Episode 2 The White Queen


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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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Will you marry me?

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Yes.

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Warwick is the Kingmaker,

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

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-She's my queen of choice and I...

-Of choice?! Have you gone mad?

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

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He is the king and those who speak against him are guilty of treason.

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

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It is an honour to meet you, Duchess Cecily.

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I am not happy about this marriage.

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

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The King has done what he should not.

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(Elizabeth.)

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

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So, our new queen is not only Lancastrian

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but now we have half of Burgundy out in force.

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Why?

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Because she is related to them!

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But, Issy, we like her better than the old bad queen, don't we?

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And now we must crown her before her belly grows too fat.

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Elizabeth.

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Are you afraid?

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Edward will help me know what to do.

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They say the whole of London will be out.

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Except one.

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Edward's mother has refused to come.

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I don't think you'll miss her.

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It's one less foot to trip me up!

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Lord Warwick.

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Is the woman dressed and ready?

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She's not made queen yet.

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My new sister.

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You're as beautiful as a queen should be.

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I pray your child is a son, so he may follow my brother on his throne.

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Thank you, Richard. George.

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I am very grateful for your kinship.

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Where...Where's Edward?

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At the Abbey.

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He is to watch the coronation from behind a screen, as is the custom.

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My daughters will escort you.

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They have been trained for such occasions.

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The Queen has her own sisters to attend her.

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Your daughters may join in the procession behind us.

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Hold your head high, Elizabeth.

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God has chosen you in this

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and your brothers and I will be with you every step of the way.

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But now, you are holding my arm too tightly and I may faint.

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You may not faint because I need you.

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You will always be my Elizabeth.

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I am so very proud of you.

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Anne, you goose! Stop staring like an idiot!

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She is so beautiful.

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Yes, but the King should have married the French princess

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as Father had arranged.

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Just play your part.

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It will not be for very long.

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CROWD CHEERS

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God save the Queen!

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Elizabeth!

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Elizabeth!

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That isn't mother.

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It's her, Richard.

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-She's just in her coronation robes, that's all.

-Oh.

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I here present unto you, Queen Elizabeth, your undoubted queen.

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Wherefore, all you who are come this day

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to do your homage and service,

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are you willing to do the same?

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God save the Queen!

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Let the anointing of this oil

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increase your honour

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and establish you for ever.

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God save the Queen!

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We offer up the sceptres and the ring,

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to our one and mighty queen.

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God save the Queen!

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-Mother!

-Mother!

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Oh, my boys!

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Are you Queen now, Mother?

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Yes, Richard. But before that, I shall always be your mother.

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May we sit with you at dinner?

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I'm sorry, not today.

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But later, I shall come and see you both to bed myself.

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Queen Elizabeth?

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Your court awaits.

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You all look so very similar, you Rivers girls.

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You look like beautiful fish!

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-I'm not sure I should like to be a fish!

-Hello.

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George does try to be so charming but he doesn't always get it right!

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Last time we saw you, Richard,

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you fell off your horse at our father's castle, do you remember?

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Our father taught King Edward and put him on the throne

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-and so now, King Edward must...

-HE COUGHS

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What?

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So he did, and Edward loves him for it.

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There's a seat here, Anne, if you'd like it.

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TRUMPET FANFARE

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Lords and Ladies of the court,

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Queen Elizabeth of England.

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I did not think it would be this grand, Edward.

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It is to silence those who say that our marriage is not valid.

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Who?! Who says that it is not?

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Ah!

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Your mother?

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The people were denied a royal wedding.

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And so we have given them

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a coronation worthy of the Lord himself.

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She does not even know how to behave!

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How would you behave if you were queen?

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Not like that!

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I would not whisper with the King!

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I would be a queen of stone.

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I would have dignity and no emotion.

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She doesn't even seem ashamed!

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..desperate for this banquet to end...

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Edward, you must attend to the peace treaty with France.

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I have kept it from your door this week as much as I could but,

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now that Charles of Burgundy has been befriended

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and France has been left out,

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it cannot wait.

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I will attend to it tomorrow.

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But now, cousin, feast with us,

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for we have won everything that we set out to

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and I wish to see you happy.

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How is it that I've allowed you to wear so many clothes?

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I cannot think.

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What's the point of being king if I cannot keep you naked all day long?

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We shall have to change this room, Edward.

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It's too odd to have Margaret of Anjou's things about us.

