Episode 8

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04- These are my boys, Richard and Thomas Grey.- Will you marry me?

0:00:04 > 0:00:08- Yes! - You are not married, Elizabeth!

0:00:08 > 0:00:12It was a pretend service. He's done it before and he has a bastard son.

0:00:12 > 0:00:15I am not happy about this marriage.

0:00:15 > 0:00:17Your daughter could never be royal.

0:00:17 > 0:00:20Jane Shore, her name's all around the Court.

0:00:20 > 0:00:23Your husband is a king with a king's appetites.

0:00:23 > 0:00:25Have you known loss, Lady Margaret?

0:00:25 > 0:00:27My only son is forced to live away from me.

0:00:27 > 0:00:30He is heir to the House of Lancaster, an enemy to the King.

0:00:30 > 0:00:33Jasper, you're the only man I trust to look after him.

0:00:33 > 0:00:35Are we to live in Wales?

0:00:35 > 0:00:38We won't but our son will.

0:00:38 > 0:00:41Then I will appoint his guardian. I am his mother. And if he is to leave me,

0:00:41 > 0:00:44I will choose into whose care he will go and who will raise him into a man.

0:00:44 > 0:00:48I want you to take my son, Anthony. You are the only one I can trust with him.

0:00:48 > 0:00:51We are the three sons of York.

0:00:51 > 0:00:53How can we be divided by one woman?

0:00:53 > 0:00:57Your Henry is going to have to walk past five coffins to take the crown

0:00:57 > 0:01:00and I don't know how he's going to manage that. Do you?

0:02:18 > 0:02:21You're too long in Brittany, Henry Tudor.

0:02:21 > 0:02:24You do that to a Welsh knight and see if you're still smiling.

0:02:24 > 0:02:27I can only beat what you put in front of me, Uncle.

0:02:29 > 0:02:31Well, your timing is perfect.

0:02:33 > 0:02:35Absolutely perfect.

0:02:49 > 0:02:53Hmm. Lovely. The perfect match for gracious King Edward.

0:02:56 > 0:03:00- Gracious?- Truly. Allowing my son to return from exile.

0:03:05 > 0:03:10Well, perhaps it shows how secure the King is on the throne.

0:03:10 > 0:03:13It seems your boy is not a threat to us any more.

0:03:15 > 0:03:17He's a man now.

0:03:17 > 0:03:22Of course. He's been away so long, you must hardly know him.

0:03:28 > 0:03:30CHATTER

0:03:46 > 0:03:48Ah, my prize catch!

0:03:48 > 0:03:52From your boasts, Father, I half expected an army to bring it in.

0:03:52 > 0:03:55Princess Elizabeth will be having a small portion for that remark.

0:03:55 > 0:03:58And I'll be having yours as you've clearly had too many of late.

0:03:58 > 0:04:01I am merely eating like a king. Shall we dine alone tonight,

0:04:01 > 0:04:04send these little leeches away to eat with the peasantry?

0:04:04 > 0:04:08Leeches! He called me a leech, Thomas!

0:04:08 > 0:04:10SHE LAUGHS

0:04:10 > 0:04:13Have as much as you like, Father. You've earned the right to enjoy yourself.

0:04:13 > 0:04:15More wine, Father?

0:04:15 > 0:04:19Thank you, Richard, Cecily, all my delightful children.

0:04:19 > 0:04:21And my queen.

0:04:24 > 0:04:25Are you unwell?

0:04:25 > 0:04:27You're warm.

0:04:28 > 0:04:30It's nothing.

0:04:56 > 0:04:58My son is coming home.

0:04:59 > 0:05:03I think Jasper Tudor would be glad to come home, too.

0:05:03 > 0:05:06Well, he can come home...

0:05:06 > 0:05:08to the block.

0:05:09 > 0:05:11Don't get your hopes up, Margaret.

0:05:11 > 0:05:13Your son is not returning home as a contender to the throne.

0:05:13 > 0:05:17He's just...another pretender that Edward's brought to heel.

0:05:19 > 0:05:22I still believe God will have my son on the throne of England.

0:05:23 > 0:05:26But what are you doing about it? What's your plan?

0:05:30 > 0:05:32Pray for a miracle?

0:05:36 > 0:05:38HE GAGS AND COUGHS

0:05:40 > 0:05:45Here. Here, sip this. Shhh! Darling, what pains you?

0:05:52 > 0:05:55Wife...to bed.

0:05:55 > 0:05:58I think Your Grace should save his strength.

0:05:58 > 0:06:00- Oh! Edward! - HE GROANS

0:06:02 > 0:06:06Help! Somebody! Oh, the King!

0:06:09 > 0:06:10The King!

0:06:16 > 0:06:19It's a fever. It'll pass.

0:06:19 > 0:06:21Fevers pass.

0:06:22 > 0:06:25My brother, Richard, send for him.

0:06:31 > 0:06:35Shhh. It's not necessary.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37You're strong.

0:06:37 > 0:06:39You don't lose.

0:06:39 > 0:06:41You are a born warrior.

0:06:45 > 0:06:46Fight this for me.

0:06:49 > 0:06:51Do as I ask, Elizabeth.

0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Lady Mother, what is the cause of this?- Nobody knows.

0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Is it something he ate? - We all had the same at dinner, there's no sign of food poison.

0:07:12 > 0:07:15All we can do is wait for the fever to break.

