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0:00:04 > 0:00:06Where do I stand? George is York, Anne is my enemy and Mother is with her.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Commit to nobody until you know there is a clear winner,
0:00:10 > 0:00:11and then remind them of your undying loyalty
0:00:11 > 0:00:13until it serves you no more.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15My Father! What of Lord Warwick?
0:00:15 > 0:00:18On the battlefield, Your Grace. The most noble death.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20I wish to see my mother.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23She has abandoned you and lives in disgrace.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Does Sir Henry really think he might die?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27He's badly injured.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Jasper plans to take Henry into exile.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Never give up. I won't.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Make peace with the Yorks and bring him home safe.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43George is loyal to your husband, it seems.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Today.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Am I not a traitor?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Do you love me and the King?
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Let's hope that's enough for Edward.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I'll take you to your sister when the court returns to London.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05I would like to see Isabel, very, very much.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Anne Neville.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Your Grace.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35I beg for your pardon.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39It was not my will to betray you.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44My father ordered my marriage to the son of Margaret of Anjou
0:02:44 > 0:02:46and she commanded that I go with them.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49I had no choice but to obey.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13You know that Margaret of Anjou is defeated...
0:03:14 > 0:03:17..and will never ride out against me again...
0:03:19 > 0:03:22..and that her cause had no merit?
0:03:24 > 0:03:25I know that now.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Well, that is good enough for me.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I forgive you and I pardon you...
0:03:35 > 0:03:37..and you are welcome here at Court
0:03:37 > 0:03:39and you may live here with your sister.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Your Grace.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00I am grateful for the mercy you have shown me.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05My mother, she is still in sanctuary.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Indeed. And that is where she has chosen to remain.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Isabel.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32How merciful the King has been.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36You will serve as my lady-in-waiting.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38You will help me choose dresses and jewels
0:04:38 > 0:04:41and comb out my hair before I sleep.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43It'll be just like when we were girls.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Except that Mother is in prison and Father is dead.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Mother is not in prison, Anne. She is in sanctuary.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02But it isn't true, as the King claims, that she
0:05:02 > 0:05:03has chosen to remain there.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Shhhh!
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Izzy, Mother keeps writing to me, begging me to help her.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10As she helped you when Father was defeated?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Mother writes to me, too, Anne, daily, and ever more beseechingly.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Ignore her.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25The King must be in no doubt as to where our loyalties lie.
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Sister.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Anne is worrying so.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36As well she might, Isabel. She has suffered much.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Anne, you will be safe here and well looked after.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41The King has appointed me your guardian.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46My guardian? He cannot have appointed you my guardian.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I'm old enough to be a widow. Why would I need a guardian?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Because you're the widow of a traitor.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Edward pardoned her without a moment's hesitation.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08And after what Warwick did to Father and John...
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Edward did what he had to.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13You must begrudge Warwick's daughters their happy reunion.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16England needs peace. Everything else must be set aside.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Do not stand there as if a ghost.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Come! I will let you stitch the final gold threads.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Do I have a dowry, Isabel?
0:06:44 > 0:06:49A dowry? Are you dreaming of marriage already, Anne?
0:06:51 > 0:06:56No, of course not. I just wanted to understand.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Of course you have a dowry.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00You mustn't worry about such things.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02The King has tasked George with taking care of all financial
0:07:02 > 0:07:04matters on your behalf.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06On my behalf?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09When the time comes for you to marry,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12George will provide a dowry for your husband.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15What if I do not marry?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20What if Mother dies and I am not married?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22What will happen to my inheritance then?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Isabel, can't you see what they're doing?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The York brothers are keeping Mother in sanctuary
0:07:28 > 0:07:31so they can take control of her fortune!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33What? Anne, you are quite wrong.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35That is why Richard brought me here. That is
0:07:35 > 0:07:38why George has had himself appointed my "guardian".
0:07:38 > 0:07:40It's a plot!
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Do not say these things!
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Do not speak of the sons of York in this way.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46It's a plot, Isabel. Can't you see that?
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Silence! You are raving!
0:07:47 > 0:07:49George will keep me here until Mother dies and then...
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Ow!
