
Edward got a rather shaggy beard and very heavy eye make up before retreating under a pile of furs to die. Elizabeth showed she was older by putting on a version of mum Jacquetta's woolly cardigan thing and trying out her bun hairstyle. Only marginally but it was still a vast improvement on the 25 year old king and queen who have been marauding through medieval England without a care or a grey hair for the last seven weeks. King Charles III receives The St Edwards Crown during his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, King and Queen deeply touched at celebration of. Hoorah! After 19 years and endless wars, fights, children and weeping they aged. Rebecca Ferguson plays Queen Elizabeth, Amanda Hale plays Lady Margaret Beaufort, Faye Marsay is Anne Neville, and the remarkable actors are Janet McTeer as Jacquetta Woodville (Elizabeth's magical mum) and Max Irons (handsome son of Jeremy Irons) as King Edward.

It was all very bizarre but ultimately far more engaging than the weeks of whining we've had to endure from Elizabeth.īack to the action which all started with the moment we've all been waiting for - Edward and Elizabeth looked slightly older.

Gone was the nervous, good hearted but ambitious girl of the show so far and in her place a strange Victorian governess who spent every waking moment pushing her husband to become king. Sadly, it was so far removed from the personality she'd displayed in the last seven installments that it was like watching a different character. I'm waiting on The Lady of the Rivers to become available from my library, and am looking forward to finishing this series.What Anne wants, Anne gets - the Kingmaker's daughter made herself a queen this weekĪnne Neville came into her own in this episode. I actually liked The Kingmaker's Daughter best, and I did not care much for The Red Queen, but I don't care for Margaret Beaufort, and found her the most difficult to understand. I would think reading this one after those three would make more sense, and flesh out the actions of Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort in a better way, as well as understanding Elizabeth of York toward the end of this book. The 2013 BBC One television series The White Queen is a 10-part adaptation of Gregorys novels The White Queen (2009), The Red Queen (2010) and The Kingmakers Daughter, and features Faye Marsay as Anne Neville. I think if you continue to bear in mind that the Kingmaker's Daughter, White Queen, and Red Queen are essentially telling the same story from three different viewpoints, it may not matter which one you read first.


I think if you continue to …more I started with The Kingmaker's Daughter, and then went to The White Queen, then The Red Queen, and now The White Princess. Kelly I started with The Kingmaker's Daughter, and then went to The White Queen, then The Red Queen, and now The White Princess.
