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-These are my boys, Richard and Thomas Grey.

-Will you marry me?

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-Yes!

-You are not married, Elizabeth!

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It was a pretend service. He's done it before and he has a bastard son.

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I am not happy about this marriage.

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Your daughter could never be royal.

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Jane Shore, her name's all around the Court.

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Your husband is a king with a king's appetites.

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Have you known loss, Lady Margaret?

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My only son is forced to live away from me.

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He is heir to the House of Lancaster, an enemy to the King.

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Jasper, you're the only man I trust to look after him.

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Are we to live in Wales?

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We won't but our son will.

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Then I will appoint his guardian. I am his mother. And if he is to leave me,

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I will choose into whose care he will go and who will raise him into a man.

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I want you to take my son, Anthony. You are the only one I can trust with him.

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We are the three sons of York.

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How can we be divided by one woman?

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Your Henry is going to have to walk past five coffins to take the crown

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and I don't know how he's going to manage that. Do you?

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You're too long in Brittany, Henry Tudor.

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You do that to a Welsh knight and see if you're still smiling.

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I can only beat what you put in front of me, Uncle.

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Well, your timing is perfect.

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Absolutely perfect.

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Hmm. Lovely. The perfect match for gracious King Edward.

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-Gracious?

-Truly. Allowing my son to return from exile.

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Well, perhaps it shows how secure the King is on the throne.

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It seems your boy is not a threat to us any more.

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He's a man now.

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Of course. He's been away so long, you must hardly know him.

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CHATTER

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Ah, my prize catch!

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From your boasts, Father, I half expected an army to bring it in.

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Princess Elizabeth will be having a small portion for that remark.

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And I'll be having yours as you've clearly had too many of late.

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I am merely eating like a king. Shall we dine alone tonight,

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send these little leeches away to eat with the peasantry?

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Leeches! He called me a leech, Thomas!

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SHE LAUGHS

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Have as much as you like, Father. You've earned the right to enjoy yourself.

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More wine, Father?

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Thank you, Richard, Cecily, all my delightful children.

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And my queen.

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Are you unwell?

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You're warm.

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It's nothing.

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My son is coming home.

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I think Jasper Tudor would be glad to come home, too.

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Well, he can come home...

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to the block.

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Don't get your hopes up, Margaret.

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Your son is not returning home as a contender to the throne.

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He's just...another pretender that Edward's brought to heel.

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I still believe God will have my son on the throne of England.

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But what are you doing about it? What's your plan?

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Pray for a miracle?

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HE GAGS AND COUGHS

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Here. Here, sip this. Shhh! Darling, what pains you?

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Wife...to bed.

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I think Your Grace should save his strength.

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-Oh! Edward!

-HE GROANS

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Help! Somebody! Oh, the King!

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The King!

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It's a fever. It'll pass.

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Fevers pass.

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My brother, Richard, send for him.

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Shhh. It's not necessary.

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You're strong.

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You don't lose.

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You are a born warrior.

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Fight this for me.

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Do as I ask, Elizabeth.

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-Lady Mother, what is the cause of this?

-Nobody knows.

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-Is it something he ate?

-We all had the same at dinner, there's no sign of food poison.

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All we can do is wait for the fever to break.

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Send word to Richard, the Privy Councillors.

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And find Uncle Anthony, Thomas.

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-Prepare horses, my clothes.

-Yes, my lord.

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Weapons. We ride to London.

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Richard, what's the matter? Are we at war?

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The King is gravely ill.

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But his heir is just a boy, not ready to reign.

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Elizabeth.

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She will try to rule through him as she does through Edward.

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This is your divine act!

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I'm sure the Queen will fish out some potion to restore his...

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QUIET SOBBING

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I must send word to Brittany. Henry must stay put for now.

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If the King should die...

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We should wait until we know who is Lord Protector.

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We must be cautious...

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..but ready to grasp any opportunity if it comes up.

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Let's just see how it plays out.

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Anyone would think they've come for a fight.

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-Take the Duke's horse.

-Yes, sir. Whoa!

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We thank you, Your Grace, for sending for us.

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How is my brother?

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You're here just in time.

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You saw the look she cut us.

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Her fortunes fade with the King.

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She's like a wounded beast defending her lair.

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And you're a threat.

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Be wary.

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Brackenbury.

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Buckingham.

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COUGHING

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It is the fate of kings

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that we never get to see what kind of ruler our sons will be.

