'The White Princess' Comes to Starz This April

After what feels an amount of time possible equal to the length of the actual Wars of the Roses, the highly anticipated sequel to popular period drama The White Queen is finally about to hit our televisions. The White Princess’ reign will officially begin on cable network Starz on Sunday, April 16.

The series will continue the story of author Philippa Gregory’s Cousins War series of novels, which depicts England’s Wars of the Roses from the perspective of the women involved.

Jodie Comer stars as Elizabeth of York, the titular White Princess whose marriage to Henry Tudor (a.k.a King Henry VII) unites the Houses of York and Lancaster following the death of King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. The rest of the cast is full of exciting and familiar faces, including Game of Thrones’ star Michelle Fairley as the King’s mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries’ Essie Davis as Elizabeth Woodville, the widow of King Edward IV and the mother of young Elizabeth.

The story picks up just three days after the conclusion of The White Queen, as the conflict is still fresh and the peace still very new. (And only really exists because of the promise of a York-Lancaster marriage). Young Elizabeth (or Lizzie as she appears to be referred to in this drama) must struggle to survive, constantly pulled between her York relatives and new Tudor in-laws.

Watch the full trailer for yourself below: