To secure the Spanish alliance and her own sons' futures, Lizzie realizes she must allow the execution of her brother and her cousin, Teddy Plantagenet.

The episode's title refers to the curse Elizabeth Woodville (Lizzie's mother) placed on the murderers of her sons: that their own male heirs would be taken from them.

The series finale of The White Princess (1x08, "Old Curses") marks the definitive moment where Lizzie (Elizabeth of York) completes her transformation from a defiant York rebel into a ruthless Tudor Queen.

In a rare moment of genuine rage, Henry nearly strangles his mother and physically throws her out of his presence, forbidding anyone from listening to her again. The Legend of the "Old Curse"