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You are a girl from the House of Lancaster, and you live in a country

that is divided.

You may not fall in love with your king, unless there is some profit in it for

you.

Will you marry me?

Yes. Warwick is the kingmaker. You can be very sure he will make the queen as

well. She's my queen of choice. Of choice?

Has she gone mad?

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

And those who speak against him are guilty of treason. Now let us make a son

to scotch Lancastrian threat.

It is an honor to meet you, Duchess Cecily. I am not happy about this

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

The king has done what he should not.

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

So our new queen is not only Lancastrian, but now we have half a

Burgundy out in force.

Why? Because she is related to them.

But Izzy, we like her better than the old fat queen, don't we?

I know. We must crown her before her belly grows too fat.

Elizabeth? Are you afraid?

Edward will help me know what to do.

They say the whole of London will be out.

Except one.

Edward's mother has refused to come.

I don't think you'll miss her.

It's one less foot to trip me up.

Lord Warwick?

Is the woman dressed and ready?

She's not made queen yet.

My new sister.

You're as beautiful as a queen should be.

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

Thank you, Richard. George, I'm very grateful for your kinship.

Where is Edward?

At the Abbey.

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

My daughters will escort you. They have been trained for such occasions.

The Queen has her own sisters to attend her.

Your daughters may join in the procession behind us.

Hold your head high, Elizabeth. God has chosen you in this.

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

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

You may not faint because I need you.

You will always be my Elizabeth.

I am so very proud of you.

Anne, you goose.

Stop staring like an idiot. She is so beautiful.

Yes, but the king should have married the French princess as father had

arranged. Just play your part.

It will not be for very long.

that isn't mother it's her richard she's just in her coronation rose that's all

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

Wherefore, all you who are come this day to do your homage and service, are you

willing to do the same?

God save the Queen.

Let the anointing of this oil increase your honour and establish you forever.

God save the Queen.

We offer up the sceptres and the ring to our one and mighty Queen.

God save the Queen.

Mother! Mother!

Oh, my boy.

Are you queen now, Mother? Yes, Richard.

But before that, I shall always be your mother.

May we sit with you at dinner?

I'm sorry, not today, but later.

I shall come and see you both to bed myself.

Queen Elizabeth, your court awaits.

You all

look so very similar, you rivers girls.

You look like beautiful fish.

I'm not sure I should like to be a fish.

Hello. George does try to be so charming, but doesn't always get it

right.

Last time we saw you, Richard, you fell off your horse at our father's castle.

Do you remember?

Our father taught King Edward and put him on the throne, and so now King

Edward must... What?

So he did.

And Edward loves him for it.

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

Lords and ladies of the court, Queen Elizabeth of England.

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

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

Who? Who says that it is not?

Ah, your mother.

The people were denied a royal wedding.

And so, we have given them a coronation worthy of the Lord himself.

She does not even know how to behave.

How would you behave if you were queen? Not like that.

Whisper with the king.

I would be a queen of stone. I'd have dignity and no emotion.

She doesn't even seem ashamed.

I'm desperate for this banquet.

Edward, you must attend to the peace treaty with France. I've kept it from

your door this week as much as I could.

Now that Charles of Burgundy has been befriended and France has been left out,

I cannot wait. I will attend to it tomorrow.

But now, cousin, feast with us. For we have won everything that we set out to.

And I wish to see you happy.

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

I cannot think.

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

We should have to change this room, Edward.

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

Change it as you wish.

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

While Henry's at large, there's always a chance of a Lancastrian uprising to put

him back on the throne.

Or his son, Edward.

But when we have our son, we will be safe.

For we will have an heir. And your own men, do you trust them?

Lord Warwick?

Him of all.

I know he's brusque.

He's found it hard to deal with our marriage, but he will learn to love you

as I do.

He already does.

You should ask his girls to be your ladies.

Make them your favorites.

Please him.

And his agreement with France.

Will you make that, too?

I'll decide tomorrow.

Because now... I cannot think at all.

Now, what am I to do with these?