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Oh, my Lady!- Oh, my Lady!- My Lady!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Go to your room.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Isabel.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Biting like a rabid dog.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Isabel.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16You are not fit to be in the company of ladies.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Go now!
0:08:18 > 0:08:23And do not show your face until you accept the situation.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27No, not "accept". Be thankful.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37With his dying breaths, my husband told me I must reconcile with them.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Must I?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Is that the only way to bring my boy safely back to England,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48to make peace with York?
0:08:54 > 0:08:55I need a sign, Father.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02I need a sign that even in my weakness, God hears me...
0:09:02 > 0:09:03DOOR OPENS LOUDLY
0:09:06 > 0:09:08My Lady.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10My Lady, I did not mean to interrupt you at prayer.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Then why did you?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14I could not wait any longer.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Your mother, Lady Beauchamp, is gravely ill.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Glory, glory, grace of God.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Do not weep. I do not deserve your tears.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I do not shed any.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06The room lacks air. It smells sour, of putrefying flesh.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11I am afraid. Would you seek to make me more so?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14I seek nothing.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21My beloved son should be kneeling here...
0:10:22 > 0:10:24..pressing my hand against his lips.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28But there's only you, Margaret.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32And I will know no peace until you forgive me.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Forgive you?
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Absolve me from whatever crime it is you think me guilty of.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45You ask me to wash you clean of sin but you do not confess any.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Is it still Holy Orders?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51After all these years, do you still hate me
0:10:51 > 0:10:53for not sending you to an abbey?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56You sent a child to do a woman's duty.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01Do you not understand it was God's own will that you bear
0:11:01 > 0:11:03a Lancaster heir?
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Of course I understand. My cause is holy, my purpose divine.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10I have devoted my life to it.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16But you only wished for the chance to raise your son.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Is that what you longed for, Margaret?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25But you also wanted to marry Jasper Tudor...
0:11:27 > 0:11:28..to be adored.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33How you must struggle to reconcile your saintliness with your vanity.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37CHUCKLES
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Such vanity.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43You wanted to marry for love.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46And what good, pray, would that have done your cause?
0:11:47 > 0:11:53You should be grateful. I saved you from yourself.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09God will take you on this Sabbath Day.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12And when he does, I will be reborn.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Margaret.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Margaret!
0:12:18 > 0:12:25BABY CRIES
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Aww.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Come here, my Prince.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37It won't be so very long before we see him settled at Ludlow.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Ludlow Castle?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Are we to live in Wales?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45But we won't, but our son will when he's two.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49He's the Prince of Wales.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51He must establish his own household there.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53And what possible use has Wales for an infant prince?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56The people must know him from childhood, Your Grace.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59That way, they'll learn to love him
0:12:59 > 0:13:02and that's how we'll break Welsh loyalty to the Tudors.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05No. I'm not letting go of my son.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09This is what it means to have a Prince and not a girl.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12It is simply a matter of choosing the right guardian for our son.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Then I will appoint his guardian.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I'm his mother, and if he is to leave me,
0:13:16 > 0:13:17then I will choose into whose care he goes
0:13:17 > 0:13:19and who will raise him into a man.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22It is not simply a matter of raising him into a man. It's a
0:13:22 > 0:13:25matter of raising him into a King.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27And on that, you are probably not best placed.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36You may not leave.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- I'll have you both.- How about me?
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Summer. A time for mindless pleasure.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Precious little is mindless where George is concerned.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14He will have nothing, nothing at all to do with my son.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Does George intend to harm the boy?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19I don't know.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Perhaps it's nothing more than the pain of being made to part with him.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29When you married into the Royal House, their customs became yours.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33You understand that as surely as Edward does.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I don't know what he understands.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I only know that the closer he gets to his brothers,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40the further he feels from me.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Truly, Mother, we are distant. Ever since...
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Ever since he came back from battle.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Not entirely distant, I think.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Mother, how... How did you know?
0:14:57 > 0:14:58LAUGHS
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Your husband is as fertile as a bull.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Whenever he returns from victory, a child is never far behind.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07I haven't told him yet.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Then tell him!
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Leave your cares with me and take your happy news to your husband.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Thank you. Thank you, Mother.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20You cheered me.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Although I think I quite exhausted you.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Of course you haven't. You never could.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Go. Go! Go!
