Found this through
Rock Paper Shotgun- it's a game supposedly based on the theme of domestic violence, but more Henry VIII than actual beating. You play a queen thrown into a pit o' death by a king, who then has to try and escape. It's from the Trials 2 school of platforming- pretty hard, and unforgiving- every time you die you start again. Brilliantly, it'll be a new queen with a new appearance and name- the latest replacement the King has found and dumped (literally). It's worth noting that there's only 4 screens, and once you're past the first 2 it's pretty hard to fail.
My eventual escapee was one petite blonde named Queen Ygraine, who sounds like a bit of a headache.
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