The series star, Jodie Comer, Jacob Collins-Levy, Essie Davis, Michelle Fairley, Essie Davis, Vincent Regan, Joanne Whalley, Suki Waterhouse, Rebecca Benson, Patrick Gibson, Rhys Connah and Kenneth Cranham.ĮLIZABETH OF YORK (AKA LIZZIE) (Jodie Comer) THE WHITE PRINCESS offers the audience the opportunity to look at the Tudor Court in a whole new way, through the perspective of the women as individuals with their own complicated loyalties and motivations. THE WHITE PRINCESS is a tale of power, family, love and betrayal, which charts one of the most tumultuous times in British history uniquely from the point of view of the women waging the ongoing battle for the English throne. Rumors circulate that Lizzie’s long-lost brother Prince Richard is alive and planning to take the throne – forcing Lizzie into an impossible choice between her new Tudor husband and the boy who could be her own blood and the rightful York King. THE WHITE PRINCESS sees England ostensibly united by the marriage of Princess Elizabeth of York (Lizzie) and King Henry VII, but their personal and political rift runs deep and the divide between them threatens to tear the kingdom apart once again. ![]() This is an interesting companion to The White Queen, and the second novel in The Cousins’ War series.On Sunday, Apat 8pm, STARZ premieres THE WHITE PRINCESS, a gripping eight-part historical drama series drawn from the novel of the same name by Philippa Gregory, and part of The Cousins’ War book series. It’s difficult to sympathize with Margaret. In The Red Queen she paints a fascinating portrait of a plain-looking, superstitious, extremely pious woman who is convinced of her divine right to rule England. Gregory is a consummate historical author. On the battlefield, Stanley removes the crown from the fallen Richard’s helmet and, kneeling before Henry, hands it to him. Although pledged to Richard III, he holds back his army at Bosworth until he determines the winner and then enters the battle on Henry Tudor’s side. Stanley is notorious for always backing the winning side. Once loyal to Lancaster, he’s now highly placed in the York court. ![]() Margaret’s next ploy is to propose a platonic marriage to Sir Thomas Stanley. ![]() She then pursues the possibility of marrying Richard of Gloucester, but too late he’s already married Anne Neville. When Stafford dies, a delusional Margaret believes that if Edward IV, whom she despises, could meet her, he would rid himself of his coarse, commoner wife, Elizabeth Woodville, and marry Margaret, the wealthy Lancaster heiress. Margaret rarely sees her son after her marriage at age 13 to an older, trusted Lancaster supporter, Henry Stafford, whom she comes to regard as a coward and a traitor. Edmund’s brother, Jasper Tudor, appointed guardian of Margaret’s son, raises him to be king far away in Wales. In 1453, at age 11, she is betrothed to the king’s half-brother, Edmund Tudor, who dies before the birth of their son, Henry, a Lancaster heir to the throne. Despite her visions of being England’s Joan of Arc, Margaret Beaufort is nothing more than a pawn in the House of Lancaster’s struggle to keep the throne during the War of the Roses.
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