The White Queen

George Plantagenet, I curse you.

Annie!

It was a boy.

You've always been determined to paint him as a villain.

He managed that well enough himself.

You went against us, down on your knees for Warwick,

when you thought that he would make you King. Richard.

Will you marry me?

If I marry you, everything I have becomes yours.

But I will be a true husband because I love you.

I wrote to Mother to tell her about my marriage.

She sent back a curse.

The Queen's baby is coming early.

He's dying, Mother.

It's a comfort to know that they're both with God.

No!

Lord Thomas Stanley.

I hope I will please you as a wife.

I will judge what I can do for your son

and, in due course, what rewards your son can offer me.

You will be required to take up a place in the Queen's chamber

and, to all appearances, be a loyal

and faithful member of the House of York.

Then I will be patient and endeavour to rise in their favour.

Edward!

A toast!

To my Queen and wife who, even now, is upstairs, giving birth to

another son and heir for me.

The Queen.

The Queen.

I can't give birth without my mother here.

I'm.. I'm afraid.

Lizzie, you'll have to, somehow. Perhaps if...

If you're going to tell me to pray again, I swear to you...

Some lavender from the garden, Lady Margaret?

I do not want you in here!

I think you've made that plain enough.

Why are you not with the Queen?

Oh, she has sent me on a fool's errand.

Lavender because her mother said the scent aids birth.

Smile, Margaret. We are their friends

and you must make her love you.

And I have tried but she will not.

She loves only her own vanity.

I don't believe that this is the best way to celebrate

the birth of your child.

Oh, come on, Richard. Don't be such a sour mouth!

Actually, Edward, he's right.

Half of England's already calling you a wastrel.

This is not what we fought for.

Yes, it is! Peace and plenty.

It's exactly what we fought...

Whoring? Really? What about a legacy?

Don't you want to be remembered? I will be remembered.

Yeah, for being fat and lazy.

And what do you suggest, George?

We take France.

Right the wrongs that mad old Henry did to this country when he lost it.

Win back our honour.

A very sudden interest in the honour of your country, George.

Could there be something in it for you?

Why not? You both have enough already.

If we take... When we take France, you will need a Regent.

I could do that, seeing as you'll be busy being King

and he's got ten titles as well as the whole of the North of England virtually to himself.

Have you been counting, George?

France. Reclaim our land. Perhaps we should.

Stanley... Your Grace.

He may have forgotten your turn to Warwick but I have not.

And I've not forgotten that you've got Warwick Castle

despite the fact that that title belongs to me.

You both have more than your fair share already,

so maybe it's time I started to take things.

Give me a sign that I was right in coming here.

Lady Margaret? The baby's stuck.

We must toss the Queen in a blanket.

That's it! Nearly there!

Harder. Push! He's here. He's here, Your Grace.

Oh, it's a boy!

My Richard. Where is his cry?

It's all right.

Why isn't he crying?

Am I cursed?

Will all my children die now?

Lady Margaret.

It's all right, Your Grace.

Help my boy.

No!

He lives. He's all right, Your Grace.

He lives. You have a son.

Thank you.

Oh, you willed my boy to life. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm in your debt.

I only wish to serve, Your Grace.

How's our boy?

He is well.

There.

He is small but he will grow.

I am sure of it.

I missed you.

But I am so happy here, Richard, away from the court.

I feel so hopeful.

Anne, I have something I must tell you.

I've brought someone with me and...

Oh, Richard, please. Not your mother!

They told me you had had a child.

You didn't bring him for my blessing.

My mother cursed me and disowned me.

Why on earth have you brought her here?

George was planning to snatch her from the Abbey

so he could steal her fortune.

He thinks because he has the title Earl of Warwick that he can

have all your mother's money to himself.

So the King and I have acted to ensure that you

and your sister will share it as you should.

So to stop George snatching her, you have done so?

You do not need to see her.

You do not even need to know that she is here.

She's our prisoner under guard.

I brought her here for your sake.

I tried to come and see you.

You brought me here so you can steal my fortune.

You left me on a battlefield!

I was a child, alone, in terror for my life,

and you ran away to save yourself.

You will release me.

It is not my will to have you here but Richard's,

so you must accept whatever he thinks best for you.

Even if I must be dead?

What?

It is how we resolve the problem of your mother's fortune.

The King will pass an Act of Parliament declaring she is dead.

Dead? It is a legal term.

It means you will inherit your half of your mother's fortune now.

Which goes immediately to him as your husband.

And Isabel gets her half as well,

so George cannot steal it all.

Whilst I am left in purgatory or is this hell?

You should be grateful, Countess.

It is here, the Tower or the grave.

Anne, you cannot... You cannot let him do this.

You must stand with me.

You betrayed me, abandoned me. Richard saved me.

My love and trust are utterly with him.

So I have "half"?

I stand there like a beggar with a bowl as my brothers

put their crumbs in it.

It's always been those two, since we were children.

Me out on my own...

or with my "mother".

What can I do? How can I help you?

Please, I want to help you.

It's all HER fault, the witch.

She favours Richard and Edward, simply does what she tells him.

But we are on your side, little Margaret and I.

But now that Edward has his two sons and Richard has his boy,

they think that they're untouchable.

How wrong they are.

Because when we take back France, and when I become Regent...

then Edward will see what I'm really made of!

So send out commissions and muster your men. We will take France!

Three sons of York!

And none shall divide us!

Edward, what are you doing?

Stirring up another war where you could die?

I wish to mark my reign with glory.

Richard could have honour and George will take the Regency for me.

You cannot give George such power. He will turn it against you.

He is my brother, Elizabeth.

And fighting for a common cause will unite us.

It will tear you apart.

If you make George French Regent, you will regret it.

Is it good news?

What, war? Well, good news if the King should fall.

But if he doesn't and he becomes King of France as well,

he'll have so much power,

Brittany won't be in a position to stand against him.

They would send your son home to Edward for the slaughter.

Another war.

When Edward promised us an end to bloodshed

and that our taxes wouldn't rise again to pay for it...

Oh, blame his brother, George, cos he surely talked him into it. Well.

They must have their war without me.

I fought enough when there was reason.

I will not risk my life for this. No, Anthony! I'm going on a pilgrimage to Rome.

Edward needs you by his side in France. I don't trust George...

You will not talk me out of it, Elizabeth.

Take my advice. You've made your peace with Lady Margaret.

Do the same with George.

Lady Margaret saved my son and earned her place as his nursemaid.

George killed our father and brother

and now he's taking Edward into danger.

I'll make my peace with George when he's dead.

It frightens me to watch you go.

I couldn't bear to lose you now.

It was my brother George's plan.

I confess, I am troubled by his sudden call to arms.

What do you mean?

The King has said that George may govern France...