0:15:55 > 0:15:57GIGGLING
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Elizabeth.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Elizabeth.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Jane Shore. Her name is all around the Court.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14And what does that afford her?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I don't know. That's what I'm trying to find out.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Have you tried asking Edward?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21And what should I say?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23What on earth is there to say?
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Your husband is a King with a King's appetites.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29This is his nature, as you have always known.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Whoring is merely a sport to Edward, as hunting is or jousting.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37She is different.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40She is no different. You are the Queen.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42You flatter her to even dwell on her name.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46He cares for her. I saw it.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56Isabel? Isabel? Izzy?
0:16:58 > 0:16:59'My dear Jasper.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02'I write to tell you that my husband, Sir Henry Stafford,
0:17:02 > 0:17:03'died of his wounds...
0:17:04 > 0:17:07'..and my mother, Lady Beauchamp, is also gone.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11'I am now a widow, and there is no-one to guide or force my hand.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14'Shall I come to you?'
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I want to see Mother.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Don't be ridiculous, Anne.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Tell her, George.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32I'm going this afternoon. I just need a horse.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Not today, Anne. No horse today.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45My Lady.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01'Daughter, I greet you well. You have been at court for many months
0:18:01 > 0:18:04'but I have received no reply or acknowledgement from you.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06'I am, as you know, in sanctuary to protect me from our enemies.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09'Use your influence to restore my freedom and fortune.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10'Your Lady Mother.'
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Husband.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29I will have to keep Anne by my side.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32She grows ruder by the day.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Anne is not coming to the festivities.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Not at all?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Anne is not going anywhere,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47nor doing anything without my permission.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Well, I don't mind if she comes. It's just that I don't...
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Leave it!
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Anne is still upset, Isabel.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I do not want her making public accusations about being imprisoned
0:19:00 > 0:19:03or railing against matters which have already been agreed.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10We cannot be disgraced in front of every noble family in England.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14No. No, of course not.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17She will stay in her room.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Can she attend chapel?
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Of course. A trip to chapel might humble her.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Anne.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51You said you were taking me to safety.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Let go of me!
0:19:54 > 0:19:55If you're happy living with your sister
0:19:55 > 0:19:58and being a prisoner here, then I'll not say another word.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59I'm not. Of course I'm not.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Come to the yew garden after dinner. I'll be waiting.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Merry Christmas, Mother.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18The children will be arriving shortly.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Mother?
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Oh. Forgive me. I didn't hear you come in.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32No, thank you.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Are you ill?
0:20:34 > 0:20:36No, no. I just haven't slept.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45In truth, I think I'd prefer to rest than dance.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49And miss the Christmas celebrations, huh?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54A year's worth of Court gossip at a single sitting?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55You must be ill.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59I'll call the physician.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00No.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03I don't need a physician.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09There's nothing for a physician to see
0:21:09 > 0:21:12and, thank God, nothing that some fool with a knife
0:21:12 > 0:21:13could think to cut out.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17Then what is wrong?
0:21:21 > 0:21:25My heart. It's beating strangely.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29I feel it skip a beat and then go slow.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36It won't beat strongly again, Elizabeth.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42What are you saying?
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Prepare yourself. I won't be with you much longer.
0:21:54 > 0:22:02COURTLY MUSIC
0:22:06 > 0:22:10His Grace, King Edward, and Queen Elizabeth.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Brother.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55COURTLY MUSIC
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Anne.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Forgive me.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54When I brought you to Isabel, I thought
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I was bringing you to a place of safety.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59On my word, I had no idea what would result.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02George holds me captive here and you knew nothing of it?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03I did not.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07For six months, no-one, save my sister and her ever-present
0:24:07 > 0:24:11flock of ladies, has seen me from one day, one week, to the next.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Didn't you wonder where I was?