0:07:15 > 0:07:17Send word to Richard, the Privy Councillors.

0:07:17 > 0:07:20And find Uncle Anthony, Thomas.

0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Prepare horses, my clothes. - Yes, my lord.

0:07:32 > 0:07:34Weapons. We ride to London.

0:07:34 > 0:07:36Richard, what's the matter? Are we at war?

0:07:37 > 0:07:39The King is gravely ill.

0:07:41 > 0:07:44But his heir is just a boy, not ready to reign.

0:07:47 > 0:07:49Elizabeth.

0:07:49 > 0:07:52She will try to rule through him as she does through Edward.

0:07:53 > 0:07:55This is your divine act!

0:07:55 > 0:07:58I'm sure the Queen will fish out some potion to restore his...

0:08:17 > 0:08:20QUIET SOBBING

0:08:22 > 0:08:27I must send word to Brittany. Henry must stay put for now.

0:08:27 > 0:08:28If the King should die...

0:08:28 > 0:08:31We should wait until we know who is Lord Protector.

0:08:31 > 0:08:33We must be cautious...

0:08:35 > 0:08:38..but ready to grasp any opportunity if it comes up.

0:08:39 > 0:08:41Let's just see how it plays out.

0:08:51 > 0:08:53Anyone would think they've come for a fight.

0:08:56 > 0:08:58- Take the Duke's horse. - Yes, sir. Whoa!

0:09:15 > 0:09:17We thank you, Your Grace, for sending for us.

0:09:17 > 0:09:19How is my brother?

0:09:19 > 0:09:21You're here just in time.

0:09:26 > 0:09:28You saw the look she cut us.

0:09:37 > 0:09:40Her fortunes fade with the King.

0:09:40 > 0:09:44She's like a wounded beast defending her lair.

0:09:44 > 0:09:46And you're a threat.

0:09:49 > 0:09:51Be wary.

0:09:58 > 0:09:59Brackenbury.

0:10:02 > 0:10:04Buckingham.

0:10:09 > 0:10:12COUGHING

0:10:19 > 0:10:21It is the fate of kings

0:10:21 > 0:10:24that we never get to see what kind of ruler our sons will be.

0:10:24 > 0:10:30I will never get to know what kind of man my sweet boy will become.

0:10:31 > 0:10:35I beg you...be as one now.

0:10:37 > 0:10:39Care for Prince Edward.

0:10:40 > 0:10:42Keep him safe.

0:10:45 > 0:10:50I will work with all of you...to put Prince Edward on the throne.

0:10:52 > 0:10:53And I, Your Grace.

0:10:55 > 0:10:56And I.

0:11:01 > 0:11:03Anthony.

0:11:18 > 0:11:19Richard shall be guardian.

0:11:22 > 0:11:23As you wish.

0:11:25 > 0:11:26Surely you mean Anthony?

0:11:30 > 0:11:34Richard is Lord Protector until Prince Edward comes of age.

0:11:38 > 0:11:40Do you accept this, Elizabeth?

0:11:54 > 0:11:55Now leave us.

0:11:57 > 0:12:00I want to say goodbye to my husband.

0:12:04 > 0:12:09Look upon your king one last time and remember him in your prayers.

0:12:34 > 0:12:36I will honour your wish.

0:13:04 > 0:13:06I know this does not please you.

0:13:08 > 0:13:12Anthony is his true guardian. He has taught him everything he knows.

0:13:12 > 0:13:14Anthony's name goes against him.

0:13:16 > 0:13:19The Rivers are esteemed by the people, but not the Court.

0:13:21 > 0:13:22I trust Richard to do what I ask.

0:13:27 > 0:13:29I did it for peace.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31I know. I just...

0:13:31 > 0:13:35Please don't make me waste my last words on matters of state.

0:13:44 > 0:13:46You are the love of my life.

0:13:54 > 0:13:56You are mine.

0:14:00 > 0:14:03Thank you, lovely Elizabeth...

0:14:06 > 0:14:08..for waiting under that oak tree.

0:14:08 > 0:14:09SHE LAUGHS

0:14:11 > 0:14:13For wanting me.

0:14:19 > 0:14:23You gave me...another chance.

0:14:25 > 0:14:27A better life.

0:14:30 > 0:14:33Beautiful children!

0:14:35 > 0:14:37Certainty.

0:14:55 > 0:14:57- No! - SHE SOBS

0:14:57 > 0:14:59No!

0:14:59 > 0:15:03No! No! No!

0:15:03 > 0:15:05SHE WAILS

0:15:11 > 0:15:15Mother? Mother!

0:15:52 > 0:15:55You won't even bow to me!

0:15:58 > 0:16:00We're equal now.

0:16:00 > 0:16:03Both mothers to a king.

0:16:35 > 0:16:37This tension is unbearable.

0:16:39 > 0:16:40We must sustain it.

0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Sister, I am so sorry. - Get word to my son, Richard Grey,

0:16:53 > 0:16:55and tell him to bring Prince Edward here from Wales.

0:16:55 > 0:16:59People are already taking sides and I fear the outcome.

0:16:59 > 0:17:05- Elizabeth?- It will be Richard and the Yorks around my boy's throne

0:17:05 > 0:17:10- and I'll be sent back to Grafton! - You won't. Richard is a decent man.

0:17:10 > 0:17:12He loved the King.

