King Edward’s fever breaks bad. The family gathers around and he gives his last orders. His brother Richard (Aneurin Barnard) is to protect his son Edward (Sonny Ashbourne Serkis), the new King, until he grows up and can hire people to look after him himself. This would make sense except for the fact that the person the young king needs protection from the most is Richard. Elizabeth sees this of course and tries to tell the king, but he wasn’t the brightest bulb at full wattage. Richard’s not really rowing with both oars either, because he doesn’t quite grasp that he’s a royal cunt hair away from the throne until Anne Neville (Juliet Aubrey) reminds him. Over and over again. Margaret bluffs her way into the royal pot by setting tongues wagging. She’s a scary one, Margaret, poisoning any chances of Richard and Elizabeth reconciling what they both want, Edward’s protection and coronation. Richard just wants to protect the boy, doesn’t he? I don’t think even he knows. Henry Stafford (Arthur Darvill), the Duke of Buckingham, name checks his royal bona fides but craps out at the roulette wheel. Still, he does better than Anthony, who’s the first on what will certainly be a long off-with-heads week. I’m not saying that the royal family isn’t close, but Elizabeth is able to slip a peasant kid past her entire family to pass as Edward’s brother and get locked up in the tower. After a lot of nagging from the royal ball and chain, Richard calls Edward a bastard and takes away his crown. Elizabeth’s daughter discovers she’s also got the witches’ sight. I hope she gets better magickal training than her mother did. Her spells work fine, individually, but she sets new records in Instant Karma. Luckily, young Elizabeth caught the attention of Margaret, who is wedding planning for horny Henry. “The King is Dead” was directed by Colin Teague and written by Malcolm Campbell. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