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I will never get to know what kind of man my sweet boy will become.

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I beg you...be as one now.

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Care for Prince Edward.

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Keep him safe.

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I will work with all of you...to put Prince Edward on the throne.

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And I, Your Grace.

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And I.

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Anthony.

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Richard shall be guardian.

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As you wish.

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Surely you mean Anthony?

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Richard is Lord Protector until Prince Edward comes of age.

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Do you accept this, Elizabeth?

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Now leave us.

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I want to say goodbye to my husband.

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Look upon your king one last time and remember him in your prayers.

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I will honour your wish.

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I know this does not please you.

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Anthony is his true guardian. He has taught him everything he knows.

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Anthony's name goes against him.

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The Rivers are esteemed by the people, but not the Court.

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I trust Richard to do what I ask.

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I did it for peace.

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I know. I just...

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Please don't make me waste my last words on matters of state.

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You are the love of my life.

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You are mine.

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Thank you, lovely Elizabeth...

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..for waiting under that oak tree.

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SHE LAUGHS

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For wanting me.

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You gave me...another chance.

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A better life.

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Beautiful children!

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Certainty.

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-No!

-SHE SOBS

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No!

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No! No! No!

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SHE WAILS

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Mother? Mother!

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You won't even bow to me!

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We're equal now.

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Both mothers to a king.

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This tension is unbearable.

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We must sustain it.

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-Sister, I am so sorry.

-Get word to my son, Richard Grey,

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and tell him to bring Prince Edward here from Wales.

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People are already taking sides and I fear the outcome.

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-Elizabeth?

-It will be Richard and the Yorks around my boy's throne

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-and I'll be sent back to Grafton!

-You won't. Richard is a decent man.

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He loved the King.

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-Swore to do right by your son.

-I don't trust any of them!

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I...need my son, the King, to protect me.

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Send word, Anthony.

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I want my son here now, so he can be crowned.

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Get that boy.

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-Mother, please, not now.

-She's right.

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Keep him away from her.

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She accepted Edward's decision.

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So Edward would die happy. She was lying through gritted teeth.

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She had George executed, poisoned Isabel,

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who knows what she'd do to secure the throne for the Rivers.

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Your sister died from childbirth!

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I know you don't trust her,

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I know to be careful and I know what has to be done.

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So leave being Lord Protector to me.

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Sir Robert.

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-Mistress Shore.

-Your Grace, I am truly sorry.

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Please. The Queen has just lost her husband.

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Show some respect.

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-You have no place here now.

-But, Your Graces...

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Brackenbury, throw this woman out.

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Her kind is not welcome at Court.

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-Your Grace.

-Please, I'm no longer... This is my home. I have nowhere to go.

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Make sure she leaves, Sir Robert.

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Then ready my horse and good men.

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MEN SHOUT OUTSIDE

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This isn't goodbye.

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He's not going anywhere just yet.

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What?

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Word from your mother.

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A change of plan.

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Come on, out.

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Out.

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The King is dead.

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Huh! How?

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Fever...apparently.

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-So what now?

-We wait and see what happens.

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We must be ready to raise an army.

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For when you do return...you will be fighting for the throne.

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Stay back.

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-Whoa!

-HORSE WHINNIES

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My Lord Grey.

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What is this, Brackenbury?

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We're to escort the King to the Tower for his protection.

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We are grateful for your concern, but I too have orders to take the Prince to Westminster.

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I'm going to see my mother. Prepare my horse.

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-Argh!

-Stop!

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-Forgive me.

-Richard, I demand the right to ride on.

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-Lower your sword, sir.

-I won't until you let us pass.

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Secure the Prince's safety.

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Stop it! Don't touch him.

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I promised your father I would keep you safe.

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-No!

-Edward!

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Edward!

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Jane?

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What is it?

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I'm banished from Court. My family turned me away.

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Friends won't give me shelter.

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-Help me!

-Come in.

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I didn't think my fall from grace would be so swift.

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Thank you.

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The death of a king always causes disharmony.

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People overreact, take sides.

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This will all blow over once young Edward is crowned.

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You haven't heard? Richard has taken Prince Edward to the tower.

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I regret what happened to your guard, but my men were there to protect you.

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You outnumbered us.

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You are safe here. Until you are the King, you are vulnerable.

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What sort of Protector would Uncle Richard be if he put you even in the slightest danger?

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I wish to console my mother.

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She is suffering, Edward.

