The White Princess (2017–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - The Pretender - full transcript
Further political challenges are on the horizon. When King Henry finds himself back on the battlefield to protect his reign, Lizzie learns that the threats they face may be closer to home.
DOWAGER QUEEN ELIZABETH:
Previously on The White
Princess...
Now that you have Arthur,
you are joined with us.
And any threat against Henry
is a threat against
our boy as well.
JASPER:
Don't be fooled by her.
She's formidable
and quite the politician.
The King would have
peace with Burgundy.
Where is my mother?
My mother proved
she was behind
the Lovell plot to kill me.
She wanted Teddy
on the throne...
LIZZIE: If my mother
brings an army,
how can I choose between
my mother and my son?
Perhaps a York and Tudor union
might grow to be a fashion.
Oh! There was no game
that you could win?
MARY: If it makes you feel
better, we will have one race.
JASPER: I assume
she is an expert rider.
Never beaten.
Mary?
I am sorry for your loss.
Get out.
[ theme music playing ]
♫
It's been two days.
Will you not have
something small to eat?
My poor girl.
Come now.
Or those children
will have no one.
Their father is too deep
in grief to notice them.
Grand-mere?
We eat
and then we plan.
The Tudors take from us
the people we love.
They disturb our peace
and now we will disturb theirs.
Elizabeth will have her war.
♫♫
♫
Allow me.
Here...
[ door opens ]
Your uncle is returned
from Burgundy.
Quickly now.
That doesn't annoy you?
Just a door between
your room and hers?
Something's wrong.
[ sighs ]
Look, how could it have
gone so wrong?
When the girl died...
Who died?
Our aunt's
step-daughter Mary.
LORD STRANGE:
It was an accident.
Yet, they blamed us.
Why, if you were not to blame?
There was a competition which...
LORD STRANGE: It was
the girl's own fault.
She... She had to win at
everything. And yours.
If you hadn't been so
wrapped up in the Duchess,
then it might have been avoided.
BISHOP MORTON:
"Wrapped up?"
LORD STRANGE:
He was "attentive" to her.
BISHOP MORTON:
We should maintain
the course that we are on.
My Lady The King's Mother
is already making matches
for the York girls
with the Tudor nobles.
So they may not
be snatched from us
and used to breed York heirs.
DE LA POLE JUNIOR:
We do not know
what the Duchess will do.
She may do nothing.
We should be ready
but not think the worst.
♫
[ sighs ]
Margaret?
You're angry with me.
As I am with myself.
We were so close...
I do not wish to hear
how close you were!
So close to peace.
What was it you thought I meant?
She is a York!
Of all things.
How could you even think to...
MAGGIE: Lizzie?
♫♫
I heard about the accident.
I am sorry for our aunt...
[ clears throat ]
[ baby gurgles ]
Could this not be good?
For Teddy?
If the Duchess turns
against the Tudors,
perhaps she'll send some
men to rescue him...
It is bad, Maggie.
Henry is more
fearful than before.
The threat against the Tudors
means my sisters must
now also be locked
away in marriages.
We must all be turned to Tudors.
Me as well?
You are another York
princess whose children
could be heirs.
Well, who will
I be wed to?
I don't know yet.
Will I live near Westminster?
You'll not make me
go away from Teddy?
I have told Henry I shall
influence the matches.
His mother will not be
let loose to match you all
with beasts or peasants.
I will make a stand
against his mother.
I will do my best for you.
♫
Thank you for coming.
I am sorry for your loss.
You have the English boys?
I do.
♫
♫♫
Go on, lad.
Just as we practiced.
My name is Teddy, Your Grace.
It is an honor to meet
you, Your Grace.
This one looks most like Teddy.
No one outside of England
knows what Teddy looks like.
They'll accept
whoever's by my side.
♫
This boy has
an innocent face,
but he's determined.
He won't shy away.
To whom does he belong?
DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY:
"To my sister-in-law,
Elizabeth.
"I can only beg forgiveness
that I haven't written sooner.
"My shock at Mary's passing
has left me too bereft.
Inside then, girls.
DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY:
"I've learned that you are now
"a prisoner in Bermondsey Abbey
"and have no means to write.
"But I still have
my friends in England
"and have made arrangements
for ink and paper
"to be brought to you.
Lady Mother?
DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY:
"You will need
to write to Ireland."
♫♫
Lizzie, look.
This is me, the Queen,
with my intended, John Welles.
The pawns are our sisters
and this is our cousin Maggie.
And this is baby Arthur.
Arthur is too young
to be betrothed.
But the King has said
that he will win for him
the hand of
the Spanish princess,
Catherine of Aragon.
Best ally to guard
against your aunt.
We may discuss it but
we will not bind him to it.
I will choose Maggie's husband.
It is decided.
Not by me and I am Queen.
And I shall take
the Queen's rooms now.
She is to marry
Henry's loyal
commander, Richard Pole.
The family have been notified.
Pole is beneath her.
And you will move out today.
CECILY: They say
he is a vicious brute
who lost his arm and
half the fingers on his hand
but still fought on!
The King has blessed
the marriage
and it is settled.
As am I, in rooms
the King gave me himself.
Jasper Tudor needs a wife.
♫
My mother's sister
Kate is wealthy
from her late husband
and will bring funds
to Henry's cause.
I will suggest it.
Henry, your mother
must be removed from
the Queen's rooms now.