0:24:16 > 0:24:17I did more than wonder.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22I asked after you, often, but was always supplied with some excuse.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24A cold. A chill.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25Oh, truly.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Until I demanded to see you and George said that I could not.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Oh? And what was I ailing with?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Grief.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36George told me you were too deep in mourning for your husband
0:24:36 > 0:24:37to be in mixed company.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41This confirmed what I already suspected,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44that he has been holding you here, keeping you out of sight.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49They will keep me here until my mother dies and then George,
0:24:49 > 0:24:55my loving guardian, George, will inherit the entire Warwick fortune.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Providing he can keep me locked up and unmarried,
0:24:57 > 0:24:58everything will go to him.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Oh, George.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04It is not only your avaricious brother.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07It is my sister, colluding with him.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13She is my gaoler, dispatching her ladies to watch over me like hawks.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17They will hold me here until they have broken my spirit
0:25:17 > 0:25:19and I submit to my fate without complaint.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Listen to me, Anne.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27You must buy yourself more freedom by going along with George,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29by pretending to go along with George.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Flattery always works.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35He responds to nothing more sophisticated than flattery.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Isabel, too.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39That will at least gain you some freedom for now...
0:25:40 > 0:25:44..till the time is right for me to approach the King and ask him
0:25:44 > 0:25:46to release George's guardianship over you.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52You will approach the King on my behalf?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Yes, if you would like me to.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Why would you do that?
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Why do you think?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17You cannot leave me now.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Are you in any pain?
0:26:20 > 0:26:24No. There's no pain for me except in knowing yours.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31What do you see? Tell me. Please, Mother.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35I must know. What is our future? What is...
0:26:35 > 0:26:37What is mine and Edward's future?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42You will have another boy.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Of that I am sure.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49And what a boy he will be!
0:26:49 > 0:26:51I'm sure of that, too.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Then get well and stay with me. See... See him born!
0:27:00 > 0:27:04You've been with me through everything. Everything.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06I would not be here without you.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10None of us would be here without you.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14And yet, here you are.
0:27:16 > 0:27:22And through you and your children, I will have founded a line of kings.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26And queens, too, I think.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35I'm not ready.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38No-one is ever ready.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53'My dear Lady Margaret...
0:27:54 > 0:27:57'I'm sorry for your losses and hope to comfort you with
0:27:57 > 0:28:00'the knowledge that your son is safe and grows up strong.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04'There is no need to come to us.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07'Your path to help Henry must be in England.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12'These are dark times for Lancaster but we must remain steadfast.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16'Entertain no doubts, Margaret.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19'Only redouble your efforts on behalf of our Tudor King.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23'Your servant, Jasper.'
0:28:48 > 0:28:49Sir Reginald.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51My... My Lady...
0:28:51 > 0:28:53I have decided to marry into York.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00I want you to go to Court and make delicate enquiries on my behalf.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02Certainly, My Lady.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05With whom?
0:29:05 > 0:29:08I will entertain only the very closest of the King's confidantes.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Only a man right at the heart of the York Court is of any value to me.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20May I ask who, among the King's men, you have in mind?
0:29:20 > 0:29:22His brother.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23George of Clarence?
0:29:23 > 0:29:25No, you fool. Richard.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26He is not betrothed.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29I do not think I am looking too high.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Sir Reginald?
0:29:38 > 0:29:39Yes, My Lady?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44What else might be mentioned in the hope of a favourable outcome?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Do... do... do.... Do you sing, My Lady?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51No, I do not sing.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58You may tell him I have had saints' knees since childhood.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Izzy, you were right about Mother.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16There was no need for me to rush to her side.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22I am getting used to it here.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25It was hard at first but...
0:30:27 > 0:30:28It looks lovely on you.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33You have the perfect complexion for it.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42Well, if you can behave like this, Anne, then there's no
0:30:42 > 0:30:45need for you to spend quite so much time in your room.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Perfect. You're a killer!
0:31:22 > 0:31:26You are leading the hunt, I believe?
0:31:26 > 0:31:27I can barely walk.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Has the King relented over sending baby to Wales?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33No. He has not and he will not.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Well, he knows how you feel about George.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39He wouldn't defy you and appoint him. As for Richard...
0:31:39 > 0:31:41I want you to take my son, Anthony.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43You are the only one I can trust with him.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44They will never accept it.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46I do not care what they will accept.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Will you do it?