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

Mother?

I never thought it would be me doing this.

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

But these are different times.

You are Queen of England now, and you will never make the same mistakes that

she did.

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

Edward. We'll meet soon.

My lord.

I've drafted out the terms of England's peace treaty with France as discussed,

and French ambassadors confirmed he will be able to attend the autumn hunt, where

both parties can sign.

There's no hurry, Warwick.

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

Other...

I've invited Burgundy as well.

You've invited the enemy of France?

I wish for them to lift their restrictions on the sale of English

cloth.

And they are my wife's own relatives, so I can hardly leave them out.

Lord Warwick.

I know that I was not your choice of wife and queen for Edward, but I hope

that we may join a friendship as we share love for him.

Your hope for that, Your Grace?

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

Burn her.

I have no truck with a queen who thought to rule her husband and rule England

through him.

There's no need for scheming, women.

your loyalty to Warwick, but surely if he's gone this far already, Edward.

Edward?

Your father and brothers have just told me that Warwick has a secret deal with

the King of France.

Louis has promised him a territory in exchange for my alliance with France.

Now, this was once dependent upon me marrying the Princess Bonner, but now

rides upon this.

so-called peace treaty.

So Warwick is plotting against you?

Not so much against me as for himself.

But he should not have kept it from me.

So I shall treat him at the side I think is most useful.

He does not see Warwick's danger, even now.

He's clouded by how much he loves him.

Then you must do the thinking for him.

Warwick is against the king.

He wants power for himself.

Now, if Edward doesn't stop him, then you must, because otherwise Warwick will

be king-making again.

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

And then we all will be in danger.

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

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

Burgundy's here, then?

The river's run so deep any man could be drowned in them.

My own mother's been washed away.

Think you could do better?

Edward, the French ambassador is feeling slighted in favor of Charles of

Burgundy. Oh, cheer up, Warwick.

The bigger threat is still my cousin Henry.

Lancaster will not give up their hopes for him.

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

Charles has suggested a marriage between himself and the Margaret of York. That

seems very keen. Your mother is right, Elizabeth.

We must build a powerful royal family around you to protect you.

And marriages are the way.

Well done, George!

Good hunting, brother.

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

And I was hoping for your crown.

Lady Margaret Beauford won't be happy.

Richmond is her son's title.

Yes, but he is nephew to the old King Henry.

So I must strip it from him.

They have stripped my son of his title.

They have stripped him of the Earl of Richmond and given it to that second

York boy. I've been told. You were my husband.

You must get it back for him.

It is his ancestral title.

Margaret, Margaret, the Yorks rule England now, and Edward may give it the

peerages to whoever he sees fit.

Is it not enough that I am not allowed to raise my child myself, that he must

be raised by his uncle, just by his nephew to King Henry?

In line as Lancastrian air. He should not be treated as... Look, you must not

boast of this too loudly.

It is the very reason why the king must keep him down.

His uncle Jasper would not let this happen.

He would write to Edward and defend my poor boy. He would feel his pain as

I'd...

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

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

It means the world.

It is all he has.

Have you eaten anything today?

No. You are looking very thin again. I'm fasting.

You cannot live on fresh air alone.

I live on prayer.

And God shall give me sustenance.

Lord Warwick.

Your daughters have not been brought to me.

I requested them for my household.

My daughters are to wed your grace and so, sadly, must decline.

The king is aware.

Ah.

I was thinking...

Our little Annie should wed Viscount Bouchier.

And little Catherine could marry the Duke of Buckingham.

Warwick has refused his daughters to me, Mother.

It's a snub and I do not know what I should do.

He hates me.

But Edward still thinks we can be friends.

Then what should I do?

Accept his hate or battle through it? You should do neither.

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

can weather an attack from anyone.

Now, your brother Chunk.

What spells are you two weaving?

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

There is no love in this, Richard.

Only business.

You see, your mother changed her tune.

When she set her heart on you, the lowly squire, she caused quite the scandal,

saying true love was enough.