Oh, forget the rooms.
They're saying
your cousin has
escaped from the Tower.
♫♫
What?
[ men clamoring ]
Take me home.
I don't understand.
Why would people say
he is free if he is not?
It will be Burgundy
stirring up unrest.
But what unrest?
How does it help them
to say that he is free?
They are claiming
that they have him there.
Using his name to raise
an army against me.
No.
Teddy could never...
Maybe not. But my enemies
don't know that.
♫
And he is a York heir.
MAGGIE:
Lizzie, please.
[ sobs ]
Help him.
♫♫
If Burgundy is behind this,
then prove that they are wrong.
Cecily will be married soon.
Let us have Teddy
at the wedding.
If we show that
he is living with us,
a valued member
of our household,
then he cannot be in Burgundy
raising men against you.
All those who say he is
will be proven liars.
And I suppose that
after the wedding
you will say that we must
keep him from the
Tower and with us?
Well, if it goes well, why not?
He is just a child, Henry.
You have seen how scared he is,
how lonely and unloved.
Can you say you have
never felt that?
♫
You are better than this.
Don't be so threatened
by a child...
Show the world the man you are
and let him live with us again.
[ gasps ]
Thank you, Henry.
Do I look beautiful?
I must look beautiful.
Lizzie, are you happy for me?
You and I will walk behind
Lizzie and the King.
Outside?
Yes, Teddy. Outside.
But it's very important
that we're good
and do not make a sound.
Do you understand?
♫♫
MARGARET:
It is preposterous.
To counter that the boy
is free, he frees him.
It is madness!
It is the Queen's madness.
[ gasps ]
Enough!
[ sighs ]
It is enough.
♫
MARGARET: Bishop Morton?
My Lady The King's Mother.
You have someone in the crowd?
The boy will soon
be thrown back
into the Tower.
[ crowd cheering ]
WOMAN 1: God save the King!
WOMAN 2: God save the King!
[ man shouting ]
"Hooray for King Henry!"
[ bells ringing ]
[ man yelling ]
"God bless you sire."
WOMAN:
Princess Cecily!
Princess Cecily!
Princess Cecily!
[ crowd continues cheering ]
♫♫
King Warwick, we support you!
Warwick! I'm Warwick.
Shh!
King Warwick!
King Warwick!
MARGARET:
What's the boy saying? Guards?
MAN: King Warwick!
[ crowd cheering ]
MARGARET: Guards, get the boy.
No. No, please.
Get back!
Keep away from him.
You will not harm him!
York is the true king!
KING HENRY TUDOR:
De la Pole!
York!
MAN: York!
[ groans ]
Traitor!
[ Maggie shrieking ]
No! Where are you
taking him?
KING HENRY TUDOR: Get him.
Take him down.
Where are you taking him?
It's not his fault!
It's supposed to be
my wedding day!
GUARD: Grab the child.
Ah, get off me!
♫
JASPER:
You're safe.
KING HENRY TUDOR: One voice.
That's all it took.
One woman crying out
and men
that swore fealty
turn against me.
John De la Pole.
Just one, not all of your men.
The other De la Poles have fled.
Who else is against me?
It's a pox that
spreads like a plague
and whispers
in men's ears,
"Rise up!
"For no one loves the King!
"Rise up and
spread this poison."
This has done me harm.
And it was your idea.
You cannot think
that I wanted this.
All I wanted was my cousin
from the Tower
and now he is back inside.
It is neither his fault
nor mine.
MARGARET: It is Elizabeth,
your mother's.
What?
She must have
instructed De la Pole
to snatch the boy
to hand to Burgundy.
My mother is in Bermondsey and
she is watched night and day.
The woman who set off
the crowd was paid to do it.
You must have seen it, Henry.
She did her job and she fled.
Elizabeth will strike again.
There is only one way
to ensure she doesn't...
What?
What way?
Silence her forever, Henry,
and Burgundy will lose
their agent
and their links to all
your enemies.
Cut off the head
and the snake will die.
Henry?
No, she is my mother.
She is our son's grandmother!
All of England laughs
behind my back.
I am a fool to them,
that has no love
from any man.
Do you not
think that I would
kill for that?
I would kill for less than that.
♫
Please tell Henry
it wasn't Teddy's fault.
He didn't mean it.
He always says that
when someone
calls out to him.
Lizzie?
I am sorry, Maggie.
Well, then will you
try to help him?
The best thing you can do is
be obedient to
your marriage plans.
And pray for patience.
Do you know now?
Who he is?
He is a soldier.
He is not a man I have met.
He lives in Wales.
You did not make
the choice then?
Lady Margaret did.
[ woman giggles ]
More wine for my ladies.
It is a wedding after all
and we shall celebrate.
You are recovered from them?
The King tells me the Queen
would have me wed.
[ crowd applauds ]
She wishes to
draw attention from
her own sister.
If it would benefit
the King then...
I will do whatever
is asked of me,
but if not, then...
I would sooner...
Have my leave to stay at court.
At court?
I would like us
to speak plainly, Margaret.
Dance, wife?
[ women giggling ]
♫♫
♫
[ murmuring ]
♫♫
[ panting ]
[ exclaiming]
The Flemish troops
are paid for and in place.
They ready the
fleet as we speak.
And the Irish?
Are they with us?
Did Elizabeth's letter
do its work?
It did.
Kildare and others
pledge their armies.