0:17:12 > 0:17:15- Swore to do right by your son. - I don't trust any of them!

0:17:20 > 0:17:26I...need my son, the King, to protect me.

0:17:29 > 0:17:31Send word, Anthony.

0:17:32 > 0:17:36I want my son here now, so he can be crowned.

0:17:38 > 0:17:40Get that boy.

0:17:40 > 0:17:43- Mother, please, not now.- She's right.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46Keep him away from her.

0:17:46 > 0:17:48She accepted Edward's decision.

0:17:48 > 0:17:53So Edward would die happy. She was lying through gritted teeth.

0:17:53 > 0:17:57She had George executed, poisoned Isabel,

0:17:57 > 0:18:01who knows what she'd do to secure the throne for the Rivers.

0:18:01 > 0:18:04Your sister died from childbirth!

0:18:04 > 0:18:07I know you don't trust her,

0:18:07 > 0:18:12I know to be careful and I know what has to be done.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14So leave being Lord Protector to me.

0:18:22 > 0:18:24Sir Robert.

0:18:32 > 0:18:36- Mistress Shore. - Your Grace, I am truly sorry.

0:18:36 > 0:18:39Please. The Queen has just lost her husband.

0:18:39 > 0:18:41Show some respect.

0:18:41 > 0:18:44- You have no place here now. - But, Your Graces...

0:18:44 > 0:18:48Brackenbury, throw this woman out.

0:18:48 > 0:18:50Her kind is not welcome at Court.

0:18:54 > 0:18:58- Your Grace.- Please, I'm no longer... This is my home. I have nowhere to go.

0:18:59 > 0:19:02Make sure she leaves, Sir Robert.

0:19:02 > 0:19:04Then ready my horse and good men.

0:19:30 > 0:19:33MEN SHOUT OUTSIDE

0:19:41 > 0:19:43This isn't goodbye.

0:19:43 > 0:19:45He's not going anywhere just yet.

0:19:45 > 0:19:47What?

0:19:47 > 0:19:49Word from your mother.

0:19:49 > 0:19:51A change of plan.

0:19:51 > 0:19:53Come on, out.

0:19:55 > 0:19:56Out.

0:20:04 > 0:20:05The King is dead.

0:20:09 > 0:20:11Huh! How?

0:20:11 > 0:20:14Fever...apparently.

0:20:15 > 0:20:18- So what now? - We wait and see what happens.

0:20:21 > 0:20:23We must be ready to raise an army.

0:20:25 > 0:20:29For when you do return...you will be fighting for the throne.

0:20:42 > 0:20:44Stay back.

0:20:44 > 0:20:47- Whoa! - HORSE WHINNIES

0:20:57 > 0:20:59My Lord Grey.

0:21:00 > 0:21:02What is this, Brackenbury?

0:21:02 > 0:21:05We're to escort the King to the Tower for his protection.

0:21:05 > 0:21:10We are grateful for your concern, but I too have orders to take the Prince to Westminster.

0:21:10 > 0:21:13I'm going to see my mother. Prepare my horse.

0:21:20 > 0:21:23- Argh!- Stop!

0:21:26 > 0:21:30- Forgive me.- Richard, I demand the right to ride on.

0:21:30 > 0:21:34- Lower your sword, sir. - I won't until you let us pass.

0:21:34 > 0:21:36Secure the Prince's safety.

0:21:38 > 0:21:41Stop it! Don't touch him.

0:21:41 > 0:21:43I promised your father I would keep you safe.

0:21:46 > 0:21:48- No!- Edward!

0:21:48 > 0:21:50Edward!

0:22:04 > 0:22:06Jane?

0:22:06 > 0:22:08What is it?

0:22:08 > 0:22:12I'm banished from Court. My family turned me away.

0:22:12 > 0:22:14Friends won't give me shelter.

0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Help me!- Come in.

0:22:25 > 0:22:28I didn't think my fall from grace would be so swift.

0:22:37 > 0:22:38Thank you.

0:22:42 > 0:22:46The death of a king always causes disharmony.

0:22:46 > 0:22:48People overreact, take sides.

0:22:50 > 0:22:53This will all blow over once young Edward is crowned.

0:22:53 > 0:22:58You haven't heard? Richard has taken Prince Edward to the tower.

0:23:00 > 0:23:05I regret what happened to your guard, but my men were there to protect you.

0:23:05 > 0:23:06You outnumbered us.

0:23:06 > 0:23:10You are safe here. Until you are the King, you are vulnerable.

0:23:11 > 0:23:15What sort of Protector would Uncle Richard be if he put you even in the slightest danger?

0:23:15 > 0:23:17I wish to console my mother.

0:23:19 > 0:23:21She is suffering, Edward.

0:23:23 > 0:23:25Better to go when she's herself again.

0:23:26 > 0:23:28I'll visit in the morning.

0:23:30 > 0:23:32We have much to discuss.

0:23:32 > 0:23:34And I am sorry.

0:23:52 > 0:23:54How dare he terrorize my sons?

0:23:54 > 0:23:57He claims he's keeping Prince Edward safe, just keeping his promise.

0:23:57 > 0:23:59- You believe that?- Yes.

0:23:59 > 0:24:02I knew I should have gone to fetch him myself.

0:24:02 > 0:24:06- Then you'd be in the Tower too. - I've petitioned the Privy Council to demand their release.

0:24:06 > 0:24:09Anthony! This is an act of war.

