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With the ruthless Despenser at his side, |
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Edward had found a way to eradicate all opposition |
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by turning his rule into a grasping and paranoid tyranny. |
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Isabella had done everything she could to be the perfect queen, |
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but now, to her horror, |
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she found that she too would be a victim of the new regime. |
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And it was Isabella's French heritage which left her acutely vulnerable. |
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In the summer of 1324 a crisis erupted between England and France. |
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England still held Gascony in the south of the country |
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but Isabella's brother, the French King, was threatening to take it. |
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It seemed war with France was imminent. |
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Edward would order |
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that all French men and women living in England should be arrested as enemy aliens. |
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And his favourite, Despenser, seized on the opportunity |
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to take Isabella's possessions, |
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intern her French servants |
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and separate her from her children. |