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(Change it as you wish.)

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Shall we be safe, you and I, upon our thrones?

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While Henry is at large, there's always a chance

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of a Lancastrian uprising to put him back on the throne.

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Or his son, Edward.

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But when we have our son, we will be safe, for we will have an heir.

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And your own men, do you trust them?

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Lord Warwick?

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Him of all.

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I know he's brusque and has found it hard to deal with our marriage

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but he will learn to love you as I do.

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(He already does.)

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You should ask his girls to be your ladies!

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Make them your favourites. It will please him.

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And his agreement with France? Will you make that, too?

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I'll decide tomorrow...

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..because now,

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I cannot think at all.

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Argh. Now what am I to do with these?

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It's not as though Margaret of Anjou will return for them.

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Mother!?

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I never thought it would be me doing this.

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I was her closest friend, when I was her lady at court.

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But these are different times.

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You are Queen of England now

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and you will never make the same mistakes that she did.

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I cannot burn it or they'll strangle us for witches.

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That is interesting, Baron Rivers.

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Your advice may well be worth thinking about.

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We are here to serve you, Your Grace.

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Edward?

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We'll meet soon.

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My lord.

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I've drafted out the terms

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of England's peace treaty with France as discussed

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and the French Ambassador's confirmed

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he will be able to attend the autumn hunt, where both parties can sign.

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There's no hurry, Warwick.

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There are some other players in the game who I may speak to.

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Other...?

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I've invited Burgundy, as well.

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You've invited the enemy of France?

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I wish for them

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to lift their restrictions on the sale of English cloth,

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and they are my wife's own relatives,

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so I can hardly leave them out.

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Lord Warwick?

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I know that I was not your choice of wife and queen for Edward.

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But I hope that we may join in friendship as we share love for him.

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You hope for that, Your Grace?

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And also that your daughters will join my household as my ladies?

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Burn her.

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We'll have no truck with a queen who thought to rule her husband

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and rule England through him.

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We've no need for scheming women.

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I know your loyalty to Warwick,

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but surely, if he's gone this far already, Edward...

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Edward?

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Your father and brothers have just told me

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that Warwick has a secret deal with the King of France.

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Louis has promised him a territory

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in exchange for my alliance with France.

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Now, this was once dependent upon me marrying the Princess Bona

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but now rides upon this so-called peace treaty.

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So, Warwick is plotting against you.

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Not so much against me as...for himself.

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But he should not have kept it from me.

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So I shall treaty with the side I think is most useful.

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He does not see Warwick's danger. Even now.

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He's clouded by how much he loves him.

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Then you must do the thinking for him.

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Warwick is against the King.

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He wants power for himself.

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Now, if Edward doesn't stop him, then you must.

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Because otherwise, Warwick will be king-making again.

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And this time it won't be Edward's head that wears the crown.

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And then we all will be in danger.

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WHISTLING

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Come.

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Come on.

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Hup. Hup.

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Hup.

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Hup. Hup.

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APPLAUSE

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Well done, John!

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Well done, John!

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He'll have a fight on his hands against my brother, George.

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He has none of Richard's chivalry and he doesn't like to lose.

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Burgundy's here, then.

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The Rivers run so deep, any man could be drowned in them.

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My own mother's been washed away.

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You could do better?

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Edward, the French Ambassador's feeling slighted

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in favour of Charles of Burgundy.

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Oh, cheer up, Warwick.

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The bigger threat is still my cousin Henry.

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Lancaster will not give up their hopes for him.

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While Henry is at large, there will always be some army to support him.

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WHISTLING

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Charles has suggested a marriage between himself

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-and Margaret of York. He seems very keen.

-Mother! Shhh. Not now.

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Your mother is right, Elizabeth.

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We must build a powerful royal family around you

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to protect you, and marriages are the way to...

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Well done, George!

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Good hunting, brother.

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As your prize, I shall confer on you the title...

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Earl of Richmond!

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And I was hoping for your crown.

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Lady Margaret Beaufort won't be happy.

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Richmond is her son's title!

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Yes. But he is nephew to the old King Henry.

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So, I must strip it from him.

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They have stripped my son of his title!

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They have stripped him of "The Earl of Richmond"

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-and given it to that second York boy, George.

-I've been told.

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You are my husband, you must get it back for him!

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-It is his ancestral title through his...

-Margaret.