0:24:09 > 0:24:12- We must raise men now. - And risk your brother's safety?

0:24:12 > 0:24:16You're upset, rightly, but have faith that Richard will do what is right...

0:24:16 > 0:24:19He put Edward in the Tower to keep him from me.

0:24:19 > 0:24:21And he arrested Richard Grey.

0:24:21 > 0:24:24Take everything of value, wake your brother and your sisters, we're going into sanctuary.

0:24:24 > 0:24:28- Sister!- Lizzie. - Mother, talk to Uncle Richard.

0:24:28 > 0:24:30Or get Anthony to.

0:24:30 > 0:24:33Ask him to let my brothers go as a show of consideration.

0:24:33 > 0:24:36Only fools wait to see if their enemies might be friends!

0:24:38 > 0:24:42Richard's got Edward, what's stopping him from snatching my other son?

0:24:44 > 0:24:45Do as I say!

0:24:49 > 0:24:52I'll send word to my brother to ready the fleet.

0:24:52 > 0:24:54You mustn't do this!

0:24:54 > 0:24:58- Join us after.- I'd serve you all better on the outside as your eyes and ears.

0:24:58 > 0:25:00Send word when it's done.

0:25:03 > 0:25:04Take care, Thomas.

0:25:06 > 0:25:10Please! You must trust him.

0:25:10 > 0:25:11I trust nobody!

0:25:14 > 0:25:17Play your politics to secure my sons' release.

0:25:17 > 0:25:21If anything happens to them, I will never forgive you!

0:25:29 > 0:25:33Not just jewels, she's taken the entire Treasury to Westminster

0:25:33 > 0:25:36to provide for her children in sanctuary.

0:25:36 > 0:25:38How long does she plan to stay?

0:25:38 > 0:25:42This truly is a gift.

0:25:42 > 0:25:45The boys' abduction gives Elizabeth reason to doubt Richard

0:25:45 > 0:25:49and her taking off with the war chest gives him cause to fear her.

0:25:49 > 0:25:52- If this escalates... - They fight for the crown.

0:25:52 > 0:25:56Well, one or the other could fall, they could destroy each other.

0:25:56 > 0:26:00The throne would be empty, my son's to claim.

0:26:00 > 0:26:02SHE SIGHS Is this our chance?

0:26:05 > 0:26:08They're all in the abbey, apart from Thomas Grey.

0:26:08 > 0:26:11We've intercepted a letter from him to his uncle, Edward Rivers.

0:26:11 > 0:26:15- The Lord Admiral? - They wish to ready the fleet.

0:26:21 > 0:26:24Arrest the Lord Admiral and Thomas Grey for treason.

0:26:26 > 0:26:29We can't have them plotting against me.

0:26:29 > 0:26:31Rally the men, all of them.

0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Why? Why would Elizabeth do this? - Because she's devious.

0:26:47 > 0:26:50When will you accept she doesn't want you anywhere near her son?

0:26:50 > 0:26:52She could buy an army with those riches.

0:26:52 > 0:26:56Perhaps. But what can she achieve from sanctuary?

0:27:00 > 0:27:03You've a short memory.

0:27:03 > 0:27:06She called up a mist to conceal your advance

0:27:06 > 0:27:09upon my father's forces at Barnet the last time she was there.

0:27:11 > 0:27:16Guard yourself against her ways, protect yourself and the King's legacy.

0:27:17 > 0:27:22That's all I want, to crown his son, like he asked.

0:27:22 > 0:27:24Then do it.

0:27:24 > 0:27:29And name yourself Lord Protector, before she can do anything about it.

0:27:30 > 0:27:34I'll send a message saying that I will not be intimidated.

0:27:42 > 0:27:45Soldiers, everywhere. The gates, cloisters.

0:27:46 > 0:27:49Then this is war.

0:27:49 > 0:27:52No. No, no, Mother.

0:27:52 > 0:27:55We can't fight Richard, the York Army, from this dungeon!

0:27:55 > 0:27:58Do you think that is what your father thought

0:27:58 > 0:28:01when he faced the Lancastrian Army four times his number at Barnet?

0:28:01 > 0:28:04No. He won the greatest victory in England's history!

0:28:04 > 0:28:07And he is in every one of you.

0:28:07 > 0:28:11His is the voice charging you to be valiant and brave.

0:28:11 > 0:28:17We might be boxed in here, but we have him watching over us.

0:29:04 > 0:29:07Forgive me.

0:29:08 > 0:29:11It has been a tiring few days.

0:29:12 > 0:29:14Well, then, may I offer my services,

0:29:14 > 0:29:17as Your Grace is likely to be at Court a while?

0:29:31 > 0:29:34The last thing the country needs is a lack of direction.

0:29:38 > 0:29:40Forgive me, ladies,

0:29:40 > 0:29:44I don't feel up to a fitting for the Prince's coronation just now.

0:29:45 > 0:29:47Your Grace.

0:30:00 > 0:30:03He will be crowned three days from now.

0:30:35 > 0:30:37I bring news from your brother Anthony.

0:30:37 > 0:30:39Please let me in.

0:30:53 > 0:30:55Your Grace.

0:30:57 > 0:31:00Anthony is keeping his distance to appear detached

0:31:00 > 0:31:01but he petitions for you.

0:31:01 > 0:31:05He's convinced Richard to set a date for Edward's coronation, three days from now.

