![]() We bond immediately over Max Irons, son of Jeremy, who plays the ludicrously dishy Edward IV in The White Queenand was recently quoted as saying: "Philippa Gregory – she can tell a story." She has queen potential – you can tell she knows her own mind, but she might have to work on being less friendly. Although casually dressed for our mid-morning tea, her matching fuschia sandals and bag suggest she enjoys dressing up. At 59, Gregory has an animated face framed by blonde curls. ![]() She is the first person I see as I walk through grand stone portals to the reception. We meet at a country house hotel not far from where she lives because of upheaval at home: she is building a barn on her 100-acre farm. It is the sort of game you start to play after immersion in her historical fiction – everyone I look at seems Plantagenet material. The White Princess takes over from where The White Queen, subject of the BBC drama series about the War of the Roses, leaves off and I have been wondering what sort of queen Gregory would make. ![]() I am on the train to North Yorkshire where Philippa Gregory lives and have been so engrossed by her latest novel, I'm pages from the end when I alight at Yarm station. ![]()
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