well, what you had there was actually one of the sort of secret stars is of it, janet mcteer. she plays the mother of the white queen. the white queen is the wife of edward iv. in a sense, the unity of the house of york that s just won the throne absolutely unwraps because nobody can stand her and nobody can stand her mother. the young woman you saw there, that s margaret bofart. she s going to give birth to the boy who will be henry tutor, who will ultimately invade england. you have this big, powerful piece of english history told very much through the eyes of the women who were not just passive observers of it but were making the histories a it went along. all right. congrats on the book and the show. thank you very much for being here. don t forget to watch the white queen starting next month august 10th on starz. one of our producers got a sneak
girl was born, she would still succeed to the throne as the next in line. the prime minister said today that that s almost a done deal. so i think a lot of people were really excited about the prospect, particularly in a modern period, that a young woman would be able to succeed to the throne. now that s not going to happen because we understand the news is that it s a little boy. well, martin, of course this little boy won t reach the throne for many, many decades. his father still relatively young in the general scope of things. i want to talk about the excitement around just the royal family in general. it s really easy to sit back in america and go, why do they still care about the royal family? then you go over there and people are like, well, you got to understand the perspective, the place they have in our society. can you give us perspective on why this matters so much, especially to people in england? sure. there are two component parts. one is historical and the other is
particularly grew to like her. even when they read about her difficulties, it only increased their affection for a woman who seemed to have so many confrontations and obstacles and came through them. so i think this attention is a direct result of diana s legacy. of course, it s incarnated in her son william because he, in so many ways, is like his mother. he, hills, is aligned with a charity for homeless people in central london. himself and his brother have an organization that serves the victims of war injuries. these are people who have directly learned that kind of connection with common humanity from their mother. i honestly believe that the american reaction is directly related to diana s legacy, her work here, her visits here. she loved america. i remember once seeing her at the carlisle hotel here in new york when she came to give a