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Margaret, the Yorks rule England now,

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and Edward may give the peerages to whoever he sees fit.

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Is it not enough that I am not allowed to raise my child myself?

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That he must be raised by his uncle Jasper?

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He is nephew to King Henry, in line as Lancastrian heir.

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He should not be treated as though...

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Look, you must not boast of this too loudly, it is the very...

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(It is the very reason why the King must keep him down.)

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His uncle Jasper would not let this happen!

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He would write to Edward and defend my poor boy!

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He would feel his pain, as I do!

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I shall go to little Henry myself and explain to him about his title!

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No, it'll mean nothing to him. The boy is barely five-years-old.

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It means something! It means the world.

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It is all he has!

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-Have you eaten anything today?

-No.

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-You are looking very thin again.

-I'm fasting.

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-You cannot live on fresh air alone.

-I live on prayer.

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And God shall give me sustenance.

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Lord Warwick?

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Your daughters have not been brought to me.

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I requested them for my household.

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My daughters are to wed, Your Grace, and so sadly, must decline.

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The King is aware.

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Ah.

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I was thinking,

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our little Annie

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should wed Viscount Bourchier.

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And little Katherine could marry the Duke of Buckingham?

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Warwick has refused his daughters to me mother.

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It is a snub and I do not know what I should do.

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He hates me.

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But Edward still thinks we can be friends!

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Then what should I do?

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Accept his hate or battle through it?

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You should do neither.

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You should do as Edward says and make your family strong by marriage,

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so you can weather an attack from anyone.

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Now, your brother, John...

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What spells are you two weaving?

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Father!

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Ah, the goddess of love is busy with her work, I see!

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There is no love in this, Richard. Only business.

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You see how Mother changed her tune?

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When she set her heart on you, the lowly squire,

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she caused quite the scandal, saying true love was enough.

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It was worth it.

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For I have the most beautiful lady in the kingdom.

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And I the handsomest, kindest, most loving man.

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Who has just been made Treasurer!

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-Richard!

-Then Warwick's uncle has been set aside?

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Edward is unhappy with him over France.

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And Anthony has Admiralty of the Fleet

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and Lionel will be Bishop as he's always wanted.

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Richard!

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Yes, yes.

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Go and fetch the midwife.

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I think our first York prince wishes to join the world.

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That's it, come on, push.

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Push-push-push.

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That's it. That's it.

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SHE SCREAMS

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Good girl, shh.

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BABY CRIES

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Give him to me, Mary?

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Let me hold him.

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It's a girl.

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A little girl.

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-Where is he?

-The Queen is not ready.

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Let me see him! I am king. You cannot keep me from my son.

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It's a girl, Edward.

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It's a girl.

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Mind the head. Take the head.

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She is a beautiful girl.

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We will love her very well.

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We shall have boys, Edward.

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Sons and heirs.

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-They shall come.

-I know.

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You are so very lovely, Elizabeth. I could not do without you.

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DOOR OPENS AND SLAMS

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It's a girl!

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The Queen has had a little baby girl for Edward.

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It makes little odds that he has no heir

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when she has taken all the nobles

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and there's no-one left for ours to wed.

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Ah, but...

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I have found the biggest prize of all,

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and the King

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will give me anything I want for it.

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My Lady.

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Stafford.

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Lord Tudor.

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Are you well?

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We are in fine health.

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Shall we ride in?

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Jasper, how is my Henry?

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He's thriving. You'll barely know him.

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Henry?

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Henry!

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Come to your mother.

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Come on, you must remember me?

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Go on, Henry.

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Lady Mother.

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Henry, I miss you very much and I would have come sooner,

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but I have been made to live very far away from you.

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It is punishment for my loyalties.

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Henry, the wicked York king, has taken your title.

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But we will get it back for you. We will.

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Do not fill his head with nonsense, Margaret, he will not get it back!

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He should be playing in the sun with other children,

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not cooped up here, like some invalid!

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There are no families of breeding near enough

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-for a suitable companion.

-Well, perhaps little Henry

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could show me the stables and the horses while we're here?

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May I?

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Go on.

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Come now. Come and see our horses. We have names for all of them.

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-I expect you're a very good rider.

-Yes.

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Tell me he is good to you?

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-Tell me that, at least.

-He, er...

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I have an allowance.

0:28:090:28:10

I, er...

0:28:120:28:13

I buy books.