0:31:05 > 0:31:08How do I know this is not a trap, set by Richard, to lure us out?

0:31:08 > 0:31:12Richard cast me out, threw me onto the streets the moment the king died.

0:31:14 > 0:31:16So Anthony now provides for you?

0:31:16 > 0:31:19I admire him greatly.

0:31:19 > 0:31:21It's why I risk so much coming here.

0:31:24 > 0:31:26Cecily.

0:31:35 > 0:31:37- Richard plans on crowning my son? - Yes.

0:31:37 > 0:31:40Anthony thinks you should go to the coronation and show you can work with Richard.

0:31:40 > 0:31:41That will never happen.

0:31:41 > 0:31:45I have demands of my own - that he releases my sons and that Richard's punished!

0:31:45 > 0:31:50Mother. Anthony has brokered a truce, offered us a way out.

0:31:51 > 0:31:54Don't undermine his efforts.

0:31:55 > 0:32:00Tell him I'd feel better if he removed the soldiers from the abbey.

0:32:00 > 0:32:02And tell Anthony I'll consider it.

0:32:03 > 0:32:05Tell him I am sorry.

0:32:07 > 0:32:09I said things in rage.

0:32:11 > 0:32:13Your Graces.

0:32:25 > 0:32:27The soldiers, they're gone.

0:32:31 > 0:32:35Richard's yielding. Anthony must have conveyed your request.

0:32:38 > 0:32:40Wait.

0:32:40 > 0:32:44Can we trust Richard?

0:32:44 > 0:32:47Should we now attend Edward's coronation?

0:32:49 > 0:32:52All of Richard's soldiers left?

0:32:52 > 0:32:55Anthony Rivers requested it and assured an end to hostilities.

0:32:55 > 0:32:56They're still wary of each other.

0:32:56 > 0:32:59But they're just not killing each other.

0:33:00 > 0:33:01We must end this truce.

0:33:01 > 0:33:05- Elizabeth must not be allowed to trust Richard.- Agreed.

0:33:12 > 0:33:14- Edward, a bastard? - Our cooks were gossiping about it.

0:33:14 > 0:33:17Naturally, I scolded and warned them never to repeat...

0:33:17 > 0:33:21- And who's telling you these old rumours?- Soldiers.

0:33:23 > 0:33:26No. Such conduct is shameful.

0:33:26 > 0:33:29It would be beneath most soldiers I know.

0:33:29 > 0:33:31These were Richard's men.

0:33:31 > 0:33:33Why are you telling me this?

0:33:33 > 0:33:36Because I worry for you all.

0:33:36 > 0:33:39If this is true and Richard were to recall Parliament,

0:33:39 > 0:33:42declare Edward illegitimate, you'd lose everything.

0:33:42 > 0:33:44Your children would be disinherited.

0:33:44 > 0:33:46What if he's not after peace?

0:33:47 > 0:33:49There is one other thing.

0:33:50 > 0:33:54As you were away from Court, I felt you needed eyes and ears there,

0:33:54 > 0:33:57so I offered my services to Anne.

0:33:57 > 0:33:59How very kind of you(!)

0:33:59 > 0:34:02This may be trivial, but how do you understand Anne's refusal

0:34:02 > 0:34:05to be fitted for your son's coronation?

0:34:06 > 0:34:10- What?- I may be reading too much into it, she may have enough gowns.

0:34:13 > 0:34:18Or... Or she's not going, for there may not even be a coronation.

0:34:22 > 0:34:24No. No.

0:34:26 > 0:34:29Jane Shore, passing messages to Elizabeth?

0:34:29 > 0:34:31From your enemies, I'm told.

0:34:31 > 0:34:33- Told by whom? - It's the talk of Court, my Lord.

0:34:34 > 0:34:41- With respect, it's unlikely that people would concern Your Graces with such a seedy matter.- Yet you do.

0:34:41 > 0:34:43I raise it only to protect you, your reputation.

0:34:43 > 0:34:46I'm sure you wouldn't want to be seen to be out-manoeuvred

0:34:46 > 0:34:48by the Queen and her growing band of conspirators?

0:34:48 > 0:34:51Nor played by you, Stanley.

0:34:51 > 0:34:54- My Lord, I would never do any... - No, but your tone is leading.

0:34:56 > 0:34:58I am able to make my own judgments.

0:35:01 > 0:35:05It seems banishing Jane Shore has given her cause to defy me.

0:35:06 > 0:35:10Why would Elizabeth plot with her husband's mistress?

0:35:10 > 0:35:13Desperation? Her friends must be few.

0:35:13 > 0:35:15You should have men follow the whore,

0:35:15 > 0:35:17see who she's in bed with now.

0:35:18 > 0:35:21"In remembering th'unsteadfastness

0:35:21 > 0:35:23"This world being of such wheeling

0:35:23 > 0:35:25"Me...

0:35:25 > 0:35:27"Contrary?"

0:35:29 > 0:35:32Contrary... What may I guess?

0:35:34 > 0:35:38It's a first stanza. I need to finish it.

0:35:45 > 0:35:49LOUD BANG What in God's name?

0:35:55 > 0:35:57Arrest the traitor.

0:35:57 > 0:36:00- Get off me. - Leave him alone. Stop it.

0:36:00 > 0:36:02Get off me. Don't touch me. Get out!