It was worth it, for I have the most beautiful lady in the kingdom.

And I the handsomest, kindest, most loving man. Who has just been made

treasurer.

Richard! Then Warwick's uncle has been set aside.

Edward is unhappy with him over France, and Antony has admiralty of the fleet.

And Lionel will be bishop, as he always was.

Richard? Yes, yes?

Can't fetch the midwife?

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

That's it. Come on. Push. Push. Push. Push.

A little girl.

Where is he?

I'm king. I cannot keep you from my son.

It's a girl, Edward.

It's a girl.

She is a beautiful girl.

We will love her very well.

We shall have boys, sons and heirs who shall come. I know.

You are so very lovely, Elizabeth.

I could not do without you.

It's a girl.

The queen has had a little baby girl for Edward.

It makes little odds that he has no heir when she has taken all the nobles and

there's no one left for ours to wed. Ah, but I have found the biggest prize of

all, and the king...

or give me anything I want for it.

Lady, stop it.

Lord Tudor.

Are you well?

We're in fine health.

Shall we ride in?

Jasper, how is my Henry?

He's thriving.

You'll barely know him.

Henry, come to your mother.

Come on, you must remember me.

Go on, Henry.

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

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

It is punishment for my loyalties.

Henry, the wicked York King has taken your title, but we will get it back for

you. We will. Do not fill his head with nonsense, Margaret. He will not get it

back.

He should be playing in the sun with other children, not cooped up here like

some invalid.

There are no families of breeding near enough.

For a suitable companion.

Well, perhaps little Henry could show me the stables and the horses while we're

here.

May I?

Go on.

Come and see our horses.

Tell me he's good to you.

Tell me that at least.

He... I have an allowance.

I buy books.

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

I've missed you, Margaret.

More than I can tell.

You must not...

I've

received a letter from my brother.

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

And we are called to London for the wedding. The Duke of Buckingham?

To a common country girl? I will not go.

You will, Margaret.

And you will be gracious.

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

You've not seen her since we married.

Shall we?

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

Who would have thought so happy an occasion would have made so many so

miserable?

Lord Warwick isn't even here. So much the better.

Congratulations, Your Grace, on your first York Princess.

She is not a boy, though.

So you have no heir?

Oh, I shall have many more, Duchess Cecily, and the next one shall be a boy.

Edward, what is that?

King Henry.

My lords, our one-time King Henry, and now our prisoner.

He was roaming the fields of Northumberland, but I have ridden out

and captured him. And you have brought him in.

He is an anointed king, and how should

we be any better if we match him in his butchery?

He is a traitor and an

enemy to my rule.

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

We shall keep cousin Henry in the tower apartments and show him a mercy

that he denied our father Going God cousin

I'm once again indebted to you, Mark.

I serve you, Edward, as heaven.

Might I have a word with your Grace?

Of course.

God bless him.

Poor Henry.

Warwick is up to something, Mother.

Can we ever trust him?

I have something to tell you.

You must keep it a secret for now, do you promise?

Your father is asking King Edward for the royal dukes, his brothers, to be

given a marriage to the two of you.

You will marry George.

And I shall have Richard.

I see how Anne is blushing.

You cannot think to like him.

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

of course, will try to stop it.

But the king will not refuse your father.

Not if he asks him to his face. Not now, after bringing Henry in.

And the two of you will be royal duchesses.

You will outrank the king's own mother.

I am to marry Richard.

However, could they bring poor King Henry in like that? You must not call

him king, my love. He is the king. In the eyes of God, they have sinned to

take his throne away from him.

Complaining, Margaret.

Good evening to you, Lady Beecham.

Lady Mother.

You know my son, don't you? Richard Wells is Margaret's half-brother.

He's my pride and joy.

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

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

Ladies.

Henry is my son.

He is mine.

And you have remarried. A man I did not want to. A man you forced upon me. A man

I did not choose.

Oh, Margaret, this again.

You are a girl.

You do not choose.

You live the life your mother chooses for you, or your husband does.

