Desperate to further her son's claim to the throne, Margaret Beaufort joins Warwick's rebellion against Edward. The rebellion fails and the traitors must run for their lives. Jasper Tudor escapes into exile, while Warwick and George sail for France. Elizabeth and Jacquetta turn to witchcraft to stop them, but it is Isabel who is punished.
s01e01 - In Love With The King
s01e02 - The Price of Power
s01e03 - The Storm
s01e04 - The Bad Queen
s01e05 - War at First Hand
s01e06 - Love and Death
s01e07 - Poison and Malmsey Wine
s01e08 - Long Live the King
s01e09 - The Princes in the Tower
s01e10 - The Final Battle
"The White Queen" is the thrilling story of the women caught up in the ongoing conflict for the throne - they are some of the most ruthless players in history and will stop at nothing to support their own causes and those of the ones they love.
It is a stunningly rich tale of love and loss, seduction and deception, betrayal and cuddle, vibrantly woven through the stories of three different yet equally driven women, in their quest for power as they manipulate behind the scenes of history - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville.
The year is 1464 and England has been at war for nine years battling over who is the rightful King of England - it is a war between two sides of the same family, The House of York and The House of Lancaster.
The House of York's young and devilishly handsome Edward IV is crowned King of England with the help of the master manipulator Lord Warwick "The Kingmaker". But when Edward falls in love and secretly marries a beautiful young widow, the commoner Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick's plan for control over the English throne comes crashing down around him. Frustrated by the new Queen's influence he will stop at nothing to maintain his grip on the King.
The captivating and beautiful Elizabeth Woodville marries for the love of her King, with the help of her mother Jacquetta a self proclaimed sorceress. Elizabeth's most fierce adversary is the staunchly loyal Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort - a damaged and highly religious woman who would willingly lay down her life to see her young son Henry Tudor take the throne. And then there is Anne Neville, Lord Warwick The Kingmaker's daughter - a pawn in her father's battle for control; who finds her strength and ambition when she takes control of her destiny and marries the King's younger brother Richard Duke of Gloucester.