Lambert!
No!
Why do you look at me?
You said...
DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY:
I said "Lambert."
Who is "Lambert?"
You are Edward, Earl of Warwick.
What name do you
answer to, Edward?
DUCHESS CECILY:
Why so much time
on the sword?
Surely comportment lessons
would serve him better.
He must have
the rudiments
of defense
or he won't last in battle.
Battle?
She's not sending
him into battle,
he's all of 10 years old.
She'll set him on a horse
and he'll rouse the men
and that'll be the end of it.
My Lady, the boy is
of little use
unless he leads the
army into England.
If you are nervous,
you give your opponent signs.
He will take advantage.
No matter what you feel inside,
you must always show
a brave face to the world.
You must not show fear.
Do you understand?
♫
Good.
Now tell me your name.
Teddy.
And what makes you
special, Teddy?
I am the rightful
King of England.
Now show me
what you can do
with that sword.
[ exclaims ]
ELIZABETH:
"And I send you my
most heartfelt thanks.
"For coming to our aid."
ALL: It's Lizzie!
Lizzie!
ALL: Lizzie!
Lizzie!
♫♫
I'm sorry that I
didn't come sooner.
But you're here now.
How's Arthur?
He is well.
I would have brought him but...
Henry doesn't know you're here?
No.
Look at you, Anne!
How much you've grown.
I swear you're almost
as tall as me.
How did you get in?
The monks.
They let you through?
LIZZIE: I am Queen now,
I command them.
Well, tell me everything.
Are you well?
What news from
Burgundy? Does my
aunt send help to us?
I hoped that you would tell me.
You write to her.
Surely you must know?
I can get nothing in or out.
For the first time in my life,
I am bereft of
letters and of news.
Tell me, please.
What of the Tudor court?
Your marriage.
Would you still push him
from the throne?
You are truly not in
touch with anyone?
Even the boy who used
to take my messages
for me has gone away.
Margaret is convinced
you are the cause
of Henry's troubles.
She would have you dead.
Of course she would.
No, Mother, this is not
an idle threat.
This time he means it.
♫
He believes you planned for
Teddy to be snatched
and used against us.
I know nothing of it.
If I knew what my aunt
had planned,
then maybe I could
talk him round.
If you know anything,
please, help me.
I have no power anymore.
I have these four walls and
your sisters, and that is all.
Henry...
Even you.
Even you.
I was just...
I know what
you were doing.
I have you followed.
And I am proven right too
because you went
to see your mother.
Did you really think
you could just slip into
the abbey where I keep her
if I did not permit it?
You lied to me and you are
as treacherous as she is.
Henry.
Henry.
I went to see my mother, yes.
Because you said
you would execute her.
I went behind your back,
but it was to help us.
To see if she is plotting
with Burgundy.
And is she?
I don't know.
Because she told me nothing.
Because my mother
no longer trusts me.
She saw before I did myself
that I am Tudor now.
The birth of Arthur makes me
so whether I like it or not
because I will never
stand against him.
Our son puts me
on your side forever.
You may disbelieve it
if you choose...
but you are all I have now.
Our family is all I have and...
If you don't trust me...
[ retching ]
I want to go home.
I want my father.
You're not going home.
You're going to war.
[ retching ]
♫♫
It isn't even rough.
There's barely any heave at all!
How do you intend to
protect him in battle?
Lovell and De la Pole
will be there with him.
Have a care.
He's just a child.
He's a child that
will bring down
the Tudor King.
Or is that not what you wanted?
I will not be witness
to this battle.
When you sail to England,
I will return to Burgundy.
♫
JASPER: They have
arrived in Ireland with
a fleet of ships
and 2,000 Flemish mercenaries.
The Irish have welcomed
them with open arms
and they are
preparing to invade.
I must fight to save
my crown against
a peasant boy.
When do you ride out?
Dawn.
JASPER: My Lady, Margaret.
♫♫
Will you walk with me?
Of course.
What I, um, tried to
say to you before
was that what I found
in Burgundy was...
Please, Jasper...
Was nothing more than
the truth about myself.
My life has been
a full one, Margaret,
but it has been lonely.
You wish to marry.
I... I do not.
Well, I would.
If circumstances allowed.
You told me once
that your marriage
to Lord Stanley
was for us to put
our boy upon the throne.
That's right.
If this is
the truth of it...
Then the Church
permits annulments,
does it not?
If the marriage isn't...
I... I do not wish
to cause embarrassment,
to you or to myself.
Your faith, it is
the essence of you.
So, if I speak
out of turn, then
you must tell me.
We have lived our
lives for Henry.
And I do not regret
a moment of it.
But now, in twilight years...
Might we not venture
to cherish something
for ourselves?
Will you think on it
while I am gone?
That's all I ask.
♫
I thought you would like
to say goodbye to him.
There's something
that I wish to ask you.
Do not fight.
You would have me stay here?
Let them storm the gate?
Of course not.
Lead your men onto the field
but do not risk your own life.
Do not fight in person.
If I died,
you would be rid of me.
♫♫
Your mother safe, your cousin
free to take the throne.
How can I prove to you
that I am with you,
except to ask you not to die?
♫
While you are on
the field and I am
at Maggie's wedding...
Take this with you.
Promise me you will not fight.
Come home.
So we can start
our life together.
