Fact1: chaotic and bloody civil war In ends with Henry and son Prince Edward murdered by Field Marshal Richard Gloucester of rival faction supported by House of York late 1930s England, Fact2: Richard is determined to take crown, Fact3: brother is imprisoned under sentence of death, Fact4: Elizabeth persuades Edward to spare life, Fact5: Buckingham also disturbed by murders of princes and Hastings flees to meet Richmond
Output: In late 1930s England, a chaotic and bloody civil war ends with Lancastrian King Henry and his son Prince Edward murdered by Field Marshal Richard Gloucester of the rival faction supported by the House of York. Richards elder brother Edward York becomes King, while the Lancastrian heir, Henry Richmond, flees to France. Richard is determined to take the crown, and pits King Edward against his brother, George Clarence, who is imprisoned under a sentence of death. Meanwhile, Richard deceives and marries Prince Edwards widow Lady Anne Neville. Queen Elizabeth intercedes on Clarences behalf and persuades Edward to spare his life. However, Richard destroys the royal pardon and commissions James Tyrrell to execute Clarence, ostensibly in compliance with Clarences death sentence. Richard informs Edward of Clarences death at a meeting with Prime Minister William Hastings, and the King dies from a stroke. As Edwards sons are underage, Richard becomes Regent, taking the title of Lord Protector with the support of the ambitious and corrupt Henry Buckingham. In order to undermine his rivals for the throne, Richard has Rivers, the Queens brother, assassinated and uses the sordid circumstances of his death to damage the Queens reputation and casting doubt on the legitimacy of her sons. Reluctant to support Richards claim to the crown, Hastings opposition so enrages Richard that he manufactures false charges of treason against Hastings, and he is sentenced to death by hanging. Having made an example of his only vocal opponent, Richard persuades the Lord Mayor of London and members of the House of Lords to acknowledge his claim to the throne and crown him King. Following his coronation Richard, now King Richard III, seeks to make his throne secure. He employs Tyrrell to murder the princes, after failing to convince Buckingham to do so. Aware that Richmond intends to marry Elizabeth, he instructs Sir William Catesby to spread rumours that Lady Anne is ill and likely to die, intending to marry Elizabeth himself. Lady Anne is found dead sometime later from an apparent drug overdose. Impatient for the promised reward for his loyalty, Buckingham demands the Earldom of Hereford. Richard dismisses this in a highhanded manner, with the line I am not in the giving vein. Buckingham, also disturbed by the murders of the princes and Hastings, flees to meet Richmond, but is later captured and killed by Tyrrell under Richards orders. Meanwhile, Richmond gathers supporters, among them the Archbishop of Canterbury and Richards mother, the Duchess of York. They are joined by Air marshal Thomas Stanley. Richmond marries Elizabeth and unites both Houses and political factions against Richard. With the loyalty of the army slipping and the legitimacy of his claims to the crown weakened, Richard prepares for the final battle against the Lancastrians, who plan a seaborne invasion and an advance on London. Richards remaining loyal troops, assembling in a marshalling yard, are attacked from the air, revealing Stanleys defection to the Lancastrian cause. The two armies meet soon after at a ruined military base. Richard and Richmond seek each other out, but when his vehicle stalls Richard flees into the structure. Pursued by Richmond, Richard is forced to exit on to exposed metal beams, high above the burning battlefield. Cornered by Richmond and refusing to surrender, Richard falls into the fiery inferno with a triumphant grin.