Although their marriage is in trouble in Episode 10, spending time with his ill wife and performing this gesture demonstrate that there are still some remnants of his romantic affection for her, even if it's nowhere near as strong as it used to be. Affectionate Gesture to the Head: After Queen Anne experiences an acute coughing fit in the middle of a party, she rests in bed while Richard III caresses the top of her head to soothe her.Adaptation Name Change: The TV adaptation renamed Elizabeth Shore to Jane Shore, presumably to avoid confusion with the two main characters already named Elizabeth (and because "Jane" is the name she used in Real Life and is better known by as a historical figure).Adaptation Distillation: Three novels and 21 years of events are squeezed into a 10-episode miniseries.
Action Mom: Margaret of Anjou's husband Henry VI is imprisoned and suffers from a mental illness, so she takes matters into her own hands by waging a war on the Yorkists to secure her son's inheritance.Aneurin Barnard's portrayal of the character includes a couple of Shirtless Scenes which demonstrate that Richard is devoid of a physical handicap. Abled in the Adaptation: The real Richard III had severe scoliosis which caused his shoulders to be uneven, although the deformity wouldn't be noticed under clothing.It spawned two sequel series - The White Princess in 2017, about Elizabeth of York, and The Spanish Princess in 2019, about Catherine of Aragon. Aneurin Barnard portrays a sympathetic Richard III while Rupert Graves is key to the latter episodes of the series as Lord Stanley, The Chessmaster. Rebecca Ferguson stars as Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England, while Amanda Hale plays Margaret Beaufort and Faye Marsay plays Anne Neville. The series follows the lives of Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville-the eponymous heroines of the aforementioned books-in the period of 1464-1485, during which England was ruled by the House of York during the latter stages of the Wars of the Roses.
A British historical drama miniseries which ran for ten episodes in 2013, nominally based on The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, but also takes material from two other novels in the series, The Red Queen and The Kingmaker's Daughter.
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