Why was Elizabeth Woodville banished from court? 

I really enjoyed this conversation, but I think I must've missed some of it...When the video starts, one gentleman is already talking and then it ends abruptly. Is it supposed to only be 8 minutes long?

Fascinating, thankyou! I've never known what to think about this cos I just don't know enough, but now I have lots of lovely info & insights to think about. I like how you looked at Elizabeth of York as an independent person with her own opinions- she might not have been involved in politics, at least not to the extent that Elizabeth Woodville & Margaret Beaufort were, but I don't think that means she was Henry's puppet or slave with no thoughts of her own... or that her non-involvement was purely because Henry wouldn't allow her to have any influence- that could be true, but I never felt like I could assume it was, because I thought it was at least _possible_ that she didn't actually want to be involved. So I was interested by your point that maybe she didn't want to be the same kind of queen as her mother had been. I think that'd probably seem like a very good choice at the time, considering how things turned out with her mother as queen.

* mater rex* the mother of the king magaret beaufourt..., the most important woman in the realm... and cousin to duchess cecily neville... ( her mother was countes of westmorland* joan beaufourt) & the *yorkist queen dowager* Queen Elizabeth wydville- woodville.. there could not be 2 women in the background, let alone 3 or more... receiving cash from the royal purse, a queen consort Elizabeth of York,... the complex history of the kingmaker * earl of warwick and a faction of the nevilles, and their supporters..., including their lands in wales... the percy family of alnwick castle..& their rivarly with the nevilles... the woodville dynasty and its own origins in luxembourg and the earl rivers... the dissaperance and assumed murder of the nephews...richard III , previously duke richard of gloucester, and lord protector and regent of the realm...., did richard follow his older brother edward IV of york will...? are the illegitmate children of edward IV & richard III and their mistress ever discussed... was there a neville V wydville-woodville conflict..., how did this affect relationship between richard III, duchess magaret of burgundy & duchess cecily of york..., edward IV etc... did duke richard of gloucester, prevent or stop a woodville coup, to make queen elizabeth woodville *regent*, the *power vacum had happened earlier in history, often when a minor requires a regent to temp rule until adulthood..... edward III had his mother isabella the she wolf , and her lover the * lord of wigmore : roger mortimer... & a regency council headed by henry 3rd earl of lancaster the young king Henry VI of lancaster, has his uncle as *lord protector*.& regents.., then later his cousin the duke of york ,,,, henry VI wife magaret of anjou had ambitions to be *queen regent* but was thwarted ... who is lady eleanor talbot? was the marriage to lady elizabeth woodville legal? why did the duke of buckingham not lancaster or york, but plantagenet, support and later rebel against richard III...