The White Princess (TV Mini Series)

Burgundy (2017)

Joanne Whalley: Margaret of Burgundy

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• Jasper Tudor : Duchess.

  Margaret of Burgundy : [to ladies]  Leave us.

  Jasper Tudor : Your court is very beautiful. I thought when I returned to England I'd be happy to leave Europe well behind me. I miss the light.

  Margaret of Burgundy : But the light is not why you are here. Enough playacting. Please relay your message from your king.

  Jasper Tudor : King Henry sent a gift. As a token of his friendship. A sovereign. A coin of solid gold and the King himself is rendered on the front.

  Margaret of Burgundy : Perhaps he fears his reign will be so short, he must have permanence?

  Jasper Tudor : The King feels most confident in his reign and would have peace with Burgundy. He wishes to return your trading rights. And forge new alliances between our nations.

  Margaret of Burgundy : So, now it hurts him to lose his gold and ships, he finds it in his heart to be our ally?

  Jasper Tudor : When Henry was in exile, you tried to hand him to your brother for execution. You cannot be surprised that when he won the throne he sought to punish you.

  Margaret of Burgundy : Not, not surprised. He spent his life in brothels and in cow-sheds. What would he know of politics? Or pain. Who has he lost? I have lost three brothers and a father and a husband. This war has cost him nothing.

• Margaret of Burgundy : Tell me, Jasper. What yould you have done with all those years, had you not been at war or out in exile?

  Jasper Tudor : Who knows? Another life.

  Margaret of Burgundy : You have regrets. You would have liked to marry.

  Jasper Tudor : It didn't seem to be God's plan for me.

  Margaret of Burgundy : Of course there are whore-houses, but a true companion, someone you can trust and grow with...

  Jasper Tudor : There was someone I loved. But it wasn't meant to be.

  Margaret of Burgundy : You surprise me, Jasper Tudor. You are not who I thought you'd be. There's still time. You are a handsome man. There is still life ahead. Perhaps a York and Tudor union might grow to be a fashion.

• Margaret of Burgundy : You should have told me that your friend is such a marvelous court jester.

  Jasper Tudor : He is no friend of mine. But then, I think you know that. I'm sorry for my clumsiness. I did not mean to cause you pain.

  Margaret of Burgundy : Will you walk? I thought you would be celebrating. My spies tell me Henry has a son.

  Jasper Tudor : So, you know, then, that Henry's position is much stronger. There will be alliances, a betrother for the Prince. And should we choose a French princess and make our peace with them?

  Margaret of Burgundy : And France is the enemy on our doorstep, and so you would wage war on us with them. But if we are already fighting you, what difference does it make?

  Jasper Tudor : You are decided then?

  Margaret of Burgundy : I have no love of war. But I cannot like your King.

  Jasper Tudor : You do not know him. And you have too strang mind to let the past or old scores sway you. Henry won at Bosworth fairly. In fact, he was the outside chance.

  Margaret of Burgundy : I think that he has you to thank for that.

  Jasper Tudor : I was by his side throughout the battle and since he was a child. I am heart and soul for Henry. I would give my life for him.

  Margaret of Burgundy : What does he do to inspire such loyalty?

  Jasper Tudor : When he has a goal he does not waiver. He was brave in exile, he is strong. He has greater loyalty than any man I've ever known.

  Margaret of Burgundy : Then he would make someone a very fine dog.

  Jasper Tudor : Duchess. I know that you gave Europe on your side and that you do not need England. I'm not a politician, or a lawyer. I don't have clever words. I am a man of war, and while I have not lost my kin to it, I've lost my life. The good years when I should have...

  Margaret of Burgundy : What?

  Jasper Tudor : I cannot bring your brothers back. But if we strike out for peace, then we can see that no one else you love is stolen from you.

• Francis Lovell : You must stand with Elizabeth and fight them. You cannot sit back any longer, Duchess.

  Margaret of Burgundy : Cannot, Francis? So you would tell me what to do now, just as England seeks to? Just because you failed to kill the King while you were standing right beside him.

• Jasper Tudor : I am sorry for your loss.

  Margaret of Burgundy : You said no one else would die.

  Jasper Tudor : If there's anything I can do...

  Margaret of Burgundy : Get out. You're not welcome here. I said get out!