~ Twelve - Season V ~

‘During the first year of marriage to your mother, everything was perfect.

‘Even though Elizabeth was our first born, I was satisfied. I knew that I wasn’t going to inherit the throne. Therefore, the pressure to have a male offspring wasn’t placed upon my shoulders.

‘However, when the people grew restless under your grandfather’s rule, all of his children were forced to produce a male descendant. At first, it didn’t mean anything to me. I did try with your mother. But we never forced anything on each other regarding that matter.

‘But when I noticed that all of my siblings had sons with ease, I became envious and questioned the validity of my marriage. Your mother did become pregnant with a male heir. Unfortunately for us, he was born prematurely and died shortly after birth.

‘Being the immature young man that I was, I blamed her for my frustrations. Even though I knew she was never at fault. But because of that matter, it caused a lot of arguments between the two of us. Eventually, I