[ singing ]
[ singing continues ]
[ baby whimpering ]
[ singing stops ]
♫
[ yelling ]
[ horses whinnying ]
[ choking ]
Charge!
[ whinnying ]
[ groans ]
[ baby crying ]
[ grunting ]
[ grunting ]
[ baby crying ]
[ yells ]
[ grunting ]
[ yells ]
[ choir boy singing ]
[ singing stops ]
You go ahead.
Could you take him?
Of course.
Thank you.
ELIZABETH:
"My dearest Lizzie.
"Yes, I have the means to write
"and I know how
that will hurt you."
She is writing letters.
CECILY: Who
is writing letters?
Our mother.
Of course she is.
♫
Lady Margaret said
it was her that
funded the York army.
ELIZABETH:
"But, there's something
I must tell you,
"as painful as it is.
"When you were first
with child, with Arthur,
"I knew then
that he'd never
be the king.
"I don't know where
my sight comes from,
"but I could see it.
"Curse me if you will.
"And hold your boy close,
"but Lizzie, you must
change allegiance
"and back your brother's
claim for England.
"I know he will return to us."
What does she say?
She is ill-wishing Arthur.
She says he will not be king.
She is wishing him to die.
Don't listen to her, Lizzie.
She is only on
her own side. Never ours.
She will say whichever words
best serve her own cause.
Whether they're true or not.
Now, we must go
and help Maggie
with her marriage bed.
She has no mother either.
Lizzie?
Will it hurt?
A little bit.
But then it feels quite nice.
[ knocking on door ]
[ door opens ]
♫♫
My Lady Margaret.
Sir Richard.
An injury from Bosworth.
It is a source of guilt to me
that I can no longer
fight in battle.
And a torment
when the weather turns.
[ clears throat ]
My heart was beating
through my chest
inside the chapel. I...
I do not like
to be, uh, the center
of attention.
Nor I.
Margaret.
I know I am beneath you
but I will try to be
a husband who's
worthy of your name.
I do not want my name.
Plantagenet is hateful to me.
All it means is danger
and a broken heart.
Your brother, Edward...
Must I live away from him?
♫
I cannot bear to.
Then we will often be in London.
You only have to ask
for what will make you happy.
Oh, thank you.
Maggie Pole.
Everyone calls me Maggie.
[ sighs ]
♫♫
You confuse me.
I know that you love
Henry, and love God,
and yet there is
so much hate in you.
It is a shame you
didn't marry Jasper.
Perhaps that is your tragedy.
My husband is
Sir Thomas Stanley!
But Jasper is the man you love.
♫
Can you deny it?
I have no tragedy.
How dare you say
such things to me?
You paint me with your
own sinful desires.
Leave me.
[ exhaling ]
CECILY: Lizzie!
I have a message
from my husband.
♫♫
We have won.
Mother lost again.
My husband says the King
has granted us permission
to leave court.
We shall go and live
at his castle in the north.
I hope you will be happy.
I think I will be
happier than you.
But you must come and visit us.
Goodbye, Lizzie.
Goodbye.
[ sighs ]
♫
[ horse whinnying ]
[ indistinct yelling ]
Henry!
His name is Lambert Simnel.
Routing his army has caused
grave injury to my uncle.
[ groans ]
KING HENRY TUDOR:
The traitor will
be dealt with.
There is another traitor
in an abbey to attend to.
They both should pay
the same price
for their treason.
Lizzie?
My Lady Margaret.
[ indistinct chatter ]
♫♫
For the first time
since I won at Bosworth
we have engaged in battle.
And we slaughtered them.
You slaughtered them.
[ cheering ]
My loyal, true and trusted men.
I have my throne
because of you,
and I am grateful.
You will be rewarded.
But first,
we must attend
to our two traitors.
The boy who led the army.
And the York woman
who has plotted against
me since I won the crown.
CROWD:
[ yelling ]
Traitor!
The penalty for
treason is death.
So...
Who would have me kill them?
[ yelling in agreement ]
And who would not?
I would not, Your Grace.
[ crowd murmuring ]
♫
The boy is just a boy.
A pawn for an adult game
that he doesn't understand.
KING HENRY TUDOR:
And Dowager Queen Elizabeth?
The mother of the Queen?
She has no excuse.
She rallied the Irish.
Paid them in gold.
And yet, here I am.
Undefeated.
Their army barely
drew their swords.
You cut through them
like barley.
Please, Your Grace.
The boy will be given a job
in the palace kitchens.
He will turn the spit.
And be thankful that he has
no need to return to a father
who would sell him
for a keg of ale.
Henry...
And you,
may tell your mother,
when next you visit her,
that the King is in
rude health, and
sends his regards!
[ crowd laughing ]
Thank you, Henry.
Thank you.
♫♫
[ indistinct conversations ]
Jasper.
I feared you were avoiding me.
I have found a wife for you.
Kate Woodville.
The Dowager Queen's sister.
The King has
given his blessing
to the marriage.
Her fortune is significant.
It will benefit the Tudor cause.
[ sighs ]
I see.
We will see each other
at the Privy Council.
And work for Henry's cause.
As we have always done.
♫
Come.
I have something for you.
I had my mother leave.
You are the Queen.
They are your rooms.
I kept my promise, and
now you will keep yours.
We will be happy.
You know she won't
give up, don't you?
My mother.
Lizzie, she has done
her worst.
And look at us...
We are still here.
We have a guest.
He arrived just before you did.
