'The story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.'
Unlike in The Princess Bride, this film doesn't exactly have a happy ending. In Lady Jane, Cary Elwes again doesn't technically play a prince. In the 1986 period piece, Elwes plays a Lord, Lord Guildford Dudley. The death of King Henry VIII of England throws his kingdom into chaos and a plan is hatched by the Lord President of the Counsel to marry his son, Lord Guildford, to Lady Jane Grey. (Helena Bonham Carter)
Jane is unhappy with the proposed marriage, and is forced into it through corporal punishment by her parents. At first, Jane and Guildford treat their union as a marriage of convenience, but later fall deeply in love. After only nine days, Queen Jane's council abandon her because of her designs for reforming the country. The new Queen Mary, offers to spare Jane's life if she renounces her Protestant faith. When she refuses, Jane, her father and Guildford are executed.
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