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Better to go when she's herself again.

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I'll visit in the morning.

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We have much to discuss.

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And I am sorry.

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How dare he terrorize my sons?

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He claims he's keeping Prince Edward safe, just keeping his promise.

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-You believe that?

-Yes.

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I knew I should have gone to fetch him myself.

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-Then you'd be in the Tower too.

-I've petitioned the Privy Council to demand their release.

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Anthony! This is an act of war.

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-We must raise men now.

-And risk your brother's safety?

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You're upset, rightly, but have faith that Richard will do what is right...

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He put Edward in the Tower to keep him from me.

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And he arrested Richard Grey.

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Take everything of value, wake your brother and your sisters, we're going into sanctuary.

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-Sister!

-Lizzie.

-Mother, talk to Uncle Richard.

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Or get Anthony to.

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Ask him to let my brothers go as a show of consideration.

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Only fools wait to see if their enemies might be friends!

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Richard's got Edward, what's stopping him from snatching my other son?

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Do as I say!

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I'll send word to my brother to ready the fleet.

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You mustn't do this!

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-Join us after.

-I'd serve you all better on the outside as your eyes and ears.

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Send word when it's done.

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Take care, Thomas.

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Please! You must trust him.

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I trust nobody!

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Play your politics to secure my sons' release.

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If anything happens to them, I will never forgive you!

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Not just jewels, she's taken the entire Treasury to Westminster

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to provide for her children in sanctuary.

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How long does she plan to stay?

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This truly is a gift.

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The boys' abduction gives Elizabeth reason to doubt Richard

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and her taking off with the war chest gives him cause to fear her.

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-If this escalates...

-They fight for the crown.

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Well, one or the other could fall, they could destroy each other.

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The throne would be empty, my son's to claim.

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SHE SIGHS Is this our chance?

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They're all in the abbey, apart from Thomas Grey.

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We've intercepted a letter from him to his uncle, Edward Rivers.

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-The Lord Admiral?

-They wish to ready the fleet.

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Arrest the Lord Admiral and Thomas Grey for treason.

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We can't have them plotting against me.

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Rally the men, all of them.

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-Why? Why would Elizabeth do this?

-Because she's devious.

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When will you accept she doesn't want you anywhere near her son?

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She could buy an army with those riches.

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Perhaps. But what can she achieve from sanctuary?

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You've a short memory.

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She called up a mist to conceal your advance

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upon my father's forces at Barnet the last time she was there.

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Guard yourself against her ways, protect yourself and the King's legacy.

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That's all I want, to crown his son, like he asked.

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Then do it.

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And name yourself Lord Protector, before she can do anything about it.

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I'll send a message saying that I will not be intimidated.

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Soldiers, everywhere. The gates, cloisters.

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Then this is war.

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No. No, no, Mother.

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We can't fight Richard, the York Army, from this dungeon!

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Do you think that is what your father thought

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when he faced the Lancastrian Army four times his number at Barnet?

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No. He won the greatest victory in England's history!

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And he is in every one of you.

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His is the voice charging you to be valiant and brave.

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We might be boxed in here, but we have him watching over us.

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Forgive me.

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It has been a tiring few days.

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Well, then, may I offer my services,

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as Your Grace is likely to be at Court a while?

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The last thing the country needs is a lack of direction.

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Forgive me, ladies,

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I don't feel up to a fitting for the Prince's coronation just now.

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Your Grace.

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He will be crowned three days from now.

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I bring news from your brother Anthony.

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Please let me in.

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Your Grace.

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Anthony is keeping his distance to appear detached

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but he petitions for you.

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He's convinced Richard to set a date for Edward's coronation, three days from now.

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How do I know this is not a trap, set by Richard, to lure us out?

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Richard cast me out, threw me onto the streets the moment the king died.

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So Anthony now provides for you?

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I admire him greatly.

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It's why I risk so much coming here.

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Cecily.

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-Richard plans on crowning my son?

-Yes.

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Anthony thinks you should go to the coronation and show you can work with Richard.

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That will never happen.

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I have demands of my own - that he releases my sons and that Richard's punished!

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Mother. Anthony has brokered a truce, offered us a way out.

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Don't undermine his efforts.

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Tell him I'd feel better if he removed the soldiers from the abbey.

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And tell Anthony I'll consider it.

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Tell him I am sorry.

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I said things in rage.

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Your Graces.

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The soldiers, they're gone.

