Britain's Bloody Crown

Henry VI was one of England’s weakest kings. After he lost the last of the Plantagenet lands in France, he fell into a catatonic stupor, unable to rule.

Six years into the Wars of the Roses, Henry VI had his throne snatched away by Edward IV. The man who helped Edward was Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.

One of the most famous events of the Wars of the Roses was the killing of 12-year-old King Edward V and his brother, Richard: the so-called “Princes in the Tower.”

For almost three decades, Margaret Beaufort took control of her destiny to protect herself and her son from the anarchy that consumed England.