Episode 1 The White Queen


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HEAVY BREATHING

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HORSE NEIGHS

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HE SCREAMS

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SHE GASPS

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Thomas... Thomas, Richard - come. Wake now.

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I want to sleep.

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Come. Dress quickly, please.

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You are going to him?

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I have no choice.

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Elizabeth?

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Take this for luck.

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It may help you. And it cannot harm.

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Nothing will help me with a man like him, Mother.

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Come, Richard.

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Where are we going, Mother?

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Why must we go so early?

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-We are going to go and meet the king.

-King Henry?! Is he back?

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No. The new king. Edward.

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Edward of York is not the king! He killed our father!

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Ssh. He is king now.

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And we must show our loyalty to him. Come on, Thomas.

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HORSES APPROACH

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SHOUTING

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-Stop!

-Thomas!

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Halt!

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Halt!

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IN THE DISTANCE: Halt!

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Edward? Now? Really?

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All right. Rest a while.

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Is he really the king?

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I'm Lady Elizabeth Grey, Your Grace.

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Rise up.

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You've come to see me?

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I...

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I cannot obtain my son's inheritance,

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my husband's lands which were taken from me when he died.

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My boys and I have nothing to live on.

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My husband was Sir John Grey. He died in battle at...

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He was the leader of the Lancastrian cavalry.

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They killed 700 of our men. He nearly ran you through, Edward.

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He did his duty as he believed it to be, Your Grace.

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He was loyal to the man he thought king.

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My boys are innocent of anything.

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And these are his sons?

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My only fortune. This is Richard and Thomas Grey.

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Edward, you don't have time for her!

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Your home is near here?

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It is over the fields! And very near.

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Warwick. Lead the men on.

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I'll catch up with you.

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The men may go on. I'll escort you.

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Forward!

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-We met the king.

-I know.

-We met the king!

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Go back to Mama.

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You are very welcome to Grafton Manor, Your Grace.

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Jacquetta Woodville! Is the pageboy at home as well?

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Baron Rivers is away, unfortunately.

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Ha ha, I forgot!

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Baron Rivers!

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A hastily made-up title to cover red faces when

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a high-born Lancastrian lady bedded a grubby commoner, as I recall!

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He was a squire, and always twice the man that you are, Lord Warwick.

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Aha...

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Will you take a glass of small ale, Your Grace?

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Or we have some fine wine from my cousins in Burgundy.

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Edward!

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Surely, you are not...

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I'll take the wine, with thanks, Lady Rivers.

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Boys. I have an important job for you.

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Guard Fury for me.

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There is not a man on earth who could ride past my daughter, Your Grace.

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Not one with his sight, anyway.

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Good health, Your Grace.

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Oh! Excuse me.

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Sit.

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Aren't you happy here, with your father and mother?

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I love my parents.

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I am used to running my own lands and household.

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My sons will have nothing if I can't reclaim them.

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Too many have suffered during these wars.

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But if I can keep my throne, I will see the law of England

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run from one coast to the other, and we will all be Englishmen again.

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I wish for nothing more than that my sons will never fight.

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Do you think it possible?

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There must be one more battle.

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Henry has regained his wits, for now at least,

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but I will try and keep it from your door, my lady.

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You are confident of winning.

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I am quick, I am brave and I am lucky.

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I am as lucky in battle...

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..as I am in love.

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I will win. Thank you for the wine.

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-You're leaving?!

-Yes.

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-We have not yet...

-Write down the details of your claim,

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the land you say is yours and the details of your ownership.

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-Yes, of course.

-And I shall collect the paper from you tomorrow.

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On my own.

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Well?

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He is... He's coming back tomorrow.

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Of course he is.

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Mother, where are you taking me?

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You'll see.

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Choose a thread.

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Magic? Do you want to be drowned on a ducking stool?

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It's forbidden and you promised.

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No-one knows but you and I.

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We are descended from the river goddess Melusina.

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Magic is in our blood, Elizabeth.

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Now choose a thread.

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What were they?

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Things that you will never know.

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Children who will not be born, chances you will not take.

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They are lost to you.

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And what will I catch at the end of this fishing line of yours, Mother?

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The future.

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Reel it in. A foot every day.

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CHILDREN LAUGH

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Argh!

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Lizzie, Lizzie!

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-It's the...

-I know who it is.

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Lady Elizabeth.

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JACQUETTA!

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Baron Rivers.

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CHILDREN LAUGH

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Sh! Sh!

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Your Grace. And these are my sons.

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-Anthony, John.

-We've met.

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At the battle of Towton.

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When you slaughtered half of England in one day.

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And in Calais, when your father insulted my mother over her marriage

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-and called my father a nobody.

-Anthony.

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Because you backed a king whose court was poison,

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whose taxes were unpayable

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and who murdered men he had smiled on and pardoned!

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And yet you called him pious!

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Well, now your pious Henry is defeated, and I am King.

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Lady Elizabeth tells me she has lost her marriage lands.

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She didn't lose them, they were taken.

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And all she asks for is justice.

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Justice! From the Yorks!

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Your Lancastrian Queen murdered my father and brother,

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and stuck their heads on spikes.

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So do not talk to me of justice!

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Have you written down your claim for me?

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Yes.

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Then they'll be returned to you. By your King.

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-Thank you.

-(Elizabeth.)

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Lady Elizabeth, would you show me around the gardens before I leave?

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The air in here is...

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stale.

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I cannot stay for long.

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Henry's Queen is bringing the French to join his northern army.

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I must be ready for them.

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You don't fear you may lose?

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Isn't that what you would wish?

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Are you not on the side of Lancaster?

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I wish there were no sides.

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May I send a pageboy to bring you to me tonight?

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I have a longing for you, Lady Elizabeth.

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More than I have felt for any woman.

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Your Grace, I cannot be your mistress.

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I may die in battle and this could be my last request.

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You would deny your King that?

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You will not die.

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You are quick

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and brave and lucky.

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-Then I must go? And this be the end of it?

-No.

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Tomorrow.

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At sunset.

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Meet me by the big oak tree where I first saw you.

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Even if only to say goodbye.

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She shouldn't have gone with him alone.

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-He's a lecher.

-They are looking at the garden, Richard.

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And what comes next?!

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He will not return her lands for charity!

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We are Lancastrians who stood against him.

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-He will want payment.

-If he has not taken it already!

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He's bedded every woman in his court,

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why would he not take Elizabeth?

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-He could be forcing her this moment while we argue!

-Shhh... John.

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He will not take her in a rosebush, John.

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How can you possibly know that?

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He will summon her to court when she is obligated.

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When he has returned her lands.

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Is that not so, Elizabeth?

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I only ask for what is mine to be returned to me.

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I ask for justice, and the King has promised it as he should.

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A hard man to deny, though, Elizabeth.

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And if he summons you to court, how will you answer?

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However you advise me at the time, Father.

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Will anyone play chess?

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Well, I shall certainly advise against it.

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It is not you we question.

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That man has been through half the wives of London.

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And the Yorkist army rape our women as they go.

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As does King Henry's.

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And at least this new king has his wits.

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We were once friends with that witless King.

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And his Queen. Or have you forgotten, Jacquetta?

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I don't forget.

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But the wheel of fortune rises and it falls.

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And the Queen, my friend, became too vicious,

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and now this man is King

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and Elizabeth needs her lands returned to her.

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Just not at any price.

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It's not just the lands you want though, is it?

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You want him too.

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He is the King of England.

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I must show loyalty if I am to have my land.

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How else can a poor widow make her way in the world?

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You'd be a fool to sell yourself too cheaply, Elizabeth.

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I don't intend to sell myself at all.

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I knew you'd come.

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I can't stay for long.

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Let down your hair so I may see it?

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(I am mad for you.)

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(I've been thinking about you all day long.)

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Shouldn't you be thinking about your battle?

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Sit with me.

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Edward, I can't.

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Elizabeth...

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No. No. I can't.

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I told you, no! I meant it.

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You came to meet me!

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To say goodbye! And now I shall say it and go!

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Don't run away.

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(Dear God, Elizabeth, let me have you.)

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(I'm desperate for you...)

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No. No. No. I said, no!

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No. No.

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SHE SCREAMS

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You draw a knife on me?! Upon your King?

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That is treason!

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I draw the blade upon myself.

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If you come one step closer, I will cut my throat and die right here.

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Play-acting.

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I'm sorry if I have misled you in my coming here,

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but I will not be your mistress.

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I could take that from you in a single second.

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-Not before I slice my throat.

-Stop it!

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Don't doubt my courage, Your Grace.

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I'm match for any man.

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So I see.

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You may keep my dagger as a souvenir.

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-Your Grace?

-You have made a fool of me.

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You may congratulate yourself on that.

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You'll never see me again.

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You've had no word from him, no token?

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He said I would never see him again.

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Well, they say the battle will be any day now,

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and if King Henry wins

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then it will not matter what Edward thinks or does for he will be dead

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and you will have your lands back either way.

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But you know that there's more to it than that, mother.

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He asked me to lie with him and I refused.

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And if he dies, I'll regret that for ever!

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I regret it now.

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You are a girl from the House of Lancaster,

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and you live in a country that is divided.

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You may not fall in love with a York King

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unless there is some profit in it for you.

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Your life will not be easy because you wish it to be so.

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You will have to wade through blood and you will know loss,

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you must be stronger.

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And this is your fortune for me?

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What do you foresee for yourself?

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I know what you think, Mother, but I don't share your gifts.

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I'm the daughter of a humble squire. I have no seeings or foresight.

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You are of my line.

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And you will come to know that in time.

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But what I foresee is that you may have whatever you want...

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..if you will take the consequences.

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Hold the horses!

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What is it, Father?

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A muster. We are to go to war again.

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No. Why? Why you, Anthony or my brothers? Not again?!

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The King has commanded me to provide a dozen men.

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Fitted and kitted to march under his command against the Lancaster King.

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We are to change sides.

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Did he say anything else?

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It's a muster, not an invitation to a May Day breakfast.

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What do you expect him to say?

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They will be through the day after tomorrow. The men will fall in then.

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Perhaps we should go out and wave them off.

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I'm sure the girls would like to see the army on their way.

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John!

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Have you not had your fill of seeing men go off to war?

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We should show our support, Richard.

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If he wins, it will be better for us,

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and if he loses no-one will remember that we wished him well

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and we can soon deny it.

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I'm paying them, aren't I? Arming them from what I have!

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And we should find a purse of gold from the treasure room for His Grace.

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A purse of gold to wage war against King Henry?

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What, woman, have you lost your wits?

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Are we Yorkists now?!

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Yes, if he wins,

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and he is likely to.

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For then he will control all our fortunes,

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and all the marriages

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and there are many girls in this family, Richard.

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Sometimes, woman, you even scare me.

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Very well.

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We'll do it your way.

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And we'll wear white roses too, if you wish,

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if you can find some this early.

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Let's go! I'm so excited! Those ribbons are beautiful!

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Can I borrow your green dress? Can I borrow your green dress?

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-We don't want to be late! Hurry up!

-Hurry up!

-Come on!

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My men, Your Grace, all sworn to your service.

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I won't forget your support.

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Nor how dizzyingly quick it was conjured out of nowhere!

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Tell me, if I scratch that rose,

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will I find its true red colour underneath?

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Leave it, Warwick.

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Your Grace.

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We offer you this to help your cause.

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You never accepted your defeat at Towton,

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nor given up hope of mad old Henry back on the throne.

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It seems no matter what we do,

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we lose in your eyes, Warwick.

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I cannot sleep.

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I haven't slept since I last saw you.

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Nor I.

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Nor can I eat.

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(No.)

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Because of me?

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(Yes.)

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So, is this love then?

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Is this what it feels like?

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I thought you were well versed in love.

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Not love. Perhaps the other!

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I cannot ride the battle like this.

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I have to have you.

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And if you will not be my mistress...

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-..then you must marry me.

-(Don't joke.)

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Marry me.

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It is the only way.

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(I'm mad for you.)

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Will you marry me?

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Yes.

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Tomorrow, at sunrise.

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Meet me at your chapel.

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Bring your mother as a witness.

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I will bring my chaplain.

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(We have to keep it secret for a while.)

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...trouble to be riled by me if I am so far beneath you.

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May we offer you refreshment?

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No. But I will take supper with you tomorrow, if I may?

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A few hours' hunting while the last of the men are recruited

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and we'll be close by.

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HE SNORES

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I was early. I couldn't wait.

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CHOIRBOY SINGS "KYRIE ELEISON"

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SINGING STOPS

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I'm a fool! I forgot the ring!

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Lady Rivers, do you have a ring that I could borrow?

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I...I have one.

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-Your Grace.

-Thank you.

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Lady Rivers? Where can I take my bride?

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There's a hunting lodge by the lake.

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I've had it made ready for you.

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I'm never nervous!

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Don't be.

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Don't be.

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Thank the Lady of Heaven we're dining at your father's.

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I'm starving to death, you wanton woman.

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If you'd let me out of bed, I can get you some bread and cheese.

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Yes, but then you'd be gone too long.

0:33:350:33:38

I could not spare you.

0:33:380:33:40

I must wash.

0:33:450:33:47

You have no appetite, Your Grace?

0:34:140:34:16

I thought you would be hungry after hunting.

0:34:160:34:19

I thought the same myself, but I am exhausted.

0:34:190:34:24

She led me quite a merry dance.

0:34:240:34:26

Elizabeth, I have to go.

0:34:470:34:50

You have to go?

0:34:510:34:52

To battle. The men are ready.

0:34:520:34:55

It's time.

0:34:550:34:56

What? You must go now? Today?

0:34:560:34:57

This moment, I'm afraid. Or else I risk my crown.

0:34:570:35:01

And how should you love me then?

0:35:010:35:02

I would love you even if you were a common pauper,

0:35:020:35:04

and right now I'd be glad for it.

0:35:040:35:06

Elizabeth. We must discuss - should luck go against me and I am killed,

0:35:060:35:10

you must say nothing of this marriage.

0:35:100:35:12

You would gain nothing by revealing it.

0:35:120:35:14

You will remember me in your prayers, I hope,

0:35:140:35:17

and I would like you to marry again.

0:35:170:35:18

If you find yourself with child, then you must leave England.

0:35:180:35:21

Henry and his son may die young

0:35:210:35:22

and if you have a boy, he will be the only heir to the throne.

0:35:220:35:26

Go to my brothers, to Warwick. They will help you raise our York boy.

0:35:260:35:30

Just come back to me, Edward.

0:35:310:35:33

Elizabeth, you are not going to lose me on the battlefield.

0:35:330:35:36

I will die in bed

0:35:360:35:38

beside the most beautiful queen that England has ever known.

0:35:380:35:41

You whore.

0:35:580:36:00

You shamed our house and our name.

0:36:000:36:03

And your dead husband who gave his life fighting that usurper.

0:36:030:36:07

-No, Anthony.

-Don't touch me!

0:36:070:36:08

It isn't what you think!

0:36:080:36:10

What? My eyes deceive me? And this is an honourable coupling?

0:36:100:36:13

This IS honourable!

0:36:130:36:16

We are married!

0:36:160:36:19

Oh, dear God, Elizabeth!

0:36:190:36:21

He's fooled you.

0:36:230:36:24

What?

0:36:240:36:26

Oh, my poor, dear sister!

0:36:260:36:28

Let me guess,

0:36:280:36:31

a secret wedding in our chapel?

0:36:310:36:33

None of his family attended - Lord Warwick must not be told?

0:36:330:36:36

-For now.

-Elizabeth, think! This is a man who is King of England.

0:36:360:36:41

He will marry a princess, not some commoner from the camp

0:36:410:36:44

of his enemy he found begging by the roadside!

0:36:440:36:47

He is married to me now!

0:36:470:36:48

You are not married, Elizabeth.

0:36:480:36:50

You've been tricked.

0:36:500:36:52

It was a pretend service.

0:36:540:36:56

There were witnesses.

0:36:560:36:59

Who?

