My name is Lady Margaret Pole and I am the last of the Plantagenets. I am the daughter of the duke of Clarence and the niece of King Edward IV. No-one could have been better born than I was, but I have led an unfortunate life. If I had been born a man then I might have been the king of England for my claim is far superior to that of the Tudor usurpers. I have always striven to prove my loyalty to Henry VII and his tyrannical son Henry VIII. Nevertheless, I have lived all my life in the shadow of the Tower.