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Richard's yielding. Anthony must have conveyed your request.

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Wait.

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Can we trust Richard?

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Should we now attend Edward's coronation?

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All of Richard's soldiers left?

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Anthony Rivers requested it and assured an end to hostilities.

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They're still wary of each other.

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But they're just not killing each other.

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We must end this truce.

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-Elizabeth must not be allowed to trust Richard.

-Agreed.

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-Edward, a bastard?

-Our cooks were gossiping about it.

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Naturally, I scolded and warned them never to repeat...

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-And who's telling you these old rumours?

-Soldiers.

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No. Such conduct is shameful.

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It would be beneath most soldiers I know.

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These were Richard's men.

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Why are you telling me this?

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Because I worry for you all.

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If this is true and Richard were to recall Parliament,

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declare Edward illegitimate, you'd lose everything.

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Your children would be disinherited.

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What if he's not after peace?

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There is one other thing.

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As you were away from Court, I felt you needed eyes and ears there,

0:33:500:33:54

so I offered my services to Anne.

0:33:540:33:57

How very kind of you(!)

0:33:570:33:59

This may be trivial, but how do you understand Anne's refusal

0:33:590:34:02

to be fitted for your son's coronation?

0:34:020:34:05

-What?

-I may be reading too much into it, she may have enough gowns.

0:34:060:34:10

Or... Or she's not going, for there may not even be a coronation.

0:34:130:34:18

No. No.

0:34:220:34:24

Jane Shore, passing messages to Elizabeth?

0:34:260:34:29

From your enemies, I'm told.

0:34:290:34:31

-Told by whom?

-It's the talk of Court, my Lord.

0:34:310:34:33

-With respect, it's unlikely that people would concern Your Graces with such a seedy matter.

-Yet you do.

0:34:340:34:41

I raise it only to protect you, your reputation.

0:34:410:34:43

I'm sure you wouldn't want to be seen to be out-manoeuvred

0:34:430:34:46

by the Queen and her growing band of conspirators?

0:34:460:34:48

Nor played by you, Stanley.

0:34:480:34:51

-My Lord, I would never do any...

-No, but your tone is leading.

0:34:510:34:54

I am able to make my own judgments.

0:34:560:34:58

It seems banishing Jane Shore has given her cause to defy me.

0:35:010:35:05

Why would Elizabeth plot with her husband's mistress?

0:35:060:35:10

Desperation? Her friends must be few.

0:35:100:35:13

You should have men follow the whore,

0:35:130:35:15

see who she's in bed with now.

0:35:150:35:17

"In remembering th'unsteadfastness

0:35:180:35:21

"This world being of such wheeling

0:35:210:35:23

"Me...

0:35:230:35:25

"Contrary?"

0:35:250:35:27

Contrary... What may I guess?

0:35:290:35:32

It's a first stanza. I need to finish it.

0:35:340:35:38

LOUD BANG What in God's name?

0:35:450:35:49

Arrest the traitor.

0:35:550:35:57

-Get off me.

-Leave him alone. Stop it.

0:35:570:36:00

Get off me. Don't touch me. Get out!

0:36:000:36:02

-Get out!

-Cover yourself.

0:36:020:36:05

-Get out! Get out!

-QUIET!

0:36:050:36:09

-Who else is in this house?

-Nobody.

0:36:120:36:15

Thomas Grey. Find him!

0:36:300:36:32

Anthony?

0:36:370:36:39

He's always been so loyal to me, even these past few days.

0:36:400:36:45

He's a Rivers. Her brother.

0:36:490:36:53

You must punish him and his whore.

0:36:560:36:58

I vowed...

0:37:000:37:03

We all swore to be as one, care for the child, see him crowned.

0:37:030:37:08

Then you must do what your heart tells you with more authority.

0:37:130:37:18

If the soldiers in the abbey didn't scare Elizabeth into submission

0:37:200:37:23

then do something that will.

0:37:230:37:25

Show them who's the real Lord Protector.

0:37:270:37:29

CROWDS JEER AND CALL

0:37:330:37:35

Deus meus, ex toto corde me paenitet.

0:37:430:37:48

Ac doleo de omnibus...

0:37:520:37:54

They pity her.

0:37:550:37:57

Christi super omnia diligaris.

0:38:010:38:06

Per merita passionis Salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi,

0:38:060:38:12

Domine, miserere.

0:38:120:38:14

Richard, I plead with you to listen to reason.