0:36:590:37:00

Mother! And a priest!

0:37:000:37:03

Which priest?

0:37:030:37:06

I...I don't know.

0:37:060:37:09

He's tricked you with a pretend priest to get you into bed.

0:37:090:37:13

He's done it before and he has a bastard son.

0:37:130:37:15

He is Warwick's puppet, Elizabeth.

0:37:150:37:17

Without him, Edward could never have claimed the throne.

0:37:170:37:20

Warwick is the kingmaker.

0:37:200:37:23

You can be very sure he will make the queen as well.

0:37:230:37:26

You are wrong. Edward is king!

0:37:260:37:28

He does not have to do what Warwick tells him.

0:37:280:37:31

You are wrong!

0:37:310:37:32

HE GASPS

0:37:560:37:57

SHE GASPS

0:38:050:38:07

Elizabeth?

0:38:170:38:19

Elizabeth? A messenger.

0:38:190:38:22

-My Lord.

-Thank you.

0:38:260:38:28

Father! Is there news?

0:38:280:38:29

Another bloody battle.

0:38:310:38:33

Who's won?

0:38:330:38:34

The Lancaster forces were routed. Henry is defeated.

0:38:340:38:37

-Oh, dear God!

-Edward? Edward has won?

0:38:370:38:40

Henry has fled to the moors with a price on his head

0:38:400:38:43

like a border rebel.

0:38:430:38:45

He's lost his wits again.

0:38:450:38:47

Oh, the poor man. And Queen Margaret?

0:38:470:38:49

She's taken her son to Scotland.

0:38:490:38:51

She won't give up, though.

0:38:510:38:53

She'll never give up until her son's on the throne.

0:38:530:38:55

And so this war will never be over.

0:38:550:38:58

No-one may doubt now that Edward of York is king.

0:38:580:39:01

And all our fortunes rest with him.

0:39:010:39:04

Mmm...

0:40:050:40:07

-I have to go. Or father will miss me at dinner.

-No, stay.

0:40:090:40:12

-You are not helping, husband.

-I am not trying to help.

0:40:120:40:16

Unless we were to announce our marriage and then...

0:40:160:40:18

Not yet.

0:40:180:40:21

If he had his way,

0:40:210:40:23

Lord Warwick would have me marry the Princess Bona of France,

0:40:230:40:28

and he will need some time to see it is not to be.

0:40:280:40:31

A few days?

0:40:310:40:33

Weeks.

0:40:330:40:34

Oh, Elizabeth! He is like an older brother to me.

0:40:380:40:41

He gave me my first sword. He stood beside me my whole life.

0:40:410:40:45

I must take the time to explain it to him. I owe him that much.

0:40:450:40:47

But you will tell him?

0:40:490:40:50

-And I will come to court as your wife?

-Yes. When the time is right.

0:40:500:40:53

-May I at least tell Father, so we can meet openly when you are...

-We may as well tell the town crier!

0:40:530:40:57

If we met openly, the whole town would know

0:40:570:41:01

and the rest of England soon after.

0:41:010:41:03

We must keep our secret a little while longer.

0:41:030:41:06

I'm rather enjoying it, though - aren't you?

0:41:140:41:17

Our humble hunting lodge?

0:41:170:41:19

I have to go.

0:41:220:41:24

So...he didn't take you with him?

0:41:310:41:34

He has to tell Lord Warwick first. He must explain to him.

0:41:340:41:37

Or perhaps Lord Warwick will explain to Edward that he must marry

0:41:370:41:40

-the Princess Bona of France, and throw off his little commoner.

-I will not hear it, Anthony!

0:41:400:41:44

In any case, I love Edward so much, I would have him any way I had to.

0:41:440:41:49

Then I'm sorry. Because I think you've seen the last of him.

0:41:490:41:52

My Lord.

0:42:030:42:04

-Your Grace.

-Your Grace.

0:42:090:42:11

Your Grace.

0:42:120:42:14

He writes me "Lady Elizabeth Grey".

0:42:190:42:22

He does not say "wife", he writes "my love"!

0:42:220:42:25

There's nothing here that speaks of a marriage, Mother.

0:42:250:42:27

Not a word to prove it ever happened.

0:42:270:42:29

Read the rest.

0:42:290:42:30

He writes that he's busy but he will see me soon.

0:42:300:42:34

The court is in London, the council is sitting,

0:42:340:42:36

Henry has still not been captured and Queen Margaret has sailed

0:42:360:42:39

home to France with her son demanding help.

0:42:390:42:43

He says he loves me. He burns for me.

0:42:430:42:46

That's lovers' words, nothing more.

0:42:460:42:48

Does he say whether he has spoken to Lord Warwick?

0:42:480:42:50

He does not say. It means he has not.

0:42:500:42:53

What should I do? Should I trust him?

0:42:530:42:56

The messenger who brought your letter also brought a summons for your father.

0:42:580:43:02

It has gone out to all the nobles, requesting they attend the court.

0:43:020:43:06

It will be to announce his marriage.

0:43:060:43:09

That's what your father believes.

0:43:090:43:11

To me?

0:43:110:43:12

Or to another?

0:43:170:43:18

It seems...

0:43:200:43:22

the French Princess Bona is at court.

0:43:220:43:24

-Your Grace.

-Your Grace.

0:43:270:43:28

-Your Grace.

-Your Grace.

0:43:280:43:29

My Lords. We welcome you to court.

0:43:350:43:37

The king has some important news he wishes to share with you

0:43:380:43:42

about Princess Bona of France.

0:43:420:43:44

Lord Warwick?

0:43:540:43:55

PEOPLE MURMUR

0:44:050:44:06

Whatever can be the problem now?

0:44:070:44:09

Father, I think the king may announce...

0:44:110:44:15

that he is married to Elizabeth.

0:44:150:44:16

Elizabeth who?

0:44:180:44:19

Our Elizabeth.

0:44:200:44:21

Are you out of your mind?

0:44:220:44:24

Although he married another before her.

0:44:250:44:27

And the first lady has his son.

0:44:270:44:28

So he might equally announce his marriage to the first one.

0:44:280:44:31

Dear God!

0:44:340:44:36

I should've guessed that whore would get her hooks into you

0:44:360:44:39

when she lured you into her hovel.

0:44:390:44:40

You may not call her that. She is the queen.

0:44:400:44:43

SHE is a roadside strumpet and this can easily be undone. It must be.

0:44:430:44:47

She is my queen of choice and I...

0:44:470:44:49

Of choice?

0:44:490:44:50

Have you gone mad? We've...

0:44:500:44:53

We've got a peace treaty to conclude with France

0:44:530:44:55

and without it, that whore of Anjou will bring the whole French army

0:44:550:44:58

against us and this time they will win!

0:44:580:45:00

-I cannot help it.

-Well, you will have to help it!

0:45:000:45:03

I've not spent the last year of my life

0:45:030:45:05

scraping to that fat French pig for Princess Bona's hand for you

0:45:050:45:09

to just throw it all away!

0:45:090:45:11

Now get in there and make the announcement.

0:45:110:45:14

Um, thank you for your patience.

0:45:230:45:24

We are

0:45:260:45:28

proud and happy to announce...

0:45:280:45:31

..I am married to Lady Elizabeth Grey.

0:45:360:45:39

PEOPLE MURMUR

0:45:400:45:42

Your Grace?

0:46:440:46:46

Your Grace?

0:46:460:46:47

Sorry, that... Mm, it's beautiful. Thank you.

0:46:490:46:51

I have written to my family in Burgundy,

0:46:550:46:58

inviting them to London for the coronation.

0:46:580:47:01

They will confer on us the royal position we shall need to see this through

0:47:010:47:04

and if we fail, they will be there for refuge and support.

0:47:040:47:07

You're making it sound more like a battle, Mother, than a marriage!

0:47:070:47:11

Oh, it IS a battle, make no mistake, Elizabeth.

0:47:110:47:14

The king has done what he should not.

0:47:140:47:16

He has married from another house, and a commoner at that.

0:47:160:47:19

There are many who will be cursing our luck and wishing us to fall.

