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But there was no hint of the She-Wolf when Isabella first arrived in England at the age of 12. Today this seems an extraordinarily young age to be married off, but as a princess, Isabella had been prepared from the cradle for such a royal match. As the daughter of the King of France, Isabella came to her marriage as the living embodiment of an Anglo-French alliance. She'd grown up amid the sophistication of the Parisian court watching her mother act as consort to one of the most powerful kings in Europe. She had a keen sense of her own majesty, and she knew exactly what should await her as Queen of England. What she found was quite different. The signs were there from her very first public appearance, the Royal couple's coronation. Isabella should have been centre-stage, but her place was taken by a handsome young man named Piers Gaveston. He carried the King's crown into the Abbey, and sat with Edward at the coronation banquet. |
