advantage, isn't it,
0:53:47 > 0:53:49as my daughter has already proved herself fertile
0:53:49 > 0:53:52with two handsome and legitimate boys, so we may
0:53:52 > 0:53:56feel confident that God will bless this new royal couple with issue.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59Your daughter could never be royal!
0:53:59 > 0:54:01She's not my choice.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04Nor that of my nephew, Lord Warwick.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Her father was a commoner!
0:54:06 > 0:54:09And while I might overlook THAT, if Edward were not the king...
0:54:09 > 0:54:13He IS the king. And he has chosen me.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21Unless I should unseat him.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27And how would you do that, Duchess Cecily?
0:54:27 > 0:54:29I could disown him.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35I could put his brother George upon the throne in his place.
0:54:36 > 0:54:41How would you like that as the outcome of your private wedding, Lady Rivers?
0:54:45 > 0:54:50Yes. I did hear some talk, when Edward was born.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53Um...it was an archer, wasn't it?
0:54:53 > 0:54:55By the name of, um...
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Blaybourne. That's it.
0:54:57 > 0:55:02Yes. People said that you had made a cuckold of your husband,
0:55:02 > 0:55:05but in fact, I was of the few who swore that
0:55:05 > 0:55:08a lady of your standing would never stoop so low.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11And yet it seems you did. If that is what you're saying, Duchess Cecily,
0:55:11 > 0:55:15that you admit yourself a common whore and declare your son,
0:55:15 > 0:55:16the king, a bastard?
0:55:16 > 0:55:19- For I cannot see how else you would unseat him.- Enough!
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Enough.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31So then your words against the king will go no further?
0:55:33 > 0:55:38And now that we all are friends, I believe you do know the proper
0:55:38 > 0:55:41custom when presented with the Queen of England is to curtsy?
0:56:12 > 0:56:14It is an honour to meet you, Duchess Cecily.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20I'm surprised you won her over.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23You must have really worked some charm.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26I confess I had expected quite a battle.
0:56:26 > 0:56:30She is your mother, Edward. How much trouble could she be?
0:56:33 > 0:56:38Edward? Does the Earl of Warwick like me? He makes me nervous.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42He made me what I am, Elizabeth. You must love him for my sake.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44He's my closest kinsman.
0:56:44 > 0:56:45Then I shall try.
0:56:47 > 0:56:51But loving you is very much easier.
0:56:53 > 0:56:54Mmm.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59Now let us make a son, to scotch the Lancastrian threat
0:56:59 > 0:57:02and start our dynasty.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28More magic? I could have been anyone, Mother.
0:57:28 > 0:57:32Who else would come in here at this time of night?
0:57:32 > 0:57:33I'm trying to see our futures.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39I said we'd keep them close.
0:57:44 > 0:57:48So, tell me, then, who are my enemies?
0:57:48 > 0:57:50I do not need to scry to tell you that.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52Lord Warwick and Duchess Cecily.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56Well, then - tell me something we do not know.
0:57:56 > 0:57:58How many children shall I give Edward?
0:57:58 > 0:58:01How many sons and daughters of...
0:58:01 > 0:58:04SHE GASPS
0:58:04 > 0:58:07What is it? Elizabeth, what do you see?
0:58:07 > 0:58:09A woman!
0:58:10 > 0:58:12With blood on her hands!
0:58:12 > 0:58:15A woman, wearing red. I...
0:58:15 > 0:58:17I do not know.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Whose blood was it?
0:58:22 > 0:58:24I think it was mine.
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