And one of my favorite actors, Vincent Regan, was the perfect person to play Jasper Tudor. Jodie Comer, Jacob Collins-Levy, Essie Davis, Caroline Goodall, Rebecca Benson and Michelle Fairley perform very well. ôÿ ‘Ôz4 ÇõXçý§¦ÕÇzM-q ÊÔÜëèíÜ¥ IPM ÔÑ om nô££ðïZ©¤u>½h/ºº pÎeÆ6rÝï½5 ¨ T ki¯. On the positive side, the cast performed very well. I've come to expect historical inaccuracies in movies and TV programs, but 1) to 4) listed above add nothing positive to the drama and in fact make it less realistic and less interesting. King Henry is informed the visit didn’t go well because Mary died while racing Lord Strange. 8) Elizabeth of York was not much involved in politics, and was very likely much a less assertive person. She announces Jasper’s returned from Burgundy. 7) Warbeck and Edward were not executed on the same day. Perkin Warbeck is brought back to England and is paraded around London to be shamed. Meanwhile, unrest has been growing in Burgundy and spills over into an English battle. 6) The Duchess of Burgundy was not arrested in London, it is very unlikely she was there at all when Warbeck was imprisoned and even more unlikely that Margaret Pole was delivering letters to her to aid in a revolt. Apart from some quibbles with history (Jasper Tudor was not smothered with a pillow, Perkin Warbeck had no kiddies), and armor that is a Hollywood fantasy, the series does good job of illustrating. King Henry VII and Lizzie travel to Spain in an attempt to secure their sons betrothal. Henry was just one year old when she died. 5) The boy Henry VIII has a ceremony interrupted by Elizabeth Woodville as he is named Duke of York, but this ceremony took place years after Elizabeth died in 1492. 4) Margaret Beaufort, a very pious woman, never murdered Jasper Tudor by suffocating him with a pillow. It is extremely unlikely that Elizabeth of York was in love with her uncle. Margaret Beaufort was born in 1443, the same year Henry VI became king of England. 3) The incest between Richard III and Lizzie which is frequently mentioned (especially in the first episode) very likely never happened. 2) Perkin Warbeck and Margaret Gordon's baby is murdered on the order of Margaret Beaufort, but there is no historical record of the couple having had a baby. The White Queen makes it look like Margaret Beaufort killed Jasper Tudor. 1) Henry VII is seen choking and striking his mother, but in reality he was very devoted to her and would never harm her. But there are many historical inaccuracies, including some that are very degrading to the memory of real historical people. Every single major character in this series really existed. This series strays farther from real history than it's predecessor The White Queen, and is generally not as well-written.
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