The White Princess Quotes
Henry: Do you love him?
Lizzie: What?
Henry: The Boy. Do you love him?
Lizzie: Of course I don't. He is my... He is my burden.
Maggie [before The Boy is parading through London]: I'll not go.
Lord Pole: You must.
Maggie: No, I must not. I have never joined you for the hunt or any other blood sport, and I will not start with this.
Henry [about The Boy]: He thinks it was a Tudor who killed the boys in the Tower.
Lady Margaret: Then he only shows his ignorance.
Henry: Who could it be if it were not King Richard?
Lady Margaret: What do you see? An innocent? Your dear sweet nephew?
Lizzie: Of course not.
Lady Margaret: It is hard I know. But the world in which we move, we cannot see an infant as he is but as he will become.
You are the second son. While your brother will be king, you may be pope. And answer only to the Lord, your God.
Lady Margaret [to Prince Henry]
Lizzie: My lords! My lords! Do you know me?
Soldier #1: Of course, My Grace. You are the Queen of England.
Lizzie: Then listen to your Queen when I command you. England is invaded by a pretender and the Scots! Since when have Englishmen feared Gaels and Celts and run from warfare with their tails between their legs?
Soldier #2: They say he is the true king, Richard of York!
Lizzie: If he were Richard, he would be my brother and I would tell you so myself! But he is here to kill your kin and rob England of what was never his! If you fear God, then you will honor your true king, Henry Tudor! And if you will not do it for your King, then do it for me! The daughter of Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth Woodville, who has just passed from this life into God's hands.
Henry: If the man who won the field at Bosworth could betray me, then...
Lizzie: The rest are loyal.
Henry: Are they? Are you?
Maggie: Aren't you happy about the betrothal?
Duchess Cecily [crying]: A betrothal means a marriage, and this marriage means war. He is my grandson. How can I be happy about that?
Pole: What is it, Maggie?
Maggie: My grandmother. She believes the boy is Richard.
Pole: You cannot be surprised that she would say that.
Maggie: It is not simply that she says it. She believes it in her heart.
Jasper: We have offended God.
Lady Margaret: Did you not love me once, Jasper?
Jasper: I've never loved anyone else. But this...did I love you without ever knowing who you truly were?
Lady Margaret: I am selfless. My only interest is the word of God.
Lord Stanley: How fortunate His will is so often in tune with yours.
But there is fear in your eyes. What will you say to God when you see him? How will you explain all that blood on your hands?
Elizabeth [to Lady Margaret]