Richard?
Is it really you?
Oh.
Our lost York Prince, Richard...
Is safe!
[ laughing ]
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Previously on The White
Princess...
Now that you have Arthur,
you are joined with us.
And any threat against Henry
is a threat against
our boy as well.
JASPER:
Don't be fooled by her.
She's formidable
and quite the politician.
The King would have
peace with Burgundy.
Where is my mother?
My mother proved
she was behind
the Lovell plot to kill me.
She wanted Teddy
on the throne...
LIZZIE: If my mother
brings an army,
how can I choose between
my mother and my son?
Perhaps a York and Tudor union
might grow to be a fashion.
Oh! There was no game
that you could win?
MARY: If it makes you feel
better, we will have one race.
JASPER: I assume
she is an expert rider.
Never beaten.
Mary?
I am sorry for your loss.
Get out.
[ theme music playing ]
♫
It's been two days.
Will you not have
something small to eat?
My poor girl.
Come now.
Or those children
will have no one.
Their father is too deep
in grief to notice them.
Grand-mere?
We eat
and then we plan.
The Tudors take from us
the people we love.
They disturb our peace
and now we will disturb theirs.
Elizabeth will have her war.
♫♫
♫
Allow me.
Here...
[ door opens ]
Your uncle is returned
from Burgundy.
Quickly now.
That doesn't annoy you?
Just a door between
your room and hers?
Something's wrong.
[ sighs ]
Look, how could it have
gone so wrong?
When the girl died...
Who died?
Our aunt's
step-daughter Mary.
LORD STRANGE:
It was an accident.
Yet, they blamed us.
Why, if you were not to blame?
There was a competition which...
LORD STRANGE: It was
the girl's own fault.
She... She had to win at
everything. And yours.
If you hadn't been so
wrapped up in the Duchess,
then it might have been avoided.
BISHOP MORTON:
"Wrapped up?"
LORD STRANGE:
He was "attentive" to her.
BISHOP MORTON:
We should maintain
the course that we are on.
My Lady The King's Mother
is already making matches
for the York girls
with the Tudor nobles.
So they may not
be snatched from us
and used to breed York heirs.
DE LA POLE JUNIOR:
We do not know
what the Duchess will do.
She may do nothing.
We should be ready
but not think the worst.
♫
[ sighs ]
Margaret?
You're angry with me.
As I am with myself.
We were so close...
I do not wish to hear
how close you were!
So close to peace.
What was it you thought I meant?
She is a York!
Of all things.
How could you even think to...
MAGGIE: Lizzie?
♫♫
I heard about the accident.
I am sorry for our aunt...
[ clears throat ]
[ baby gurgles ]
Could this not be good?
For Teddy?
If the Duchess turns
against the Tudors,
perhaps she'll send some
men to rescue him...
It is bad, Maggie.
Henry is more
fearful than before.
The threat against the Tudors
means my sisters must
now also be locked
away in marriages.
We must all be turned to Tudors.
Me as well?
You are another York
princess whose children
could be heirs.
Well, who will
I be wed to?
I don't know yet.
Will I live near Westminster?
You'll not make me
go away from Teddy?
I have told Henry I shall
influence the matches.
His mother will not be
let loose to match you all
with beasts or peasants.
I will make a stand
against his mother.
I will do my best for you.
♫
Thank you for coming.
I am sorry for your loss.
You have the English boys?
I do.
♫
♫♫
Go on, lad.
Just as we practiced.
My name is Teddy, Your Grace.
It is an honor to meet
you, Your Grace.
This one looks most like Teddy.
No one outside of England
knows what Teddy looks like.
They'll accept
whoever's by my side.
♫
This boy has
an innocent face,
but he's determined.
He won't shy away.
To whom does he belong?
DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY:
"To my sister-in-law,
Elizabeth.
"I can only beg forgiveness
that I haven't written sooner.
"My shock at Mary's passing
has left me too bereft.
Inside then, girls.
DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY:
"I've learned that you are now
"a prisoner in Bermondsey Abbey
"and have no means to write.
"But I still have
my friends in England
"and have made arrangements
for ink and paper
"to be brought to you.
Lady Mother?
DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY:
"You will need
to write to Ireland."
♫♫
Lizzie, look.
This is me, the Queen,
with my intended, John Welles.
The pawns are our sisters
and this is our cousin Maggie.
And this is baby Arthur.
Arthur is too young
to be betrothed.
But the King has said
that he will win for him
the hand of
the Spanish princess,
Catherine of Aragon.
Best ally to guard
against your aunt.
We may discuss it but
we will not bind him to it.
I will choose Maggie's husband.
It is decided.
Not by me and I am Queen.
And I shall take
the Queen's rooms now.
She is to marry
Henry's loyal
commander, Richard Pole.
The family have been notified.
Pole is beneath her.
And you will move out today.
CECILY: They say
he is a vicious brute
who lost his arm and
half the fingers on his hand
but still fought on!
The King has blessed
the marriage
and it is settled.
As am I, in rooms
the King gave me himself.
Jasper Tudor needs a wife.
♫
My mother's sister
Kate is wealthy
from her late husband
and will bring funds
to Henry's cause.
I will suggest it.
Henry, your mother
must be removed from
the Queen's rooms now.
Oh, forget the rooms.
They're saying
your cousin has
escaped from the Tower.
♫♫
What?