0:28:140:28:16

I read the Gospel. He's teaching me to read in Latin.

0:28:160:28:19

I missed you, Margaret.

0:28:220:28:24

-More than I can tell.

-Don't.

0:28:270:28:28

You must not.

0:28:280:28:30

I've received a letter from my brother.

0:28:390:28:42

My nephew is to be betrothed to the Queen's sister, Katherine,

0:28:420:28:45

and we are called to London for the wedding.

0:28:450:28:47

The Duke of Buckingham... to a common country girl?!

0:28:470:28:50

-I will not go.

-You will, Margaret.

0:28:500:28:52

And you will be gracious.

0:28:540:28:55

Your mother will be there. It will be a chance to see her, too.

0:29:000:29:03

You've not seen her since we married.

0:29:030:29:05

Shall we?

0:29:090:29:10

In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.

0:29:180:29:23

Amen.

0:29:230:29:24

ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS

0:29:260:29:29

Look at my little sister, Katherine, with her sulky new husband, the Duke.

0:29:330:29:37

Who would have thought so happy an occasion

0:29:480:29:49

would have made so many so miserable?!

0:29:490:29:52

Lord Warwick isn't even here.

0:29:520:29:54

So much the better.

0:29:540:29:55

Congratulations, Your Grace, on your first York princess.

0:29:580:30:02

She is not a boy though, so you have no heir.

0:30:020:30:06

I shall have many more, Duchess Cecily,

0:30:060:30:08

and the next one shall be a boy.

0:30:080:30:10

FANFARE OUTSIDE

0:30:100:30:12

Edward? What is that?

0:30:120:30:13

King Henry!

0:30:240:30:26

My Lords. Our one time king, Henry, and now, our prisoner.

0:30:260:30:31

He was roaming the fields of Northumberland

0:30:310:30:33

but I have ridden out and captured him.

0:30:330:30:35

-And you have brought him in!

-No, Richard!

0:30:350:30:38

-Then let us take vengeance for our father he murdered!

-You will not!

0:30:380:30:41

He is an anointed king.

0:30:410:30:43

And how should we be any better if we match him in his butchery?

0:30:430:30:47

He is a traitor and an enemy to my rule.

0:30:520:30:56

But God has brought him to us to show that my reign is just and true.

0:30:570:31:03

We shall keep cousin Henry in the Tower apartments

0:31:050:31:08

and show him a mercy that he denied our father.

0:31:080:31:11

Go in God, cousin.

0:31:130:31:15

I'm once again indebted to you, Warwick.

0:31:280:31:30

I serve you, Edward, as ever.

0:31:300:31:32

-Might I have a word with Your Grace?

-Of course.

0:31:350:31:39

God bless him, poor Henry...

0:31:390:31:42

Warwick is up to something, Mother.

0:31:420:31:44

Can we ever trust him?

0:31:440:31:46

Girls, I have something to tell you.

0:31:590:32:01

-You must keep it a secret for now. Do you promise?

-Yes, Lady Mother.

0:32:050:32:08

Your father is asking King Edward for the royal dukes,

0:32:100:32:12

his brothers, to be given in marriage to the two of you.

0:32:120:32:15

-You will marry George.

-And I shall have Richard!

0:32:170:32:20

See how Anne is blushing!

0:32:220:32:24

You cannot think to like him?

0:32:240:32:26

He's got such funny eyes and he's so serious.

0:32:260:32:29

-Stop it, Issy!

-She, of course, will try to stop it.

0:32:290:32:33

But the King will not refuse your father,

0:32:330:32:36

not if he asks him to his face.

0:32:360:32:38

Not now, after bringing Henry in.

0:32:380:32:40

And the two of you will be royal duchesses.

0:32:420:32:45

You will outrank the King's own mother.

0:32:450:32:47

I am to marry Richard.

0:32:540:32:56

Your Grace.

0:33:010:33:03

However could they bring poor King Henry in like that?

0:33:150:33:18

-You must not call him "King", my love.

-He is the king in the eyes of God.

0:33:180:33:21

They have sinned to take his throne away from him!

0:33:210:33:23

-Complaining, Margaret?

-Good evening to you, Lady Beauchamp.

0:33:230:33:27

-Lady Mother.

-You know my son, don't you?

0:33:270:33:30

Richard Welles is Margaret's half-brother.

0:33:300:33:34

He's my pride and joy.