0:38:250:38:29

I am not your enemy.

0:38:310:38:33

-KNOCK ON DOOR

-It's Buckingham. May I come in?

0:38:340:38:39

(Hide, hide. Quick, hide.)

0:38:390:38:42

A private word with Your Grace.

0:38:450:38:47

This is from Richard. He handed it to me as I left.

0:38:500:38:53

He thought his nieces and nephew might want some fresh food.

0:38:530:38:56

Why are you really here?

0:38:590:39:01

He would very much like Prince Richard to join his older brother

0:39:010:39:04

-in preparation for his coronation.

-No.

0:39:040:39:07

For moral support and so he can be fitted with a handsome outfit.

0:39:070:39:12

Would Your Grace like his tunic embroidered in gold, rubies?

0:39:140:39:19

Perhaps he would just like to see his older brother?

0:39:190:39:22

My son has a cold and can't go anywhere.

0:39:220:39:25

Ah, Richard won't be happy at all.

0:39:250:39:28

But...I will not take a sick child from his mother.

0:39:330:39:38

-Anthony has been arrested, along with his mistress, Jane Shore.

-What?

0:39:440:39:48

Suspected of conspiring with Thomas Grey and you against the Lord Protector.

0:39:480:39:54

-My God. What about Thomas?

-He got away.

0:39:540:39:57

Your Grace, it would help Anthony very much

0:39:590:40:03

if you complied with Richard's demands.

0:40:030:40:06

I will return tomorrow.

0:40:160:40:18

Let's hope there is some change in his condition.

0:40:200:40:23

(Richard, stay down, stay covered.)

0:40:290:40:31

We must get you out of here, tonight.

0:40:410:40:44

You and Thomas Grey.

0:40:440:40:47

We must find a boy that's the very image of you.

0:40:470:40:49

Mother. To defy Richard now would be to put us all at risk.

0:40:490:40:53

Don't you see?

0:40:530:40:54

Richard can do whatever he wants, whether we comply or not.

0:40:540:40:57

He can keep dishonouring us.

0:40:570:41:00

He can keep your brother out of sight and rule through him.

0:41:000:41:03

I have a chance of saving my son and I must take it.

0:41:030:41:06

"Lady Margaret, I need your help.

0:41:500:41:52

"I am grateful for your loyalty, but now we must act."

0:41:530:41:56

You are doing a great service for the King.

0:42:050:42:08

Let's get you a bed, Geoffrey.

0:42:080:42:10

Damn Richard...

0:42:230:42:26

..Duke of Gloucester.

0:42:290:42:32

Damn his sword arm, Lord Protector.

0:42:330:42:39

Husband to a frail wife.

0:42:420:42:45

Father to a sickly heir.

0:42:460:42:49

'He's Lord Protector.'

0:42:500:42:53

He shouldn't have to justify himself to Privy Councillors!

0:42:530:42:56

They wouldn't have liked the way he hauled Anthony Rivers out of bed

0:42:560:42:59

or sent Buckingham to secure the other boy.

0:42:590:43:01

Gives the impression he doesn't care for their counsel.

0:43:010:43:04

You are the Lord Protector. We must put a stop to this.

0:43:040:43:06

I know, Brackenbury. Damned fools, don't they see? Argh!

0:43:060:43:10

-My Lord!

-Richard?

0:43:100:43:12

-Fetch a physician, Brackenbury!

-No, no. It'll pass...

0:43:120:43:15

This is her. I can tell. She's cursed you, your sword arm.

0:43:150:43:19

I'm sure it is nothing, Your Grace, it'll pass.

0:43:190:43:23

The Council are demanding Anthony's release, almost to a man.

0:43:250:43:29

I cannot reason with these people.

0:43:310:43:34

I do not even know if I can trust them.

0:43:340:43:36

If they support him, they're against you.

0:43:390:43:41

They could be plotting in there as we speak.

0:43:410:43:44

There are too many men having their say in matters of security

0:43:470:43:51

and Prince Edward's future.

0:43:510:43:53

Root out the traitors.

0:44:010:44:03

ELIZABETH: 'We must free Prince Edward from the Tower.

0:44:040:44:08

'I fear Richard will only use my son to further his ambitions.'

0:44:080:44:11

Stand aside. Men, follow me. Follow me.

0:44:140:44:17

Secure the door. Seek out any evidence of treason.

0:44:210:44:25

What is the meaning of this?