[ men clamoring ]
Take me home.
I don't understand.
Why would people say
he is free if he is not?
It will be Burgundy
stirring up unrest.
But what unrest?
How does it help them
to say that he is free?
They are claiming
that they have him there.
Using his name to raise
an army against me.
No.
Teddy could never...
Maybe not. But my enemies
don't know that.
♫
And he is a York heir.
MAGGIE:
Lizzie, please.
[ sobs ]
Help him.
♫♫
If Burgundy is behind this,
then prove that they are wrong.
Cecily will be married soon.
Let us have Teddy
at the wedding.
If we show that
he is living with us,
a valued member
of our household,
then he cannot be in Burgundy
raising men against you.
All those who say he is
will be proven liars.
And I suppose that
after the wedding
you will say that we must
keep him from the
Tower and with us?
Well, if it goes well, why not?
He is just a child, Henry.
You have seen how scared he is,
how lonely and unloved.
Can you say you have
never felt that?
♫
You are better than this.
Don't be so threatened
by a child...
Show the world the man you are
and let him live with us again.
[ gasps ]
Thank you, Henry.
Do I look beautiful?
I must look beautiful.
Lizzie, are you happy for me?
You and I will walk behind
Lizzie and the King.
Outside?
Yes, Teddy. Outside.
But it's very important
that we're good
and do not make a sound.
Do you understand?
♫♫
MARGARET:
It is preposterous.
To counter that the boy
is free, he frees him.
It is madness!
It is the Queen's madness.
[ gasps ]
Enough!
[ sighs ]
It is enough.
♫
MARGARET: Bishop Morton?
My Lady The King's Mother.
You have someone in the crowd?
The boy will soon
be thrown back
into the Tower.
[ crowd cheering ]
WOMAN 1: God save the King!
WOMAN 2: God save the King!
[ man shouting ]
"Hooray for King Henry!"
[ bells ringing ]
[ man yelling ]
"God bless you sire."
WOMAN:
Princess Cecily!
Princess Cecily!
Princess Cecily!
[ crowd continues cheering ]
♫♫
King Warwick, we support you!
Warwick! I'm Warwick.
Shh!
King Warwick!
King Warwick!
MARGARET:
What's the boy saying? Guards?
MAN: King Warwick!
[ crowd cheering ]
MARGARET: Guards, get the boy.
No. No, please.
Get back!
Keep away from him.
You will not harm him!
York is the true king!
KING HENRY TUDOR:
De la Pole!
York!
MAN: York!
[ groans ]
Traitor!
[ Maggie shrieking ]
No! Where are you
taking him?
KING HENRY TUDOR: Get him.
Take him down.
Where are you taking him?
It's not his fault!
It's supposed to be
my wedding day!
GUARD: Grab the child.
Ah, get off me!
♫
JASPER:
You're safe.
KING HENRY TUDOR: One voice.
That's all it took.
One woman crying out
and men
that swore fealty
turn against me.
John De la Pole.
Just one, not all of your men.
The other De la Poles have fled.
Who else is against me?
It's a pox that
spreads like a plague
and whispers
in men's ears,
"Rise up!
"For no one loves the King!
"Rise up and
spread this poison."
This has done me harm.
And it was your idea.
You cannot think
that I wanted this.
All I wanted was my cousin
from the Tower
and now he is back inside.
It is neither his fault
nor mine.
MARGARET: It is Elizabeth,
your mother's.
What?
She must have
instructed De la Pole
to snatch the boy
to hand to Burgundy.
My mother is in Bermondsey and
she is watched night and day.
The woman who set off
the crowd was paid to do it.
You must have seen it, Henry.
She did her job and she fled.
Elizabeth will strike again.
There is only one way
to ensure she doesn't...
What?
What way?
Silence her forever, Henry,
and Burgundy will lose
their agent
and their links to all
your enemies.
Cut off the head
and the snake will die.
Henry?
No, she is my mother.
She is our son's grandmother!
All of England laughs
behind my back.
I am a fool to them,
that has no love
from any man.
Do you not
think that I would
kill for that?
I would kill for less than that.
♫
Please tell Henry
it wasn't Teddy's fault.
He didn't mean it.
He always says that
when someone
calls out to him.
Lizzie?
I am sorry, Maggie.
Well, then will you
try to help him?
The best thing you can do is
be obedient to
your marriage plans.
And pray for patience.
Do you know now?
Who he is?
He is a soldier.
He is not a man I have met.
He lives in Wales.
You did not make
the choice then?
Lady Margaret did.
[ woman giggles ]
More wine for my ladies.
It is a wedding after all
and we shall celebrate.
You are recovered from them?
The King tells me the Queen
would have me wed.
[ crowd applauds ]
She wishes to
draw attention from
her own sister.
If it would benefit
the King then...
I will do whatever
is asked of me,
but if not, then...
I would sooner...
Have my leave to stay at court.
At court?
I would like us
to speak plainly, Margaret.
Dance, wife?
[ women giggling ]
♫♫
♫
[ murmuring ]
♫♫
[ panting ]
[ exclaiming]
The Flemish troops
are paid for and in place.
They ready the
fleet as we speak.
And the Irish?
Are they with us?
Did Elizabeth's letter
do its work?
It did.
Kildare and others
pledge their armies.
Lambert!
No!
Why do you look at me?
You said...
DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY:
I said "Lambert."
Who is "Lambert?"
