England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…

Steven Waddington
as Edward II

Andrew Tiernan
as Piers Gaveston

Tilda Swinton
as Isabella

Nigel Terry
as Roger Mortimer

John Lynch
as Spencer

Dudley Sutton
as Bishop of Winchester

Jerome Flynn
as Kent

Jody Graber
as Prince Edward

Annie Lennox
as Singer

Kevin Collins
as Lightbourn, the Gaoler
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The rights of kings may well have been divine in the fourteenth century, but that was only so long as you could carry the support of the church, your wife and the powerful nobles upon whom this whole game of political jenga was based. When Edward II (Steven Waddington) decides to tempt just about al...