The White Princess (TV Mini Series)

In Bed with the Enemy (2017)

Oliver Hembrough: John De La Pool Jnr

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• Jasper Tudor : King Henry Tudor has ordered the traitors to be brought to London.

  John De La Pool Snr : Traitors?

  Lord Strange : Men who fought against him in the battle.

  John De La Pool Jnr : That doesn't make us traitors! We fought for our king, Richard!

  Jasper Tudor : King Henry has declared his reign began the day before the battle. Those that fought against him are declared traitors.

  Lord Strange : Ah, the Earl of Warwick. The king is waiting for you.

• 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 You understand that this has been revoked and you are now heir to nothing?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.

• 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.