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Of course. Of course I will.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54I will guard him with my life.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Oh, well, let's hope it doesn't come to that.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16There.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Go on. Go on.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Your Grace, Lady Beaufort is a most devoted mother to the last
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Lancastrian heir.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30All Lady Beaufort seeks, Your Grace, is a peaceful England.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52You escaped.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54If this is escape, I cannot imagine captivity.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Did you enjoy the hunt? Only, I couldn't see.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00You were right at the back.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05Ah, yes. Well, there were interesting matters to attend to
0:33:05 > 0:33:06at the back.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08A proposal to discuss.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11What proposal?
0:33:11 > 0:33:17A marriage proposal. From Margaret Beaufort.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Margaret Beaufort? She's ancient!
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Ancient and ugly and fanatical!
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Perhaps she is
0:33:27 > 0:33:29but she is also one of the wealthiest women in England.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Well, if that is your motive for marriage, then perhaps you're
0:33:34 > 0:33:35not so different from your brother.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38Anne.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40Anne.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44If I were not a prisoner here, my fortune stolen from me,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47I, too, could marry any man of my choice.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53I suppose you have yet to approach the King?
0:33:54 > 0:33:59I told you I would do it when the time was right. That has not changed.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00You can count on me, Anne.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05No. It's all right. Attend to your marriage prospects.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07I don't need your help.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09I have learnt to rely only on myself.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Brother. May I speak with you?
0:34:26 > 0:34:27Of course you may.
0:34:30 > 0:34:35I should like to know, if I wished to marry, how I would go about it.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Your year of mourning is not yet at an end, Anne.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41It is a little unseemly to be discussing remarriage until it is.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44I'm sure I do not intend any disrespect, brother,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46merely clarification on what exactly is my position.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Your "position"?
0:34:48 > 0:34:51This question of marriage seems to give you much concern.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53It really appears to have you quite upset.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Anne, what are you doing? What is she doing?
0:34:55 > 0:34:59If you prefer it, I'd be happy to arrange for your place in an abbey.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Yes. Now I see that that might suit you quite well.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Yes, far better than remaining here with us.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11You would let him do this?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13You would let him send me to an abbey?
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Go to your room, Anne.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Isabel, please.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Can't you see what he's doing?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24He is going to lock me up like he locked up our mother.
0:35:24 > 0:35:25You will never see me again.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Isabel! Isabel!
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Richard was not suitable anyway.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43He's as loyal as a hog, as loyal as a dog.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54There... there is another possibility, My Lady.
0:35:54 > 0:35:55Who?
0:35:55 > 0:35:59A man, not of the King's kin, but as close to him
0:35:59 > 0:36:00as it is possible to be.
0:36:02 > 0:36:03Lord Stanley.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05SNIGGERS
0:36:05 > 0:36:06That turncoat.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Born faithful to the House of Lancaster,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11yet switches his allegiance to York after the Battle of Towton.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13What would I want with a traitor like that?
0:36:14 > 0:36:18My Lady, it is less treachery than strategy.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23At every battle, Stanley and his brother divide
0:36:23 > 0:36:27and join opposing sides, ensuring that there is always one
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Stanley who wears the winning colours.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39Arrange a meeting.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47My Lady, there is more news from Court.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Jacquetta, the Queen's mother.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53What about her?
0:36:54 > 0:36:58When I left, she was not expected to last a week.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02Impossible.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Surely, among her armoury of spells and curses, there must be some
0:37:09 > 0:37:13amulet or other ensuring her continued presence on this earth.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14It seems not.
0:37:24 > 0:37:25Mm.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31A Rivers King.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39I must rest. I'm sorry.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Don't apologise. I will stay with you.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50No, no, no. Anthony can stay with me.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54I want you to spend your last night before your confinement
0:37:54 > 0:37:55with your husband.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12What are your intentions for Anne Neville?
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Why? What are yours?
0:38:20 > 0:38:21What do you think they are?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Well, you're not attracted to her...
0:38:28 > 0:38:31..which can only leave a motive no more honourable than mine.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35You might fool Edward, little brother, but you can't fool me.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Stay away from Anne Neville.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Of greater concern is the Queen appointing
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Anthony Rivers as the guardian of Prince Edward.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47When?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Your Grace, what a coincidence.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02We were just discussing your poor, dear mother,
0:39:02 > 0:39:06hoping very much that rumours of her dreadful state have been
0:39:06 > 0:39:07exaggerated.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Can I help you with anything, Your Grace?