You are Edward, Earl of Warwick.
What name do you
answer to, Edward?
DUCHESS CECILY:
Why so much time
on the sword?
Surely comportment lessons
would serve him better.
He must have
the rudiments
of defense
or he won't last in battle.
Battle?
She's not sending
him into battle,
he's all of 10 years old.
She'll set him on a horse
and he'll rouse the men
and that'll be the end of it.
My Lady, the boy is
of little use
unless he leads the
army into England.
If you are nervous,
you give your opponent signs.
He will take advantage.
No matter what you feel inside,
you must always show
a brave face to the world.
You must not show fear.
Do you understand?
♫
Good.
Now tell me your name.
Teddy.
And what makes you
special, Teddy?
I am the rightful
King of England.
Now show me
what you can do
with that sword.
[ exclaims ]
ELIZABETH:
"And I send you my
most heartfelt thanks.
"For coming to our aid."
ALL: It's Lizzie!
Lizzie!
ALL: Lizzie!
Lizzie!
♫♫
I'm sorry that I
didn't come sooner.
But you're here now.
How's Arthur?
He is well.
I would have brought him but...
Henry doesn't know you're here?
No.
Look at you, Anne!
How much you've grown.
I swear you're almost
as tall as me.
How did you get in?
The monks.
They let you through?
LIZZIE: I am Queen now,
I command them.
Well, tell me everything.
Are you well?
What news from
Burgundy? Does my
aunt send help to us?
I hoped that you would tell me.
You write to her.
Surely you must know?
I can get nothing in or out.
For the first time in my life,
I am bereft of
letters and of news.
Tell me, please.
What of the Tudor court?
Your marriage.
Would you still push him
from the throne?
You are truly not in
touch with anyone?
Even the boy who used
to take my messages
for me has gone away.
Margaret is convinced
you are the cause
of Henry's troubles.
She would have you dead.
Of course she would.
No, Mother, this is not
an idle threat.
This time he means it.
♫
He believes you planned for
Teddy to be snatched
and used against us.
I know nothing of it.
If I knew what my aunt
had planned,
then maybe I could
talk him round.
If you know anything,
please, help me.
I have no power anymore.
I have these four walls and
your sisters, and that is all.
Henry...
Even you.
Even you.
I was just...
I know what
you were doing.
I have you followed.
And I am proven right too
because you went
to see your mother.
Did you really think
you could just slip into
the abbey where I keep her
if I did not permit it?
You lied to me and you are
as treacherous as she is.
Henry.
Henry.
I went to see my mother, yes.
Because you said
you would execute her.
I went behind your back,
but it was to help us.
To see if she is plotting
with Burgundy.
And is she?
I don't know.
Because she told me nothing.
Because my mother
no longer trusts me.
She saw before I did myself
that I am Tudor now.
The birth of Arthur makes me
so whether I like it or not
because I will never
stand against him.
Our son puts me
on your side forever.
You may disbelieve it
if you choose...
but you are all I have now.
Our family is all I have and...
If you don't trust me...
[ retching ]
I want to go home.
I want my father.
You're not going home.
You're going to war.
[ retching ]
♫♫
It isn't even rough.
There's barely any heave at all!
How do you intend to
protect him in battle?
Lovell and De la Pole
will be there with him.
Have a care.
He's just a child.
He's a child that
will bring down
the Tudor King.
Or is that not what you wanted?
I will not be witness
to this battle.
When you sail to England,
I will return to Burgundy.
♫
JASPER: They have
arrived in Ireland with
a fleet of ships
and 2,000 Flemish mercenaries.
The Irish have welcomed
them with open arms
and they are
preparing to invade.
I must fight to save
my crown against
a peasant boy.
When do you ride out?
Dawn.
JASPER: My Lady, Margaret.
♫♫
Will you walk with me?
Of course.
What I, um, tried to
say to you before
was that what I found
in Burgundy was...
Please, Jasper...
Was nothing more than
the truth about myself.
My life has been
a full one, Margaret,
but it has been lonely.
You wish to marry.
I... I do not.
Well, I would.
If circumstances allowed.
You told me once
that your marriage
to Lord Stanley
was for us to put
our boy upon the throne.
That's right.
If this is
the truth of it...
Then the Church
permits annulments,
does it not?
If the marriage isn't...
I... I do not wish
to cause embarrassment,
to you or to myself.
Your faith, it is
the essence of you.
So, if I speak
out of turn, then
you must tell me.
We have lived our
lives for Henry.
And I do not regret
a moment of it.
But now, in twilight years...
Might we not venture
to cherish something
for ourselves?
Will you think on it
while I am gone?
That's all I ask.
♫
I thought you would like
to say goodbye to him.
There's something
that I wish to ask you.
Do not fight.
You would have me stay here?
Let them storm the gate?
Of course not.
Lead your men onto the field
but do not risk your own life.
Do not fight in person.
If I died,
you would be rid of me.
♫♫
Your mother safe, your cousin
free to take the throne.
How can I prove to you
that I am with you,
except to ask you not to die?
♫
While you are on
the field and I am
at Maggie's wedding...
Take this with you.
Promise me you will not fight.
Come home.
So we can start
our life together.
[ singing ]
[ singing continues ]
[ baby whimpering ]
[ singing stops ]
♫
[ yelling ]
[ horses whinnying ]
[ choking ]
Charge!