0:33:340:33:36

As my son would be if you'd let me keep him with me.

0:33:360:33:38

Ever the drama, Margaret. ..I see she has not changed at all.

0:33:380:33:42

Ladies.

0:33:420:33:44

Henry is my son! He is mine!

0:33:510:33:54

-And you have remarried.

-A man I did not want to.

0:33:540:33:57

A man you forced upon me. A man I did not choose.

0:33:570:34:00

Oh, Margaret. This again.

0:34:000:34:02

You are a girl, you do not choose.

0:34:030:34:06

You live the life your mother chooses for you,

0:34:060:34:08

or your husband does.

0:34:080:34:10

Then why could you not have chosen Jasper Tudor?

0:34:110:34:15

Oh, I've seen your puppy eyes for him

0:34:150:34:17

since long before his brother withered of the plague.

0:34:170:34:20

-Then why choose Stafford?

-I thought he was a better match.

0:34:210:34:24

And I do not care if you are happy.

0:34:240:34:27

Hello.

0:34:380:34:40

There were too many commoners in there.

0:34:420:34:44

And all of them want marriages.

0:34:440:34:47

Isn't that what you want, Isabel?

0:34:490:34:51

-George.

-Brother.

0:35:030:35:06

Edward, there you are!

0:35:090:35:11

So what did Lord Warwick want?

0:35:150:35:17

-My brothers for his girls.

-For Isabel and Anne?

0:35:200:35:24

I said I would think about it.

0:35:260:35:28

Edward?

0:35:290:35:31

If Warwick's daughters are married to your brothers,

0:35:310:35:34

they will share the biggest fortune in the kingdom

0:35:340:35:36

and have royal blood upon both sides.

0:35:360:35:38

Do you imagine they will not come against you if you grant it?

0:35:380:35:40

Damn it, Elizabeth! Warwick is not the enemy.

0:35:400:35:43

He is a friend and I have disregarded him.

0:35:430:35:45

And I am resolved to sign the treaty with Burgundy against France...

0:35:450:35:48

-Shh.

-No! And it will be two years of his life that have been wasted.

0:35:480:35:51

I must give him something.

0:35:510:35:53

Then give him something.

0:35:530:35:54

But not this.

0:35:540:35:56

You must show him you are your own man, and king now.

0:35:570:36:02

He may not grow too powerful and come against you.

0:36:030:36:06

You're right.

0:36:110:36:13

Of course you are.

0:36:140:36:16

Perhaps he won't mind so much.

0:36:160:36:18

He's usually happy with more land.

0:36:200:36:22

I could offer him more of Wales, take it away from Jasper Tudor.

0:36:220:36:26

Am I so bad not even you may love me?

0:36:400:36:43

Tell me of your plan for me?

0:36:450:36:47

Tell me there is a purpose?

0:36:490:36:52

Give me a sign, Lord.

0:36:530:36:55

Tell me at least that my son may have a destiny!

0:36:560:36:59

SHE SOBS

0:36:590:37:01

Margaret? I've been looking for you all night.

0:37:180:37:21

What have you been do...

0:37:210:37:23

Come on.

0:37:280:37:30

We are leaving.

0:37:300:37:32

SHE GASPS

0:38:020:38:04

-Where's the Countess?

-Your Grace.

0:38:250:38:28

-Bring her in here!

-DOOR SLAMS

0:38:280:38:30

But how?

0:38:330:38:35

How could he refuse you?

0:38:350:38:37

He promised they would be married.

0:38:370:38:39

The King has lost his mind, he's thinking with his breeches

0:38:390:38:42

and all for some little country whore!

0:38:420:38:44

Do you think it may be witchcraft? It could be for no other reason!

0:38:440:38:48

This is what you get when you put the Devil on the throne of England.

0:38:480:38:52

And now he is to sign this deal with Burgundy

0:38:520:38:54

which will make me look a fool to France

0:38:540:38:56

which is precisely what she wanted!

0:38:560:38:59

Well, she will not win this! We will bide our time.

0:39:000:39:03

She has no son yet.

0:39:030:39:06

She will NOT win!

0:39:060:39:08

What will happen to us, Issy?

0:39:170:39:19

Well, Father will find us someone else, I suppose.

0:39:210:39:23

Couldn't you marry the Prince of France?

0:39:250:39:27

He's not yet married.