0:44:250:44:27

Lord Stanley's under house arrest, we're to search his papers.

0:44:270:44:32

-Chambers.

-This is absurd! To what end?

0:44:320:44:35

With me.

0:44:350:44:36

Richard suspects the Council has been plotting with the Queen

0:44:360:44:40

and Anthony Rivers.

0:44:400:44:41

My husband is an ally of Richard's.

0:44:410:44:44

This is, this is how he treats his friends?

0:44:440:44:47

-These are my possessions.

-Let them look. We've nothing to hide.

0:44:470:44:51

Please. They're sacred items. They're delicate.

0:44:520:44:55

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

0:45:010:45:04

That Bible is consecrated.

0:45:040:45:06

The only other person to have held it

0:45:070:45:09

is His Holiness himself, the Pope.

0:45:090:45:12

Thank you, Sir Robert.

0:45:350:45:37

Lord Stanley.

0:45:440:45:47

I could find no evidence that you took part in this conspiracy.

0:45:470:45:51

Of course you couldn't.

0:45:510:45:53

My apologies, Lady Margaret.

0:45:570:46:01

Men!

0:46:010:46:03

Oh, my God!

0:46:090:46:11

Were any charges brought?

0:46:180:46:20

Thankfully, not against you.

0:46:200:46:22

Would you mind helping me?

0:46:240:46:26

It's a sensitive matter and Richard's asked for complete discretion.

0:46:260:46:30

I'd do anything to help the Duke, not least to prove my loyalty.

0:46:330:46:40

-Still?

-You wouldn't?

0:46:410:46:45

He's just shown he's willing to act of his own accord.

0:46:490:46:52

There's no questioning him. We must all do as he says.

0:46:530:46:56

I worry what he might do tomorrow,

0:46:580:47:02

after he has crowned the boy and is confirmed as Lord Protector.

0:47:020:47:06

Stanley. Lord Buckingham.

0:47:160:47:20

Tell your brother I'll be thinking of him.

0:47:270:47:31

As we all will, Your Grace.

0:47:320:47:34

Come, child.

0:47:420:47:44

Do you really think people will believe he is Richard?

0:47:500:47:53

At least it will buy some time to get our boy away.

0:47:530:47:56

If you didn't think it was safe for Prince Richard to go to the Tower

0:47:560:47:59

then you must believe Edward's at risk too.

0:47:590:48:01

When he sees Geoffrey, realises what's happened, he'll fear for his life.

0:48:030:48:07

He will know I had no choice,

0:48:070:48:10

that I'll be trying to get him out of there.

0:48:100:48:12

-The boy has instructions.

-Tell Uncle Richard he can be Lord Protector.

0:48:120:48:16

That you'll give up wanting your "Rivers King".

0:48:160:48:18

Never. We must protect the throne and I don't trust your uncle to do what's right now.

0:48:180:48:22

-Mother, please, try to see reason.

-Why did he want both sons?

0:48:220:48:27

He knows that if you have the heirs, you hold all the power.

0:48:270:48:30

There. Your brother has come to see you crowned.

0:48:420:48:45

I would often share with your father.

0:48:460:48:49

He would tell me great stories, of battles and great warriors.

0:48:490:48:53

But would be ashamed of you if he saw how you were treating his sons.

0:48:530:48:57

-Richard, how are you?

-Well, Your Grace.

0:48:570:49:01

I'm not yet King, brother, call me Edward.

0:49:010:49:04

You'll be crowned in the morning.

0:49:040:49:06

How can you crown a boy who'd grow up to be your enemy?

0:49:220:49:25

What would you have me do, Anne? Not make him King?

0:49:250:49:28

Take the throne for myself?

0:49:280:49:31

I have to get the coronation over with.

0:49:340:49:37

Swear the boy in so I'm Lord Protector and no other.

0:49:370:49:40

As King, he'll always be looking to Anthony Rivers,

0:49:410:49:44

-the man who raised him.

-And his mother.

0:49:440:49:47

Crown him, and you will be signing your own death warrant,

0:49:470:49:51

putting us at risk, too.

0:49:510:49:53

Name yourself King, it is the safest option now.

0:49:540:49:58

Finally,

0:50:020:50:04

someone who is not afraid of saying what we're all thinking.

0:50:040:50:08

I worry how that might look, my Lord.

0:50:080:50:11

I can't be seen to be stealing the throne,

0:50:130:50:15

-the people would not allow it.