0:36:02 > 0:36:05- Get out!- Cover yourself.

0:36:05 > 0:36:09- Get out! Get out!- QUIET!

0:36:12 > 0:36:15- Who else is in this house? - Nobody.

0:36:30 > 0:36:32Thomas Grey. Find him!

0:36:37 > 0:36:39Anthony?

0:36:40 > 0:36:45He's always been so loyal to me, even these past few days.

0:36:49 > 0:36:53He's a Rivers. Her brother.

0:36:56 > 0:36:58You must punish him and his whore.

0:37:00 > 0:37:03I vowed...

0:37:03 > 0:37:08We all swore to be as one, care for the child, see him crowned.

0:37:13 > 0:37:18Then you must do what your heart tells you with more authority.

0:37:20 > 0:37:23If the soldiers in the abbey didn't scare Elizabeth into submission

0:37:23 > 0:37:25then do something that will.

0:37:27 > 0:37:29Show them who's the real Lord Protector.

0:37:33 > 0:37:35CROWDS JEER AND CALL

0:37:43 > 0:37:48Deus meus, ex toto corde me paenitet.

0:37:52 > 0:37:54Ac doleo de omnibus...

0:37:55 > 0:37:57They pity her.

0:38:01 > 0:38:06Christi super omnia diligaris.

0:38:06 > 0:38:12Per merita passionis Salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi,

0:38:12 > 0:38:14Domine, miserere.

0:38:25 > 0:38:29Richard, I plead with you to listen to reason.

0:38:31 > 0:38:33I am not your enemy.

0:38:34 > 0:38:39- KNOCK ON DOOR - It's Buckingham. May I come in?

0:38:39 > 0:38:42(Hide, hide. Quick, hide.)

0:38:45 > 0:38:47A private word with Your Grace.

0:38:50 > 0:38:53This is from Richard. He handed it to me as I left.

0:38:53 > 0:38:56He thought his nieces and nephew might want some fresh food.

0:38:59 > 0:39:01Why are you really here?

0:39:01 > 0:39:04He would very much like Prince Richard to join his older brother

0:39:04 > 0:39:07- in preparation for his coronation.- No.

0:39:07 > 0:39:12For moral support and so he can be fitted with a handsome outfit.

0:39:14 > 0:39:19Would Your Grace like his tunic embroidered in gold, rubies?

0:39:19 > 0:39:22Perhaps he would just like to see his older brother?

0:39:22 > 0:39:25My son has a cold and can't go anywhere.

0:39:25 > 0:39:28Ah, Richard won't be happy at all.

0:39:33 > 0:39:38But...I will not take a sick child from his mother.

0:39:44 > 0:39:48- Anthony has been arrested, along with his mistress, Jane Shore.- What?

0:39:48 > 0:39:54Suspected of conspiring with Thomas Grey and you against the Lord Protector.

0:39:54 > 0:39:57- My God. What about Thomas? - He got away.

0:39:59 > 0:40:03Your Grace, it would help Anthony very much

0:40:03 > 0:40:06if you complied with Richard's demands.

0:40:16 > 0:40:18I will return tomorrow.

0:40:20 > 0:40:23Let's hope there is some change in his condition.

0:40:29 > 0:40:31(Richard, stay down, stay covered.)

0:40:41 > 0:40:44We must get you out of here, tonight.

0:40:44 > 0:40:47You and Thomas Grey.

0:40:47 > 0:40:49We must find a boy that's the very image of you.

0:40:49 > 0:40:53Mother. To defy Richard now would be to put us all at risk.

0:40:53 > 0:40:54Don't you see?

0:40:54 > 0:40:57Richard can do whatever he wants, whether we comply or not.

0:40:57 > 0:41:00He can keep dishonouring us.

0:41:00 > 0:41:03He can keep your brother out of sight and rule through him.

0:41:03 > 0:41:06I have a chance of saving my son and I must take it.

0:41:50 > 0:41:52"Lady Margaret, I need your help.

0:41:53 > 0:41:56"I am grateful for your loyalty, but now we must act."

0:42:05 > 0:42:08You are doing a great service for the King.

0:42:08 > 0:42:10Let's get you a bed, Geoffrey.

0:42:23 > 0:42:26Damn Richard...

0:42:29 > 0:42:32..Duke of Gloucester.

0:42:33 > 0:42:39Damn his sword arm, Lord Protector.

0:42:42 > 0:42:45Husband to a frail wife.

0:42:46 > 0:42:49Father to a sickly heir.

0:42:50 > 0:42:53'He's Lord Protector.'

0:42:53 > 0:42:56He shouldn't have to justify himself to Privy Councillors!

0:42:56 > 0:42:59They wouldn't have liked the way he hauled Anthony Rivers out of bed

0:42:59 > 0:43:01or sent Buckingham to secure the other boy.

0:43:01 > 0:43:04Gives the impression he doesn't care for their counsel.

0:43:04 > 0:43:06You are the Lord Protector. We must put a stop to this.

0:43:06 > 0:43:10I know, Brackenbury. Damned fools, don't they see? Argh!

0:43:10 > 0:43:12- My Lord!- Richard?

0:43:12 > 0:43:15- Fetch a physician, Brackenbury! - No, no. It'll pass...

0:43:15 > 0:43:19This is her. I can tell. She's cursed you, your sword arm.

0:43:19 > 0:43:23I'm sure it is nothing, Your Grace, it'll pass.