0:39:270:39:29

What use is a Prince of France?

0:39:290:39:31

We must get ourselves in the line of succession here.

0:39:310:39:34

Everything that has happened, Annie, is her fault.

0:39:340:39:37

She has ruined our matches and...

0:39:370:39:40

..we are insulted.

0:39:420:39:44

She is another bad queen, just like the last one.

0:39:460:39:49

Tell me about the old bad queen, Issy?

0:39:540:39:56

What was she like again?

0:39:580:39:59

The bad queen called herself Margaret of Anjou...

0:40:040:40:07

..but really she was a she-wolf and she rode at the head of an army

0:40:090:40:15

of naked, wild men and everything in their path turned to ice!

0:40:150:40:21

They carried the sleeping king forward in a big glass coffin,

0:40:210:40:27

and while he slept the she-wolf tore apart England

0:40:270:40:31

with her terrible ambition!

0:40:310:40:33

She murdered our grandfather...

0:40:340:40:36

SHE MOANS

0:40:360:40:38

..and she tried to spear Father with a roasting spit!

0:40:380:40:41

But one day, Father and King Edward

0:40:450:40:49

fought a battle against her, uphill, in the snow.

0:40:490:40:53

It was the bloodiest battle ever...

0:40:530:40:56

SHE HISSES

0:40:560:40:58

..and she lost so she blew away like a blizzard

0:40:580:41:02

into the cold, cold north.

0:41:020:41:05

And Edward became the king.

0:41:070:41:10

"Hurrah! Hurrah!"

0:41:100:41:13

And her son? The Prince of Ice?

0:41:130:41:15

Ah, yes.

0:41:150:41:16

Prince Edward is an ice boy.

0:41:160:41:19

He cut off two men's heads when he was only seven years old!

0:41:190:41:22

But he isn't really Henry's boy,

0:41:260:41:28

because the king was always sleeping.

0:41:280:41:31

So they say that his father...

0:41:310:41:33

..is the Devil!

0:41:350:41:37

SHE GASPS

0:41:380:41:40

Thank you, Issy.

0:41:420:41:44

Don't worry, Annie. Father will think of something.

0:41:470:41:50

Father always has a plan.

0:41:520:41:54

The King has chosen Burgundy

0:42:110:42:13

and Warwick's secret deal with France is over.

0:42:130:42:16

The King's sister, Margaret, will marry our very own cousin, Charles of Burgundy.

0:42:180:42:22

So Warwick is escorting Margaret to her wedding in Burgundy?

0:42:220:42:27

Ah, he's a nursemaid!

0:42:270:42:29

THEY LAUGH

0:42:290:42:31

So now he won't get his land in France.

0:42:310:42:34

And you, Elizabeth, must have sons.

0:42:340:42:37

SHE HUMS A TUNE

0:42:560:42:58

Look at your hair.

0:43:010:43:03

-Mary?

-Mother!

0:43:040:43:07

Lizzie? Could you hold Mary?

0:43:070:43:09

THEY LAUGH

0:43:090:43:11

Your Grace!

0:43:190:43:20

We shall never get there if we must stop every three minutes, girls!

0:43:280:43:31

Where's Father?

0:43:320:43:34

I told you, he's travelling his kingdom. We're riding to join him.

0:43:340:43:38

-Elizabeth.

-Father! What are you doing here?

0:43:420:43:45

We are to ride with you.

0:43:450:43:47

There is a rebellion, a Robin of Redesdale.

0:43:470:43:50

That's a fanciful name for some petty rebel, Father.

0:43:500:43:53

Ed will stamp it all out in a heartbeat.

0:43:530:43:56

Someone is paying the men, Elizabeth.

0:43:560:43:57

They have strong, new boots and this is Warwick's country.

0:43:570:44:00

-Warwick? What threat is Warwick to us now?

-This is no joke, Elizabeth.

0:44:000:44:04

It is certain.

0:44:040:44:06

There are thousands of men-in-arms under Warwick's orders.

0:44:060:44:08

He is king-making again.

0:44:080:44:10

Oh, Issy. You look beautiful.

0:44:180:44:21

Do you think George will adore me, Annie?

0:44:240:44:26

The way that the King does her?

0:44:260:44:28

I am sorry that Father could not get Richard for you.

0:44:300:44:33

It is not him I was concerned with.

0:44:330:44:36

Just, I did rather want to be a duchess.

0:44:360:44:38

DOOR OPENS

0:44:380:44:40

Come. Let's get this done.

0:44:450:44:47

Annie.

0:44:500:44:52

Annie, please don't leave me.

0:44:520:44:55

-Mother! Mother!

-My boys!

0:45:030:45:06

I knew that Warwick was angry

0:45:130:45:15

but never did I imagine he would raise his own army against me!

0:45:150:45:18

He has betrayed me!

0:45:180:45:20

And so has George, for now I hear he has married Isabel

0:45:200:45:23

against my clear command!

0:45:230:45:25

Warwick's plan must be to put George upon the throne instead of me.

0:45:250:45:28

-God damn them both!

-But are you sure that is what they are doing?

0:45:280:45:31

I am sure of nothing!

0:45:310:45:33

We have always stood shoulder to shoulder on the battlefield.

0:45:330:45:35

At the battle of Mortimer's Cross there were three suns in the sky.

0:45:350:45:38

Three suns!

0:45:380:45:40

Everybody said it was a sign from God for me,

0:45:400:45:42

Richard and George, the three Sons of York.

0:45:420:45:44

So how can one brother betray the others?

0:45:440:45:46

With Warwick, the man you thought of as your greatest friend.

0:45:460:45:48

And who else betrays us with them, huh?

0:45:480:45:50

Our mother is not here, she's surely gone to attend their wedding.

0:45:500:45:53

George is her darling, after all.

0:45:530:45:55

Why would she back George instead of you?

0:45:550:45:57

The old story. Whether I am my father's son.

0:45:570:46:00

Whether I am legitimate! George is saying that I am a bastard

0:46:000:46:04

and that would make him the true York heir.

0:46:040:46:06

-Damn him!

-We will go and scotch this snakes' nest before it comes out of the ground.

0:46:060:46:11

Annie! Annie!

0:46:140:46:16

What is it?

0:46:160:46:17

Was George bad to you?

0:46:170:46:19

Has he hurt you?

0:46:190:46:22

Yes, but no more than Mother said I should expect.

0:46:220:46:26

That's not it.

0:46:260:46:28

It's very much worse, Annie.

0:46:280:46:30

My wedding was never for me at all.

0:46:320:46:35

It was a sign from Father that men should rise against the King.

0:46:360:46:40

-DISTANT SHOUTING

-George.

0:46:440:46:47

Go to the city of Norwich. Be a queen. Look unconcerned.

0:46:560:46:59

I just cannot bear that this is happening. You must take care.

0:46:590:47:02

Please, all of you.

0:47:020:47:03

Father, stay safe.

0:47:030:47:05

Elizabeth, trust no-one.

0:47:070:47:09

Show them you are queen. We will be back soon.

0:47:090:47:13

Your Grace.

0:47:550:47:56

Still no word?

0:48:520:48:54

Warwick's got past our look-out.

0:48:540:48:56

His army's coming to besiege us.

0:48:560:48:58

Ride to the protection of London.

0:48:580:49:00

Go, Edward! We'll stay and hold him off!

0:49:000:49:02

TO ARMS!

0:49:020:49:04

Quickly! Quickly, men!

0:49:040:49:06

< Lord Warwick's back!

0:49:370:49:39

APPROACHING HOOFBEATS

0:49:390:49:41

He's done it. Father has the King!

0:49:540:49:56

"Dearest wife, prepare yourself for bad news.

0:50:090:50:13

"I am prisoner, held by Warwick.

0:50:130:50:15

"I am unhurt but you are in very grave danger

0:50:170:50:21

"as Warwick will come after you if he can.

0:50:210:50:24

"Your father and brothers have escaped

0:50:240:50:26

"and will be on their way to you.

0:50:260:50:28

"You must hasten to London.

0:50:280:50:30

"You must raise the city and arm the Tower for a siege.

0:50:300:50:34

"For if George has a son, we are lost.

0:50:340:50:37

"I love you with all of my heart.

0:50:380:50:40

"The one and only, King of England.

0:50:400:50:43

"Edward."

0:50:430:50:45

-Anthony! Thank God! We must go to London!

-Sister.

0:50:510:50:53

-Warwick has captured Edward and he's coming after me.

-Elizabeth.

0:50:530:50:56

-Are Father and John with you? Edward said we must go to London.

-Sister!

0:50:560:51:00

Our father...and John...

