She is best known as the Lady Margaret Beaufort. By her second husband she was mother of Henry VII. She was the foundress of two colleges at Cambridge – Christ's and St John's – and of Chairs of ...

Princess Margaret was known to have a good time, usually with a cigarette or cocktail in hand. But according to her lady-in-waiting, the royal gave up her bad habits without looking back.

What character do you play? I play Margaret Beaufort, a Lancastrian, who was Henry VII's mother. But when we meet her that seems like a very unlikely outcome...she's on the losing side ...

Interview with Amanda Hale, who plays Lady Margaret Beaufort in new BBC One drama, The White Queen. What character do you play? I play Margaret Beaufort, a Lancastrian, who was Henry VII's mother.

“When Henry VII won the Battle of Bosworth, Lady Margaret Beaufort was gifted the site,” Close said. “In 1503, there was a big shindig at Collyweston. So all the great and the good ...