0:47:190:47:22

But you, Elizabeth - you may have it all.

0:47:240:47:28

You love your husband, and he will give you prestige, too.

0:47:280:47:32

You are blessed. Mm?

0:47:320:47:34

Oh, and after the Coronation,

0:47:350:47:37

-we must send your boys to live with their kinsmen. They must learn...

-No! My boys stay with me!

0:47:370:47:42

Girls. Out!

0:47:440:47:46

Elizabeth!

0:47:500:47:52

You're as cold as ice! Elizabeth... Elizabeth!

0:47:540:47:57

-I...

-This is a seeing!

0:47:570:47:58

You have been warned of danger to your boys.

0:48:000:48:02

-Now, do you see more?

-I...

0:48:020:48:03

They must not be with strangers.

0:48:060:48:08

So be it.

0:48:080:48:10

We have had a warning and now we will keep them close with us

0:48:100:48:13

and they will be safe.

0:48:130:48:14

You're of my line, Elizabeth. I knew you had the sight.

0:48:180:48:22

Father.

0:49:200:49:21

Good to see you.

0:49:230:49:25

My Lord.

0:49:290:49:31

Do you give me your blessing, Father?

0:49:380:49:41

Of course I do.

0:49:410:49:43

And you will always be my daughter, no matter what.

0:49:430:49:46

My little Elizabeth.

0:49:460:49:49

Oh!

0:49:490:49:50

Anthony. You can stay down there! The things you said to me.

0:49:520:49:55

I beg your forgiveness, sister.

0:49:550:49:57

I hope you know that it was out of love.

0:49:570:49:59

I am happy for your joy.

0:49:590:50:01

Get up, then.

0:50:010:50:03

Common tart!

0:50:030:50:06

Anthony... Anthony!

0:50:060:50:08

We had a secret wedding. We must expect some jibes.

0:50:080:50:11

Elizabeth.

0:50:330:50:34

My wife.

0:50:380:50:39

-Jacquetta Rivers.

-Mm-hm?

0:50:510:50:53

So you've turned your coat to York.

0:50:530:50:55

Margaret Beaufort. Lady Tudor.

0:50:550:50:58

Lady Stafford now.

0:50:580:51:00

Oh, you remarried?

0:51:000:51:01

As women must, it seems.

0:51:010:51:03

Though some of us still loyal to our own house.

0:51:030:51:06

These are different times, Lady Margaret.

0:51:060:51:08

Lancaster brought us only war. King Edward will bring us peace.

0:51:080:51:11

He is a pretender. He has taken the throne by force.

0:51:110:51:15

He is the king.

0:51:150:51:17

And those who speak against him are guilty of treason.

0:51:170:51:20

-Is all well?

-Mm.

0:51:230:51:24

A common Lancastrian girl as queen.

0:51:270:51:30

It's an insult to the lords who fought for him,

0:51:300:51:33

to take a bride whose family killed for Henry.

0:51:330:51:35

The worst part is he kept it from you.

0:51:380:51:41

The boy is fogged by lust. I shall bring him back.

0:51:410:51:46

I have sacrificed too much to lose him now.

0:51:460:51:49

The Rivers whore will wish she'd never come here.

0:51:490:51:52

My brothers - George and Richard. My sister Margaret.

0:51:530:51:57

My cousin, Lord Warwick.

0:52:040:52:07

his Countess, and daughters Isabel and Anne.

0:52:070:52:10

My royal court, I give you the Queen of England.

0:52:150:52:19

APPLAUSE

0:52:210:52:22

Lord Warwick looks as though he's swallowed poison.

0:52:240:52:27

All his plans for Edward smothered in their sleep.

0:52:270:52:31

They'll make Edward pay for it, though. You can be sure of that.

0:52:310:52:34

And now we have the joy that is his mother.

0:52:340:52:38

Duchess Cecily. It is an honour to meet...

0:53:060:53:10

I am not happy about this marriage.

0:53:140:53:17

That's a shame. We're all delighted.

0:53:200:53:23

I would remind the Lady Rivers

0:53:230:53:26

that the wedding was a secret one which...