0:51:000:51:03

..they're dead.

0:51:050:51:07

-No.

-They were beheaded.

0:51:100:51:11

There was no charge, no trial, only the word of Warwick.

0:51:110:51:15

No! Edward said... You, you all escaped!

0:51:150:51:18

There was an ambush. They were waiting on the road ahead.

0:51:180:51:21

No, Anthony! No, God! No! Say it's not true, Anthony!

0:51:210:51:26

NO! SHE SOBS

0:51:260:51:28

-Jasper!

-Morning, Margaret.

0:51:580:52:00

You have heard? They've snatched him!

0:52:000:52:02

Like the crown from the top of the maypole.

0:52:020:52:04

I do not know what they intend, but I shall write to George

0:52:040:52:07

and tell him he can name his price if it will return my son his title.

0:52:070:52:11

My husband must not know.

0:52:110:52:13

-My Lord.

-Stafford.

0:52:160:52:18

Take me to Henry, Jasper. I have something marvellous to tell him.

0:52:180:52:22

Come.

0:52:240:52:25

-My Lord.

-Henry.

0:52:280:52:30

Yes.

0:52:300:52:31

Today is a special day

0:52:390:52:41

because I have something important to tell you.

0:52:410:52:43

I have known this for a long time

0:52:430:52:45

but I have waited until I was sure to tell you both.

0:52:450:52:49

-You will be king.

-Have you lost your senses, Margaret?

0:52:530:52:56

God has told me in a vision, Henry.

0:52:560:52:59

He said that you are His Chosen One.

0:52:590:53:01

And you will be King Henry Tudor of England.

0:53:020:53:07

Ignore what your mother just said, Henry,

0:53:070:53:08

for it is treason and she would surely lose her head for it.

0:53:080:53:11

-You had a vision?

-And I have prayed upon it.

0:53:110:53:14

But now, the old York poison splits their House in two

0:53:140:53:17

I know God has spoken to me truly.

0:53:170:53:20

I will not hear this!

0:53:210:53:23

Elizabeth makes only little witches for the burning

0:53:230:53:25

and perhaps the other Yorks will be as cursed.

0:53:250:53:28

And when they are, we will be waiting with my boy

0:53:280:53:31

for his chance upon the throne.

0:53:310:53:33

God has said you will be king

0:53:380:53:40

and you must hold that in your heart.

0:53:400:53:43

And when you are crowned king,

0:53:450:53:47

my mother will kneel to me

0:53:470:53:49

and she will call me "Margaret Regina".

0:53:490:53:51

ALL WEEP

0:54:460:54:51

What kind of a monster is he?

0:54:580:54:59

No charge, no trial, no chance for a defence?

0:55:010:55:04

-It was an execution.

-And I shall have his head for it!

0:55:040:55:07

Warwick cannot go unpunished!

0:55:070:55:09

-I cannot bear it, Mother.

-Your father knew the risks.

0:55:100:55:14

God knows, it wasn't his first battle.

0:55:140:55:16

He sent me this before they killed him.

0:55:190:55:21

He tells me to be happy,

0:55:240:55:26

sends you his love.

0:55:260:55:29

John is such a loss to me.

0:55:340:55:36

He had his whole life ahead of him.

0:55:380:55:40

When you raise a boy and he becomes a man,

0:55:430:55:48

you start to believe that he is safe

0:55:480:55:51

and that you are safe from heartbreak.

0:55:510:55:54

I should have known.

0:55:540:55:56

I have the Sight, I should have seen it.

0:55:560:55:59

Edward's mother will know this pain.

0:55:590:56:02

She will know the loss of her son George. I swear it.

0:56:030:56:06

-You have lost a son and so shall she!

-What should that achieve?

0:56:060:56:10

It will not bring them back. And there will be war again.

0:56:120:56:15

They still have Edward!

0:56:150:56:17

I must avenge my father and my brother or God knows I shall go mad!

0:56:170:56:21

I've tried to do it differently.

0:56:230:56:25

I tried to do what Edward asked and make them all my friends.

0:56:250:56:29

But now I want them dead.

0:56:310:56:34

Tear off a corner.

0:56:410:56:42

Write their names on it in blood.

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Heat the charm, keep it in the darkness.

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Do it by the riverside on the waning moon.

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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. I curse you.

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George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, I curse you too.

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By my will, you both shall die.

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