1483:- Elizabeth is concerned when Edward allows Henry Tudor home from exile but he reasons that he prefers to keep his enemies close to him. Soon afterwards Edward suddenly dies of pneumonia, appointing Richard as the regent for his young son Edward. Anne, however, encourages her husband to crown himself king as the country's enemies may take advantage of a boy king. Richard takes the boy and places him in the Tower of London, causing Elizabeth, now powerless, to again go into sanctuary with her children. Richard has Anthony Rivers and Elizabeth's son Richard Grey killed and demands her younger son, though she sends him to Flanders and gives over a changeling boy. Margaret believes that an alliance with Elizabeth, leading to Henry marrying Elizabeth's daughter, would secure her son's claim to the throne but her husband Thomas Stanley reminds her that they must appear loyal to both sides and so they see Richard crown himself king.
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- Richard Duke of Gloucester
- King Edward
- Queen Elizabeth
- Princess Elizabeth
- Lady Margaret Beaufort
- Anne Neville
- Duchess Cecily
- Jasper Tudor
- Jane Shore
- Thomas Grey
- The Duke of Buckingham
- Sir Robert Brackenbury
- Lord Thomas Stanley
- Dr. Lewis
- Anthony Rivers
- Henry Tudor
- Princess Cecily
- Prince Richard
- Prince Edward
- Richard Grey
- Maid, Seamstress of the Queen
- Soldier
- Farmer-soldier