伊莎贝拉与玛格丽特4

Gaveston was so magnificently dressed

one observer noted, that "he more resembled the god Mars than an ordinary mortal."

Isabella was only 12, but she knew how a King's wife should be treated

And it was clear that her rightful place at Edward's side had already been taken, by Gaveston

Isabella wasn't the only one who noticed the relationship between Edward and Piers

Her French uncles went home in a rage

insulted that Edward would have given some of their wedding presents to Gaveston

A chronicler of the time wrote

"I do not remember to have heard that one man so loved another."

Not only was Isabella finding that there were three people in her marriage

but Gaveston's preening and waspish presence

was having an equally corrosive effect on the King's relationship with his nobles