-The people only want peace.

0:50:150:50:18

They know how risky it is to have a young king.

0:50:190:50:22

-You wouldn't be stealing anything.

-Enough, Mother.

-They know.

0:50:220:50:26

Edward was wed before.

0:50:280:50:30

His marriage to Elizabeth was never legitimate.

0:50:300:50:33

I never thought there was any truth in those rumours.

0:50:340:50:36

I know of at least one ceremony performed in secret

0:50:390:50:42

so he could bed a woman.

0:50:420:50:45

He has bastards all over England.

0:50:450:50:46

Then you must crown yourself,

0:50:460:50:48

for those boys in the Tower are not entitled!

0:50:480:50:51

Neither am I. And I wouldn't be King in the eyes of God.

0:50:510:50:55

God knows you'd only be doing it to stop a commoner from being crowned,

0:50:550:50:59

a witch from reigning.

0:50:590:51:01

You'd be totally justified and sanctified.

0:51:020:51:05

Convene Parliament.

0:51:220:51:24

I'll warn Henry he's no longer preparing to face a young king, but Richard.

0:51:350:51:39

-Is Buckingham with us?

-As much as he ever will be.

0:51:390:51:43

His claim is as strong as your son's.

0:51:430:51:45

Well then, Henry must strengthen his claim. Marry well.

0:51:450:51:48

Princess Elizabeth.

0:51:480:51:50

Her mother stands to lose everything now. She'll be open to the match.

0:51:500:51:53

And Henry could call upon her support fighting for the throne.

0:51:530:51:56

That's for later. For now we have to convince her

0:51:560:52:00

we're working with her to get the princes out of the Tower.

0:52:000:52:03

Your Grace.

0:52:350:52:37

I'm Doctor Lewis, Lady Margaret Stanley's physician.

0:52:390:52:42

Forgive the plague mask, I needed a disguise to bypass the guards.

0:52:420:52:46

Grave news, Your Grace.

0:52:470:52:50

Richard, Duke of Gloucester plans to make himself King.

0:52:500:52:53

Parliament declared your marriage to Edward of York invalid

0:52:530:52:56

-and your sons as bastards.

-What? No. He can't. Mother?

0:52:560:53:01

Lady Margaret is cutting us too?

0:53:040:53:05

On the contrary, she's on your side, as is her husband.

0:53:050:53:09

They believe Richard has acted unlawfully

0:53:090:53:11

and they fear for the safety of your sons.

0:53:110:53:14

You got my letter explaining everything?

0:53:220:53:26

That I played no part in any betrayal?

0:53:260:53:28

We could've raised Prince Edward together.

0:53:280:53:31

I'm no threat.

0:53:310:53:34

I know that if I crown him, he'd only take your counsel

0:53:350:53:41

and I cannot trust you.

0:53:410:53:43

You can. You have no proof of any betrayal!

0:53:430:53:50

-You can't do this to me!

-Richard, please!

0:53:510:53:55

-I've done nothing wrong!

-Richard, please.

0:53:550:53:59

I am Your Grace, King to be.

0:54:030:54:07

Though you will never see me crowned.

0:54:100:54:12

Spare Richard Grey.

0:54:140:54:17

Think about this, what you're doing!

0:54:190:54:21

-Lizzie? What's wrong?

-You'll never give up, will you?

0:54:380:54:45

Your ambition will be the death of the boys

0:54:460:54:50

and when they're all gone, you'll put me on the throne.

0:54:500:54:54

You love the crown more than us.

0:54:540:54:56

I don't. You can't know such a thing.

0:54:560:54:59

Yes, I can. You know that I...

0:54:590:55:03

You've had a seeing.

0:55:050:55:07

What did you see?

0:55:090:55:11

Is it Anthony?

0:55:150:55:17

-Richard Grey?

-I'm sorry, Mother. I'm sorry.

0:55:180:55:21

I'm sorry.

0:55:210:55:23

'My life was lent me to one intent.

0:55:450:55:49

'It is nigh spent.

0:55:540:55:57

'Welcome, fortune!'

0:55:570:56:00

'We'll stay in sanctuary for now.'

0:56:290:56:31

But we'll come out to our true place.

0:56:330:56:35

Call it the curse of ambition

0:56:370:56:41

but I only want for you.

0:56:410:56:44

I will restore your good names and get my boys back.

0:56:450:56:49

I will not stop until it's done.

0:56:530:56:55

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