Hired murderers carry out his instructions to put Clarence to death. As part of his plan, Richard succeeds in convincing Hastings and Buckingham that the queen and her faction are to blame for Clarence's imprisonment. Next, he wins the hand of Lady Anne, even as she follows the hearse bearing the body of the murdered Henry VI. He first manages to turn Edward against the Duke of Clarence, who is imprisoned in the Tower on the charge of treason. The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) being over, Richard of Gloucester determines to gain the throne occupied by his brother, Edward IV.
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