Ahead of the series' premiere, here's a brief White Princess primer, courtesy of Frost and star Jacob Collins-Levy, who plays Henry. OLD NAMES, NEW FACES | Though some of the same characters appear in both The White Queen and The White Princess, they are played by entirely different actors.

Are The White Queen and The White Princess the same show?

The Tudors and Yorks, especially, have a rich narrative and it shows in all the TV series about that era. Starz's The White Princess is the latest retelling; it's based on a novel of the same name by Philippa Gregory, and a sequel to the novel and subsequent BBC/Starz adaptation The White Queen.

Is The White Queen's Daughter The White Princess?

Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name, the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII.

Is the Spanish princess connected to The White Queen?

The White Princess is about Elizabeth of York who is the mother of Henry VIII, who is the husband of Catherine of Aragon, the protagonist of The Spanish princess. They're both series produced by the company Starz and they're considered sequels to another production.

Do I watch The White Princess or White Queen first?

The series started with The White Queen, followed by The White Princess, and the first season of The Spanish Princess. These shows on STARZ are full of royal intrigue, coups, backstabbing, affairs, and ruthless machinations.

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Why did they change the actors in The White Princess?

OLD NAMES, NEW FACES | Though some of the same characters appear in both The White Queen and The White Princess, they are played by entirely different actors. “White Queen covered 24 years on its own, so we had to do some fairly drastic aging of the lead actors by the end of it,” Frost explains.

How historically accurate is The White Princess?

It's important to note that the book that inspired the Starz show The White Princess was historical fiction, meaning that, while there are moments of historical truth, the book was also not a biography of Elizabeth of York and is really for fans of shows that play with historical fiction.

What is the relationship between The White Queen and The White Princess?

The novel follows the story of Princess Elizabeth of York, daughter of White Queen Elizabeth Woodville, and focuses on her marriage to Henry Tudor (King Henry VII), which included the birth of multiple children, several rebellions and various other dramatic incidents.

What happened to The White Queen sons?

Woodville had two sons who were meant to take over the throne for their father after his death. They were Richard, Duke of York and Edward V of England. Shortly after Edward IV's death, both boys were imprisoned in the Tower of London and were most likely murdered thereafter.

Why didn t they use the same cast for The White Princess?

We have a different cast, which is largely due to the fact that everyone in The White Queen is dead because we killed them on the screen. I think with The White Queen I used 3 of Philippa Gregory's novels, and I think The White Queen is much more about events.

Who are Maggie and Teddy in The White Princess?

Margaret Pole (née Plantagenet) was an English noble woman and a member of the Royal house of York. She is the eldest surviving child of Isabel Neville and George Plantagenet and become the guardian of her vulnerable younger brother Teddy after their respective deaths.

What did Elizabeth Woodville look like?

Elizabeth was said to be the “most beautiful woman in the Island of Britain” with "heavy-lidded eyes like those of a dragon." She almost definitely had a plucked or shaved hairline in this portrait to open her face as was the fashion at the time - I've also reigned that in a little bit for my modern version.

Did the Yorks ever regain the throne?

Reigns of the Yorkist Kings

However, Edward regained his throne, and the House of Lancaster was wiped out with the death of Henry VI himself, in the Tower of London in 1471.

Is The White Queen Based on a true story?

The story follows the reign of Edward IV and his wife Elizabeth Woodville, who is commonly regarded at the White Queen due to her House of York roots. While this show is inspired by English history, the show takes some creative liberties.

What comes after The White Queen and The White Princess?

After The White Queen and The White Princess, the third installment will be called The Spanish Princess and, like the others, is based on Gregory's global best-sellers The Constant Princess and The King's Curse.

Which Queen is The White Queen based on?

The White Queen is a 2009 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, the first of her series The Cousins' War. It tells the story of Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of King Edward IV of England.

Did Elizabeth of York love Henry Tudor?

As time passed, Henry clearly grew to love, trust and respect Elizabeth, and they seem to have become emotionally close. There survives good evidence that she loved him, and a moving account of how they comforted each other when their eldest son, Arthur, died in 1502.

How much of The White Queen is true?

The genre of the book is fiction as the emotions and private interactions are imagined, but the characters and plot are based on real history. The novel focuses on the romance and marriage of the widow, Elizabeth Woodville. She married King Edward IV of England in secret in 1464.

How old was Elizabeth of York when she married Henry VII?

Henry VII's wife, Elizabeth of York, was twenty years old when the two were married in 1486; Henry VII was 29.

How old was Jodie Comer in The White Princess?

Playing Elizabeth is the 24-year-old British actress Jodie Comer (you know her from the BBC miniseries Thirteen), in her first major U.S. project.

Is there a sequel to The White Queen?

The White Princess concludes the story of England's War of the Roses and charts the rise of the House of Tudor through the tortuous marriage between Princess Elizabeth of York and King Henry Tudor.

How did The White Princess end?

The final episode left us with Lizzie (Jodie Comer) fully embracing her Tudor future with her husband, King Henry VII (Jacob Collins-Levy) and their sons.