The White Princess (TV Mini Series)
In Bed with the Enemy (2017)
Richard Dillane: Sir Thomas Stanley
Quotes
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Princess Elizabeth : I am Princess Elizabeth of York! I am betrothed to King Henry Tudor and he will kill you if you lay a hand on us.
Sir William Stanley : King Henry sent us here to fetch you back to London.
Sir Thomas Stanley : By the hair, if need be. He didn't specify a method.
Dowager Queen Elizabeth : There is no need for that. Sir Thomas Stanley.
Sir Thomas Stanley : Elizabeth Woodville.
Dowager Queen Elizabeth : Sir William. We will come willingly, of course. We have been waiting to be summoned.
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Henry VII : Jasper!
Jasper Tudor : Welcome to Westminster, eh, Henry?
Henry VII : Come.
Margaret Beaufort : Jasper, how are you?
Jasper Tudor : My Lady Margaret. Who would have thought to find us here like this with Henry on the throne.
Margaret Beaufort : I did. I always did.
Jasper Tudor : And your strength kept us through the dark and cold and bad times.
Sir Thomas Stanley : And now my stepson is king.
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Dowager Queen Elizabeth : There is to be no welcome for the promised Queen of England? The king has lost his manners?
Sir Thomas Stanley : He will see you when he's seen the traitors. And others who loved Richard.
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Dowager Queen Elizabeth : These are not the queen's rooms.
Sir Thomas Stanley : The king's mother, my wife, has those. As First Lady of the Court. I'll bring some ladies to attend you.
Princess Elizabeth : Perhaps he does not need me as he means to wed his mother.
Dowager Queen Elizabeth : He needs you. He based his claim for England on you being by his side. With you, he joins the Houses.
Princess Elizabeth : And that is what you want for me, even now? I am to be the spoils of war? The wife of a marauding madman whose mother even murdered children just so he could snatch the crown?
Dowager Queen Elizabeth : You knew that you would marry whichever one of them should win. This man is the victor. For now, at least. You are sworn to be his queen and nothing now could change that.
Cecily of York : Well, unless he does not want her.
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Henry VII : Step forward. Which one of you is John de la Pole, the Earl of Lincoln? The dead York king named you his heir before the battle. You understand that this has been revoked and you are now heir to nothing?
Sir Thomas Stanley : Do you understand that?
John De La Pool Jnr : I pledge by allegiance to you, Your Grace.
Duchess Cecily : I do not. You are not the king, in law nor in God's eyes. And while you may have killed my son and stolen his crown, you are descended from a servant. And while my grandson may impersonate his fealty, I bow only to God and to my own conscience.
Eliza De La Pool : Mother. Please...
Duchess Cecily : Your sister in Burgundy would never stoop so low.
Henry VII : And she has had her trading licenses revoked so you should shut your mouth!
Jasper Tudor : You may be glad you are an old woman whose noise is of no consequence to His Grace. You will swear fealty or be thrown into the Tower.
Duchess Cecily : Jasper Tudor. You would not dare.
Jasper Tudor : Take her away.
Duchess Cecily : You can't. You will release me! Let me walk.
Henry VII : Who are these?
Lord Strange : Edward and Margaret Plantagenet, son and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence.
Sir Thomas Stanley : The Earl of Warwick, Your Grace. The last York heir...
Henry VII : I'm aware.
Margaret Plantagenet : Your Grace.
Edward Plantagenet aka Teddy : One day, I'll be king.
Margaret Plantagenet : He doesn't mean it. Our Uncle Richard once thought Teddy might be king but... well... Teddy isn't. Well, even Richard changed his mind... but he remembers. We are just children.
Henry VII : Do you swear allegiance to me as your king?
Margaret Plantagenet : We do.
Henry VII : And renounce your York claim to the English throne?
Margaret Plantagenet : Yes. We do not want it. And Teddy doesn't either.
Henry VII : Then he may say so for himself.
Margaret Plantagenet : He...
[whispers to Teddy]
Margaret Plantagenet : Teddy tell the king that you love him. What did you say to your Uncle Richard?
Edward Plantagenet aka Teddy : Long live the King!
Henry VII : Your grandfather's lands of Warwick and Salisbury are confiscated, hereby given to Lord Thomas and Lord William Stanley in reward for their fealty at Bosworth.
Sir Thomas Stanley : Thank you, Your Grace.
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Henry VII : I will not marry her. There are a dozen European princesses all of whom are chaste and would make more obedient wives.
Sir Thomas Stanley : But none of whom will unite the warring houses.
Henry VII : The other York girls would. Or Margaret Plantagenet. God knows there's enough of them.
John De La Pool Jnr : But you promised that you will marry Princess Elizabeth.
John De La Pool Snr : If you refuse, you will insult her and the Yorks will rise up in her defense.
Jasper Tudor : The Yorks can still command England, Henry.
John De La Pool Snr : Your pledge was to unite the country which is why you have us on your council. I can only tell you what the others of our House will do and now they feel... Um, forgive me, Your Grace, that you are a Welshman who's lived your life in France and does not even know our customs. Take another as your mistress. Take anyone you choose. But they insist you marry Princess Elizabeth as you have sworn to do.
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Margaret Beaufort : Henry, a child, my grandson!
Jasper Tudor : Congratulations, Henry.
Margaret Beaufort : Oh, God smiles on us. We must praise him with a mass.
Princess Elizabeth : With a wedding. I will not be dishonored so we must hold a wedding quickly.
Henry VII : We will arrange it.
Sir Thomas Stanley : I share your joy, Your Grace.
Margaret Beaufort : We will name him Arthur and christen him in Winchester. You need do nothing. Except consent. And look delighted. England needs a joyful bride. All else will be arranged by me.
Princess Elizabeth : No. No, I will choose the dress myself.
Henry VII : Of course.