0:53:260:53:28

Private. It was private. Not secret.

0:53:280:53:31

I was there, as were other witnesses.

0:53:310:53:35

But if your son, the king, did not invite you, then I am afraid you must take that up with him.

0:53:350:53:39

Your daughter is a widow and years older than my son!

0:53:390:53:44

I know.

0:53:440:53:45

That's such an advantage, isn't it,

0:53:450:53:47

as my daughter has already proved herself fertile

0:53:470:53:49

with two handsome and legitimate boys, so we may

0:53:490:53:52

feel confident that God will bless this new royal couple with issue.

0:53:520:53:56

Your daughter could never be royal!

0:53:560:53:59

She's not my choice.

0:53:590:54:01

Nor that of my nephew, Lord Warwick.

0:54:010:54:04

Her father was a commoner!

0:54:040:54:06

And while I might overlook THAT, if Edward were not the king...

0:54:060:54:09

He IS the king. And he has chosen me.

0:54:090:54:13

Unless I should unseat him.

0:54:180:54:21

And how would you do that, Duchess Cecily?

0:54:240:54:27

I could disown him.

0:54:270:54:29

I could put his brother George upon the throne in his place.

0:54:310:54:35

How would you like that as the outcome of your private wedding, Lady Rivers?

0:54:360:54:41

Yes. I did hear some talk, when Edward was born.

0:54:450:54:50

Um...it was an archer, wasn't it?

0:54:500:54:53

By the name of, um...

0:54:530:54:55

Blaybourne. That's it.

0:54:550:54:57

Yes. People said that you had made a cuckold of your husband,

0:54:570:55:02

but in fact, I was of the few who swore that

0:55:020:55:05

a lady of your standing would never stoop so low.

0:55:050:55:08

And yet it seems you did. If that is what you're saying, Duchess Cecily,

0:55:080:55:11

that you admit yourself a common whore and declare your son,

0:55:110:55:15

the king, a bastard?

0:55:150:55:16

-For I cannot see how else you would unseat him.

-Enough!

0:55:160:55:19

Enough.

0:55:210:55:23

So then your words against the king will go no further?

0:55:290:55:31

And now that we all are friends, I believe you do know the proper

0:55:330:55:38

custom when presented with the Queen of England is to curtsy?

0:55:380:55:41

It is an honour to meet you, Duchess Cecily.

0:56:120:56:14

I'm surprised you won her over.

0:56:180:56:20

You must have really worked some charm.

0:56:200:56:23

I confess I had expected quite a battle.

0:56:230:56:26

She is your mother, Edward. How much trouble could she be?

0:56:260:56:30

Edward? Does the Earl of Warwick like me? He makes me nervous.

0:56:330:56:38

He made me what I am, Elizabeth. You must love him for my sake.

0:56:380:56:42

He's my closest kinsman.

0:56:420:56:44

Then I shall try.

0:56:440:56:45

But loving you is very much easier.

0:56:470:56:51

Mmm.

0:56:530:56:54

Now let us make a son, to scotch the Lancastrian threat

0:56:560:56:59

and start our dynasty.

0:56:590:57:02

More magic? I could have been anyone, Mother.

0:57:250:57:28

Who else would come in here at this time of night?

0:57:280:57:32

I'm trying to see our futures.

0:57:320:57:33

I said we'd keep them close.

0:57:370:57:39

So, tell me, then, who are my enemies?

0:57:440:57:48

I do not need to scry to tell you that.

0:57:480:57:50

Lord Warwick and Duchess Cecily.

0:57:500:57:52

Well, then - tell me something we do not know.

0:57:520:57:56

How many children shall I give Edward?

0:57:560:57:58

How many sons and daughters of...

0:57:580:58:01

SHE GASPS

0:58:010:58:04

What is it? Elizabeth, what do you see?

0:58:040:58:07

A woman!

0:58:070:58:09

With blood on her hands!

0:58:100:58:12

A woman, wearing red. I...

0:58:120:58:15

I do not know.

0:58:150:58:17

Whose blood was it?

0:58:170:58:19

I think it was mine.

0:58:220:58:24

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