Sarah O'Connell

And Edward IV was taking no chances when it came to securing his royal legacy.

He married and had ten kids, with a woman called Elizabeth Woodville.

Now, most of the Yorkist elites weren't exactly big fans of Elizabeth, since she was a Lancastrian widow whose family was seen as shameless social climbers who'd switch sides just to get ahead.

And it wouldn't actually be the last time they did this, but we'll get to that later.

Because I, everyone knows, love the Tudors.

But The White Queen is like a TV series.

It's on Channel 4 now if you're in the UK.

Starring Rebecca Ferguson from Dune as Elizabeth Woodville.

And it's very good.

Okay.

It's not totally accurate.

But it is very fun.

in a bodice ripping kind of way.

And also Philippa Gregory, who writes all of the bodice ripping.

She basically takes, and look, I'm not taking away the proverb, but Philippa Gregory is not a historian.

Philippa Gregory is a woman who is a very good novelist.

And she basically takes like the loose plot of like an Anne Boleyn or an Elizabeth Woodville character.

And then she writes very saucy novels based on it.

And then they get turned into TV stories.

And look, I watched The White Queen.