0:43:25 > 0:43:29The Council are demanding Anthony's release, almost to a man.

0:43:31 > 0:43:34I cannot reason with these people.

0:43:34 > 0:43:36I do not even know if I can trust them.

0:43:39 > 0:43:41If they support him, they're against you.

0:43:41 > 0:43:44They could be plotting in there as we speak.

0:43:47 > 0:43:51There are too many men having their say in matters of security

0:43:51 > 0:43:53and Prince Edward's future.

0:44:01 > 0:44:03Root out the traitors.

0:44:04 > 0:44:08ELIZABETH: 'We must free Prince Edward from the Tower.

0:44:08 > 0:44:11'I fear Richard will only use my son to further his ambitions.'

0:44:14 > 0:44:17Stand aside. Men, follow me. Follow me.

0:44:21 > 0:44:25Secure the door. Seek out any evidence of treason.

0:44:25 > 0:44:27What is the meaning of this?

0:44:27 > 0:44:32Lord Stanley's under house arrest, we're to search his papers.

0:44:32 > 0:44:35- Chambers. - This is absurd! To what end?

0:44:35 > 0:44:36With me.

0:44:36 > 0:44:40Richard suspects the Council has been plotting with the Queen

0:44:40 > 0:44:41and Anthony Rivers.

0:44:41 > 0:44:44My husband is an ally of Richard's.

0:44:44 > 0:44:47This is, this is how he treats his friends?

0:44:47 > 0:44:51- These are my possessions.- Let them look. We've nothing to hide.

0:44:52 > 0:44:55Please. They're sacred items. They're delicate.

0:45:01 > 0:45:04Whoa, whoa, whoa.

0:45:04 > 0:45:06That Bible is consecrated.

0:45:07 > 0:45:09The only other person to have held it

0:45:09 > 0:45:12is His Holiness himself, the Pope.

0:45:35 > 0:45:37Thank you, Sir Robert.

0:45:44 > 0:45:47Lord Stanley.

0:45:47 > 0:45:51I could find no evidence that you took part in this conspiracy.

0:45:51 > 0:45:53Of course you couldn't.

0:45:57 > 0:46:01My apologies, Lady Margaret.

0:46:01 > 0:46:03Men!

0:46:09 > 0:46:11Oh, my God!

0:46:18 > 0:46:20Were any charges brought?

0:46:20 > 0:46:22Thankfully, not against you.

0:46:24 > 0:46:26Would you mind helping me?

0:46:26 > 0:46:30It's a sensitive matter and Richard's asked for complete discretion.

0:46:33 > 0:46:40I'd do anything to help the Duke, not least to prove my loyalty.

0:46:41 > 0:46:45- Still?- You wouldn't?

0:46:49 > 0:46:52He's just shown he's willing to act of his own accord.

0:46:53 > 0:46:56There's no questioning him. We must all do as he says.

0:46:58 > 0:47:02I worry what he might do tomorrow,

0:47:02 > 0:47:06after he has crowned the boy and is confirmed as Lord Protector.

0:47:16 > 0:47:20Stanley. Lord Buckingham.

0:47:27 > 0:47:31Tell your brother I'll be thinking of him.

0:47:32 > 0:47:34As we all will, Your Grace.

0:47:42 > 0:47:44Come, child.

0:47:50 > 0:47:53Do you really think people will believe he is Richard?

0:47:53 > 0:47:56At least it will buy some time to get our boy away.

0:47:56 > 0:47:59If you didn't think it was safe for Prince Richard to go to the Tower

0:47:59 > 0:48:01then you must believe Edward's at risk too.

0:48:03 > 0:48:07When he sees Geoffrey, realises what's happened, he'll fear for his life.

0:48:07 > 0:48:10He will know I had no choice,

0:48:10 > 0:48:12that I'll be trying to get him out of there.

0:48:12 > 0:48:16- The boy has instructions.- Tell Uncle Richard he can be Lord Protector.

0:48:16 > 0:48:18That you'll give up wanting your "Rivers King".

0:48:18 > 0:48:22Never. We must protect the throne and I don't trust your uncle to do what's right now.

0:48:22 > 0:48:27- Mother, please, try to see reason. - Why did he want both sons?

0:48:27 > 0:48:30He knows that if you have the heirs, you hold all the power.

0:48:42 > 0:48:45There. Your brother has come to see you crowned.

0:48:46 > 0:48:49I would often share with your father.

0:48:49 > 0:48:53He would tell me great stories, of battles and great warriors.

0:48:53 > 0:48:57But would be ashamed of you if he saw how you were treating his sons.

0:48:57 > 0:49:01- Richard, how are you? - Well, Your Grace.

0:49:01 > 0:49:04I'm not yet King, brother, call me Edward.

0:49:04 > 0:49:06You'll be crowned in the morning.

0:49:22 > 0:49:25How can you crown a boy who'd grow up to be your enemy?

0:49:25 > 0:49:28What would you have me do, Anne? Not make him King?

0:49:28 > 0:49:31Take the throne for myself?

0:49:34 > 0:49:37I have to get the coronation over with.

0:49:37 > 0:49:40Swear the boy in so I'm Lord Protector and no other.

0:49:41 > 0:49:44As King, he'll always be looking to Anthony Rivers,

0:49:44 > 0:49:47- the man who raised him. - And his mother.