[ whinnying ]
[ groans ]
[ baby crying ]
[ grunting ]
[ grunting ]
[ baby crying ]
[ yells ]
[ grunting ]
[ yells ]
[ choir boy singing ]
[ singing stops ]
You go ahead.
Could you take him?
Of course.
Thank you.
ELIZABETH:
"My dearest Lizzie.
"Yes, I have the means to write
"and I know how
that will hurt you."
She is writing letters.
CECILY: Who
is writing letters?
Our mother.
Of course she is.
♫
Lady Margaret said
it was her that
funded the York army.
ELIZABETH:
"But, there's something
I must tell you,
"as painful as it is.
"When you were first
with child, with Arthur,
"I knew then
that he'd never
be the king.
"I don't know where
my sight comes from,
"but I could see it.
"Curse me if you will.
"And hold your boy close,
"but Lizzie, you must
change allegiance
"and back your brother's
claim for England.
"I know he will return to us."
What does she say?
She is ill-wishing Arthur.
She says he will not be king.
She is wishing him to die.
Don't listen to her, Lizzie.
She is only on
her own side. Never ours.
She will say whichever words
best serve her own cause.
Whether they're true or not.
Now, we must go
and help Maggie
with her marriage bed.
She has no mother either.
Lizzie?
Will it hurt?
A little bit.
But then it feels quite nice.
[ knocking on door ]
[ door opens ]
♫♫
My Lady Margaret.
Sir Richard.
An injury from Bosworth.
It is a source of guilt to me
that I can no longer
fight in battle.
And a torment
when the weather turns.
[ clears throat ]
My heart was beating
through my chest
inside the chapel. I...
I do not like
to be, uh, the center
of attention.
Nor I.
Margaret.
I know I am beneath you
but I will try to be
a husband who's
worthy of your name.
I do not want my name.
Plantagenet is hateful to me.
All it means is danger
and a broken heart.
Your brother, Edward...
Must I live away from him?
♫
I cannot bear to.
Then we will often be in London.
You only have to ask
for what will make you happy.
Oh, thank you.
Maggie Pole.
Everyone calls me Maggie.
[ sighs ]
♫♫
You confuse me.
I know that you love
Henry, and love God,
and yet there is
so much hate in you.
It is a shame you
didn't marry Jasper.
Perhaps that is your tragedy.
My husband is
Sir Thomas Stanley!
But Jasper is the man you love.
♫
Can you deny it?
I have no tragedy.
How dare you say
such things to me?
You paint me with your
own sinful desires.
Leave me.
[ exhaling ]
CECILY: Lizzie!
I have a message
from my husband.
♫♫
We have won.
Mother lost again.
My husband says the King
has granted us permission
to leave court.
We shall go and live
at his castle in the north.
I hope you will be happy.
I think I will be
happier than you.
But you must come and visit us.
Goodbye, Lizzie.
Goodbye.
[ sighs ]
♫
[ horse whinnying ]
[ indistinct yelling ]
Henry!
His name is Lambert Simnel.
Routing his army has caused
grave injury to my uncle.
[ groans ]
KING HENRY TUDOR:
The traitor will
be dealt with.
There is another traitor
in an abbey to attend to.
They both should pay
the same price
for their treason.
Lizzie?
My Lady Margaret.
[ indistinct chatter ]
♫♫
For the first time
since I won at Bosworth
we have engaged in battle.
And we slaughtered them.
You slaughtered them.
[ cheering ]
My loyal, true and trusted men.
I have my throne
because of you,
and I am grateful.
You will be rewarded.
But first,
we must attend
to our two traitors.
The boy who led the army.
And the York woman
who has plotted against
me since I won the crown.
CROWD:
[ yelling ]
Traitor!
The penalty for
treason is death.
So...
Who would have me kill them?
[ yelling in agreement ]
And who would not?
I would not, Your Grace.
[ crowd murmuring ]
♫
The boy is just a boy.
A pawn for an adult game
that he doesn't understand.
KING HENRY TUDOR:
And Dowager Queen Elizabeth?
The mother of the Queen?
She has no excuse.
She rallied the Irish.
Paid them in gold.
And yet, here I am.
Undefeated.
Their army barely
drew their swords.
You cut through them
like barley.
Please, Your Grace.
The boy will be given a job
in the palace kitchens.
He will turn the spit.
And be thankful that he has
no need to return to a father
who would sell him
for a keg of ale.
Henry...
And you,
may tell your mother,
when next you visit her,
that the King is in
rude health, and
sends his regards!
[ crowd laughing ]
Thank you, Henry.
Thank you.
♫♫
[ indistinct conversations ]
Jasper.
I feared you were avoiding me.
I have found a wife for you.
Kate Woodville.
The Dowager Queen's sister.
The King has
given his blessing
to the marriage.
Her fortune is significant.
It will benefit the Tudor cause.
[ sighs ]
I see.
We will see each other
at the Privy Council.
And work for Henry's cause.
As we have always done.
♫
Come.
I have something for you.
I had my mother leave.
You are the Queen.
They are your rooms.
I kept my promise, and
now you will keep yours.
We will be happy.
You know she won't
give up, don't you?
My mother.
Lizzie, she has done
her worst.
And look at us...
We are still here.
We have a guest.
He arrived just before you did.
Richard?
Is it really you?
Oh.
Our lost York Prince, Richard...
Is safe!
[ laughing ]
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