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In a tale of power, family, love and betrayal, "The White Princess" -- adapted from Philippa Gregory's best-selling novel of the same name -- follows up the BBC/Starz miniseries "The White Queen."
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The White Princess is a historical drama television miniseries developed for Starz. It is based on Philippa Gregory 's 2013 novel of the same name and, to a lesser extent, its 2014 sequel The King's Curse. It is a sequel to the 2013 miniseries The White Queen, which adapted three of Gregory's previous novels, and begins immediately where The ...
A pretender to the throne is held captive at court, confounding the Tudors, and creating a new rift in Lizzie and King Henry's marriage. Lizzie faces an impossible choice, and makes a risky move to try to eliminate the threat to her family.
- Elizabeth and Richard III's Love Affair
- The Mannerisms of Elizabeth of York
- The Marriage Between Elizabeth of York and Henry VII
- Elizabeth of York Is A Witch
- The Costumes
The first episode of the seriesshows Elizabeth of York heartbroken over the loss of Richard, her uncle, with multiple snippets of a lustful encounter. However, there is not much historical context regarding this affair. With Richard being Elizabeth's uncle, it is highly unlikely that the two would have had such a relationship, and somewhat of a rea...
This particular aspect of the show is neither accurate nor inaccurate per se, but there was little to no written documentation for how Elizabeth conducts herself. Jodie Comer, who plays Elizabeth, was quoted in an interview for Harper's Bazaaras saying that, because there was so little written on the monarch, she used it to her advantage as an actr...
As stated previously, while the marriage between Elizabeth and Henry is accurate, there are creative liberties that the show took to portray the inner workings of their marriage. According to the show, Henry and Elizabeth had a tumultuous start to their union. However, there is no documentation that shows this animosity. In fact, the two were marri...
While there was a rumor that the Woodville family practiced magic, they were never historically documented as witches. The show even goes so far as to portray the women of the Woodville family as being known witches that are constantly practicing magic to scheme their way to the top of England's monarchy. That simply is not the case, historically s...
While there are good efforts made with the costumes, they are ultimately inaccurate from a historical point of view. Elizabeth of York would never have worn dresses that exposed cleavage, for example. Alongside this, Elizabeth of York also plucked the hairs on her head to make her forehead appear wider, which is not shown in The White Princess. Nex...
Apr 6, 2017 · Apr 13, 2017. The sets and costumes look a tad more realistic than what Disney might whip up, but only a tad. The performances are decent, although often bordering on melodramatic excess, which is to be expected, really. Watching Davis and Fairley compete to see who can masticate more scenery makes Princess worth a look.
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Nov 17, 2017 · Adapted from Philippa Gregory’s bestselling novel of the same name, The White Princess centres on the marriage of Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII.This union between the rival houses of York and Lancaster was seen to bring peace after the Wars of the Roses, a series of conflicts between 1450 and 1500 that saw England riven by revolts, murderous coups, financial collapse and full-scale ...
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Based on the Philippa Gregory novel of the same name, THE WHITE PRINCESS tells the story of the marriage between Elizabeth of York (Jodie Comer) and King Henry VII (Jacob Collins-Levy). Edward III, the last of the Plantagenet kings, has died in the 1485 Battle of Bosworth. Now the White Queen 's daughter and the late King's lover, Elizabeth of ...