0:39:17 > 0:39:21No. Thank you. Goodnight.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25Were you looking for your husband?
0:39:28 > 0:39:30I believe he's with Jane Shore tonight.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Please. Just... just wait a moment.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08It is for Richard, the Duke of Gloucester.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11He is my friend since childhood.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Take this.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19- But the Duke of Clarence... - You need to get it to him tonight.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- Anne.- Richard.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10George is going to put me in a nunnery.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11Of course he is.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Perhaps I should not have confronted him. I played my hand
0:42:14 > 0:42:18and I should not have. Now his mind is made up and it is hopeless.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22No. It's not. It's not hopeless.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24But you cannot go back there.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29George will not hesitate to do what he has threatened.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Anne, running away may be the only way through this,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- seeking sanctuary. - Then I'll go. I'm ready to go.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Anne... Anne. You must be sure.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46I am sure. I'm not the little girl you knew, Richard.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49I've grown up.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Margaret of Anjou taught me not to hesitate.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56She told me there would be times when I have to see the best
0:42:56 > 0:42:59thing for myself and take that course without fear.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Anne?
0:43:06 > 0:43:07What is it?
0:43:11 > 0:43:12Will you marry me?
0:43:20 > 0:43:21You will get my fortune.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27If I marry you, everything I have becomes yours.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31It's true.
0:43:31 > 0:43:37Marrying you would make me a wealthy man, just as you marrying me
0:43:37 > 0:43:41will make you a royal duchess and equal to your sister.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46But I will be a true husband because I love you.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53You love me, Richard? Truly?
0:43:56 > 0:44:00I do. Perhaps I always have.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20Anne, will you marry me?
0:44:24 > 0:44:25Yes.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:44:43 > 0:44:44Annie.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48KNOCKING ON DOOR
0:44:59 > 0:45:00Anne?
0:45:09 > 0:45:13My Lady, Lord Thomas Stanley.
0:45:25 > 0:45:26Lady Beaufort.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37I hope I will please you as a wife.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47I thought it was an arrangement that would suit us equally.
0:45:47 > 0:45:48It was clever of you to think of it.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53I believe my advisor made it clear to you that
0:45:53 > 0:45:56I wish for a position at Court?
0:45:56 > 0:45:57Indeed, he made that plain.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00And did he also convey my desire...
0:46:00 > 0:46:05my intention that there be no issue from our marriage?
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Fear not. Your spiritual gifts were lavishly detailed.
0:46:08 > 0:46:09I am well briefed.
0:46:10 > 0:46:11You wish to live as a nun.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15I hope that is agreeable to you?
0:46:15 > 0:46:18Perfectly. I have sons already.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20No need to try for another with you.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Tell me, how old is your boy now?
0:46:24 > 0:46:25He's 15.
0:46:26 > 0:46:31That your son has a legitimate claim to the throne is beyond dispute.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33Little wonder Edward prefers him where he is.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39It is only with the King's favour that I can bring my son home.
0:46:39 > 0:46:40It cannot be rushed.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45I will judge what I can do for your son
0:46:45 > 0:46:47and, in due course, what rewards your son can offer me.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51As for Jasper Tudor...
0:46:53 > 0:46:55..Edward will never reconcile with him.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56Henry will have to leave him behind.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01I believe I made it clear to your advisors that you will have
0:47:01 > 0:47:08to serve the House of York, King Edward and Queen Elizabeth?
0:47:12 > 0:47:16You will be required to take up a place in the Queen's chamber
0:47:16 > 0:47:18and, to all appearances, be a loyal
0:47:18 > 0:47:21and faithful member of the House of York.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25There can be no shadow of doubt or anxiety in their minds,
0:47:25 > 0:47:27from the first day until the last.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33Will they accept me at Court?
0:47:33 > 0:47:35They're eager to heal the wounds of the past.
0:47:38 > 0:47:42Then I will be patient and endeavour to rise in their favour.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52My own brother!
0:47:52 > 0:47:55She's run off with him and I've been betrayed by my own.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58It's a betrayal. A sly and wanton betrayal.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02He has no right, no right whatever to take up with her.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06I am her guardian, and if he wants to marry that... that girl,
0:48:06 > 0:48:08then he should have sought my permission. And what is
0:48:08 > 0:48:11a greater transgression is that he should have sought yours, too.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13What is it? Why are you laughing? What's funny?