Then why could you not have chosen Jasper Tudor?

I've seen your puppy eyes for him since long before his brother withered of the

plague.

Then why'd she stuff it?

I thought it was a better match.

And I do not care if you are happy.

Hello.

There were too many commoners in there.

And all of them want marriages.

Well, isn't that what you want, Isabel?

George? Brother.

Edward, there you are.

So,

what did Lord Warwick want?

My brothers for his girls.

For Isabelle and Anne?

I said I would think about it.

Edward.

If Warwick's daughters are married to your brothers, they will share the

biggest fortune in the kingdom and have royal blood upon both sides.

Do you imagine they will not come against you if you... Dammit, Elizabeth.

Warwick is not the enemy.

He is a friend and I have disregarded him. And I am resolved to sign this

treaty with Burgundy against France. No, and it will be two years of his life

that have been wasted.

I must give him something. Then give him something.

But not this.

You must show him you are your own man.

King now.

He may not grow too powerful and come against you.

Obviously he won't mind so much.

He's usually happy with more land.

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

Am I so bad not even you may love me?

Tell me of your plan for me.

Tell me there is a purpose.

Give me a sign, Lord.

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

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

What have you been doing?

Where's the countess?

Bring her in here!

But how?

How could he refuse you?

He promised they would be married.

The king has lost his mind. He's thinking with his britches and over some

little country whore.

Do you think it may be witchcraft?

It could be for no other reason. This is what you get when you put the devil on

the throne of England.

Now he's signed this deal with Burgundy, which will make me look a fool to

France, which is precisely what she wanted.

She will not win this. We will bide our time. She has no son yet.

She will not win!

Her father will find us someone else, I suppose.

Couldn't you marry the Prince of France?

He's not yet married.

What use is a Prince of France?

We must get ourselves in the line of succession here.

Everything that has happened to Annie is her fault. She has ruined our matches

and... We are insulted.

She's another bad queen, just like the last one.

Tell me about the old Bad Queen, Izzy.

What was she like again?

The Bad Queen called herself Margaret of Anjou.

But really, she was a she-wolf, and she rode at the head of an army of

naked, wild men, and everything in their path.

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

And while he slept, the she-wolf tore apart England with her terrible

ambition. She murdered our grandfather.

And she tried to spear father with a roasting spit.

But one day, father and King Edward fought a battle against

her.

hill in the snow it was the bloodiest battle ever and she lost

so she blew away like a blizzard into the cold cold north

and edward became the king hurrah hurrah

and her son the prince of ice ah yes prince edward is an ice boy

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

But he isn't really Henry's boy.

Because the king was always sleeping.

So they say that his father... is the devil.

Thank you, Izzy.

Don't worry, Annie.

Father would think of something.

Father always has a plan.

The King has chosen Burgundy.

And Warwick's secret deal with France is over.

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

Burgundy. So Warwick is escorting Margaret to her wedding in Burgundy.

Ah, he's a nursemaid.

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

And you, Elizabeth, must have sons.

Lizzy, do you hold Mary?

we shall never get there from a stop every three minutes girls.

where's father?

i told you he's traveling his kingdom.

we're riding to join him.

elizabeth!

father? what are you doing here?

we are to ride with you. there is a rebellion.

a robin of reedsdale. that's a fanciful name for some petty rebel father.

Edward will stamp it all out in a heartbeat.

Someone is paying the men, Elizabeth.

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

What threat is Warwick to us now? This is no joke, Elizabeth.

It is certain.

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

He's king-making again.

Izzy, you look beautiful.

Do you think George will adore me, Annie, the way that the king does her?

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

It is not him I was concerned with.

Just I did rather want to be a duchess.

Come, let's get this done.

Annie.

Henry, please don't leave me.

Mother!

My boys!

I knew that Warwick was angry, but never did I imagine he would raise his own

army against me.

He's betrayed me.

And so has George, for now I hear he has married Isabel against my clear command.

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

God damn them both. But are you sure that is what you're doing? I am sure of

nothing.