0:49:47 > 0:49:51Crown him, and you will be signing your own death warrant,

0:49:51 > 0:49:53putting us at risk, too.

0:49:54 > 0:49:58Name yourself King, it is the safest option now.

0:50:02 > 0:50:04Finally,

0:50:04 > 0:50:08someone who is not afraid of saying what we're all thinking.

0:50:08 > 0:50:11I worry how that might look, my Lord.

0:50:13 > 0:50:15I can't be seen to be stealing the throne,

0:50:15 > 0:50:18- the people would not allow it. - The people only want peace.

0:50:19 > 0:50:22They know how risky it is to have a young king.

0:50:22 > 0:50:26- You wouldn't be stealing anything. - Enough, Mother.- They know.

0:50:28 > 0:50:30Edward was wed before.

0:50:30 > 0:50:33His marriage to Elizabeth was never legitimate.

0:50:34 > 0:50:36I never thought there was any truth in those rumours.

0:50:39 > 0:50:42I know of at least one ceremony performed in secret

0:50:42 > 0:50:45so he could bed a woman.

0:50:45 > 0:50:46He has bastards all over England.

0:50:46 > 0:50:48Then you must crown yourself,

0:50:48 > 0:50:51for those boys in the Tower are not entitled!

0:50:51 > 0:50:55Neither am I. And I wouldn't be King in the eyes of God.

0:50:55 > 0:50:59God knows you'd only be doing it to stop a commoner from being crowned,

0:50:59 > 0:51:01a witch from reigning.

0:51:02 > 0:51:05You'd be totally justified and sanctified.

0:51:22 > 0:51:24Convene Parliament.

0:51:35 > 0:51:39I'll warn Henry he's no longer preparing to face a young king, but Richard.

0:51:39 > 0:51:43- Is Buckingham with us? - As much as he ever will be.

0:51:43 > 0:51:45His claim is as strong as your son's.

0:51:45 > 0:51:48Well then, Henry must strengthen his claim. Marry well.

0:51:48 > 0:51:50Princess Elizabeth.

0:51:50 > 0:51:53Her mother stands to lose everything now. She'll be open to the match.

0:51:53 > 0:51:56And Henry could call upon her support fighting for the throne.

0:51:56 > 0:52:00That's for later. For now we have to convince her

0:52:00 > 0:52:03we're working with her to get the princes out of the Tower.

0:52:35 > 0:52:37Your Grace.

0:52:39 > 0:52:42I'm Doctor Lewis, Lady Margaret Stanley's physician.

0:52:42 > 0:52:46Forgive the plague mask, I needed a disguise to bypass the guards.

0:52:47 > 0:52:50Grave news, Your Grace.

0:52:50 > 0:52:53Richard, Duke of Gloucester plans to make himself King.

0:52:53 > 0:52:56Parliament declared your marriage to Edward of York invalid

0:52:56 > 0:53:01- and your sons as bastards. - What? No. He can't. Mother?

0:53:04 > 0:53:05Lady Margaret is cutting us too?

0:53:05 > 0:53:09On the contrary, she's on your side, as is her husband.

0:53:09 > 0:53:11They believe Richard has acted unlawfully

0:53:11 > 0:53:14and they fear for the safety of your sons.

0:53:22 > 0:53:26You got my letter explaining everything?

0:53:26 > 0:53:28That I played no part in any betrayal?

0:53:28 > 0:53:31We could've raised Prince Edward together.

0:53:31 > 0:53:34I'm no threat.

0:53:35 > 0:53:41I know that if I crown him, he'd only take your counsel

0:53:41 > 0:53:43and I cannot trust you.

0:53:43 > 0:53:50You can. You have no proof of any betrayal!

0:53:51 > 0:53:55- You can't do this to me! - Richard, please!

0:53:55 > 0:53:59- I've done nothing wrong! - Richard, please.

0:54:03 > 0:54:07I am Your Grace, King to be.

0:54:10 > 0:54:12Though you will never see me crowned.

0:54:14 > 0:54:17Spare Richard Grey.

0:54:19 > 0:54:21Think about this, what you're doing!

0:54:38 > 0:54:45- Lizzie? What's wrong? - You'll never give up, will you?

0:54:46 > 0:54:50Your ambition will be the death of the boys

0:54:50 > 0:54:54and when they're all gone, you'll put me on the throne.

0:54:54 > 0:54:56You love the crown more than us.

0:54:56 > 0:54:59I don't. You can't know such a thing.

0:54:59 > 0:55:03Yes, I can. You know that I...

0:55:05 > 0:55:07You've had a seeing.

0:55:09 > 0:55:11What did you see?

0:55:15 > 0:55:17Is it Anthony?

0:55:18 > 0:55:21- Richard Grey? - I'm sorry, Mother. I'm sorry.

0:55:21 > 0:55:23I'm sorry.

0:55:45 > 0:55:49'My life was lent me to one intent.

0:55:54 > 0:55:57'It is nigh spent.

0:55:57 > 0:56:00'Welcome, fortune!'

0:56:29 > 0:56:31'We'll stay in sanctuary for now.'

0:56:33 > 0:56:35But we'll come out to our true place.

0:56:37 > 0:56:41Call it the curse of ambition

0:56:41 > 0:56:44but I only want for you.

0:56:45 > 0:56:49I will restore your good names and get my boys back.

0:56:53 > 0:56:55I will not stop until it's done.

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