0:48:13 > 0:48:14Because I cannot resist.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17I do not remember you asking my permission
0:48:17 > 0:48:21- before you married Isabel. - That is not the same.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25Your Grace.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27I seek your blessing to marry Lady Anne Neville.
0:48:27 > 0:48:28SMIRKS
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Did you tell her that you loved her?
0:48:32 > 0:48:34Was it as simple as that?
0:48:34 > 0:48:37Edward is the King. It is his choice, not mine.
0:48:37 > 0:48:38KNOCKING
0:48:38 > 0:48:39Not now.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Your Grace, the Queen's baby is coming early.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43The midwife says she may not survive it.
0:48:43 > 0:48:44You would go and leave this unresolved?
0:48:44 > 0:48:47Settle this pettiness between yourselves.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55SCREAMS IN PAIN
0:49:03 > 0:49:04Stand aside!
0:49:06 > 0:49:10CRIES AND SCREAMS IN PAIN
0:49:20 > 0:49:24SCREAMS
0:49:29 > 0:49:32SCREAMS
0:49:34 > 0:49:35One more time.
0:49:40 > 0:49:41Come on, breathe.
0:49:43 > 0:49:44He's come too early.
0:49:50 > 0:49:51His breathing is weak.
0:50:14 > 0:50:15He's dying, Mother.
0:50:29 > 0:50:30Take care of him for me.
0:50:59 > 0:51:00No...
0:51:11 > 0:51:13SOBS LOUDLY
0:52:39 > 0:52:40Good evening.
0:52:40 > 0:52:41Good evening.
0:52:45 > 0:52:46LAUGHS
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Now would be the moment, yes?
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Were it not for your express stipulation that such
0:52:54 > 0:52:56a thing should be avoided at all costs.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Fear not, Margaret.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04I am more than happy to respect your wishes.
0:53:04 > 0:53:05Goodnight.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43I worried George would intercept my note, stop you from coming.
0:53:45 > 0:53:50All financial matters have been resolved between he and Richard,
0:53:50 > 0:53:52so I doubt he'll mind what I do now.
0:54:00 > 0:54:01I'm sorry.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03It is in the past.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09I wrote to Mother to tell her about my marriage.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13She sent back a curse.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17Anne, you don't need her blessing
0:54:17 > 0:54:20and you cannot be harmed by her curse.
0:54:20 > 0:54:25You have a husband that loves you and you have me.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30And I will never let you down again.
0:54:35 > 0:54:36Will you come and visit me?
0:54:38 > 0:54:40We are going to live at Warwick Castle.
0:54:42 > 0:54:43You're going home.
0:54:45 > 0:54:46Of course I'll come.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51Don't cry, Anne. Don't cry.
0:54:52 > 0:54:53Oh, Izzy. I have missed you.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06It's a comfort to know that they are both with God now.
0:55:10 > 0:55:15There was a moment when I thought you were gone from me, too.
0:55:16 > 0:55:17Only one moment?
0:55:20 > 0:55:22Then you're lucky.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24When you broke sanctuary, I stood by your side.
0:55:26 > 0:55:32When I saw you smother an old man in his sleep, I stood by you again.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36I never doubted you...
0:55:39 > 0:55:42..until I came into your room that night.
0:55:45 > 0:55:51This? This is what has been burdening you?
0:55:51 > 0:55:52"This"?
0:55:54 > 0:55:56You lay with her like you loved her.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Like she could so easily take my place.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09Neither she nor any other woman could ever take your place.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Well, she did take it.
0:56:14 > 0:56:20The night before my confinement, you were with her and not me.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24Elizabeth, you knew when you married me
0:56:24 > 0:56:27that I would not be a husband that would faithfully sit at your feet.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34We are not young any more.
0:56:36 > 0:56:39We are not those two people who met on the side of the road.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41They are gone.
0:56:42 > 0:56:43Then what remains?
0:56:47 > 0:56:50What remains is my love for you.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57You are what sustains me in battle.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01You are my home.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17Sweet.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19The Prince of Wales will make a fine horseman.
0:58:18 > 0:58:19Your Grace.
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