We've always stood shoulder to shoulder on the battlefield.

At the Battle of Mortimer's Cross, there were three sons in the sky. Three sons!

Everybody said it was a sign from God for me, Richard and George, the three

sons of York. So how can one brother betray the others?

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

betrays us with them? Our mother is not here.

She's surely gone to attend their wedding. George is her darling, after

all. Why would she back George instead of you?

The odd story.

Whether I am my father's son, whether I am legitimate!

George is saying that I'm a bastard and that would make him the true York heir.

Damn it. We will go and scotch this snake's nest before it comes out of the

ground.

Annie, Annie, what is it?

Was George bad to you?

Has he hurt you?

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

That's not it.

It's very much worse, Annie.

My wedding was never for me at all.

It was a sign from father that men should rise against the king.

Go to the city of Norwich.

Be a queen. Look unconcerned. I just cannot bear that this is happening. You

must take care, please, all of you.

Father, stay safe.

Elizabeth,

trust no one. Show them you are queen.

We will be back soon.

Your Grace.

Still no word.

Warwick's got past out of account.

His army's coming to besiege us right to the protection of London.

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

To arms!

He's done it.

Father has the king.

Dearest wife, prepare yourself for bad news.

I am prisoner, held by Warwick.

I am unhurt, but you are in very grave danger, as Warwick will come after you

if he can.

Your father and brothers have escaped and will be on their way to you.

You must hasten to London. You must raise the city and arm the tower for a

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

I love you with all of my heart, the one and only King of England, Edward.

Thank God. We must go to London. Warwick has captured Edward and he's coming

after me. Elizabeth. Her father and John, are they with you? Because Edward

said we must go to London. Sister.

Our father and John.

They're dead.

They were beheaded.

There was no charge.

No trial. Only the word of Warwick.

No. Edward said. You want to scare me. It was an ambush.

They were waiting on the road ahead.

No Anthony, no! God, no! That is not true Anthony!

No!

Morning, Margaret.

You've heard. They've snatched him. Like the crown from the top of the maple.

I do not know what they intend, but I shall write to George and tell him he

can name his price.

If it will return my son his title, my husband must not know.

My road. Nothing.

Take me to Henry, Jasper.

I have something marvellous to tell him.

Come.

Today is a special day.

Because I have something important to tell you. I have known this for a long

time. But I've waited until I was sure to tell you both.

You will be king.

Have you lost your senses, Margaret?

God has told me in a vision, Henry. He said that you are his chosen one.

And you will be.

King Henry Tudor of England.

Ignore what your mother just said, Henry, for it is treason, and she would

surely lose her head for it. You had a vision. And I have prayed upon it.

But now, now the old York poison spits their house in two, I know God has

spoken to me truly.

I will not hear this.

Elizabeth makes only little witches for the burning. Perhaps the other Orcs will

be as cursed, and when they are, we will be waiting with my boy for his chance

upon the throne.

has said you will be king.

And you must hold that in your heart.

And when you are crowned king, my mother will kneel to me and she will call me

Margaret Regina.

What kind of a monster is he?

No charge, no trial, no chance for defense.

It's an execution.

And I shall have his head for it.

Warwick cannot go unpunished.

I cannot bear him.

Your father knew the risks.

God knows it wasn't his first battle.

She sent me this before they killed him.

Tells me to be happy.

Sends you his love.

John is such a loss to me.

He had his whole life ahead of him.

When you raise a boy and he becomes a man, you start to believe that he is

safe and that you are safe from heartbreak.

I should have known.

I should have seen it.

Edward's mother will know this pain.

She will know the loss of her son, George. I swear it. You have lost a son

and so shall she. What should that achieve?

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

But they still have Edward. I must avenge my father and my brother or God

knows I shall go mad.

I'm trying to do it differently.

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

But now... I want them dead.

Tear off a corner.

Write their names on it in blood.

Heat the charm. Keep it in the darkness.

Do it by the riverside on the waning moon.

Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, I curse you.

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

By my will, you both shall die.