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Now Isabella's feelings for her husband and Despenser

turned from mistrust to loathing

But there was one glimmer of hope

The French King was willing to negotiate

So Isabella cleverly put herself at her husband's disposal

as the perfect emissary to her brother, the King of France

She had been so patient in the face of provocation

that Edward and Despenser seized on this solution

believing she could be trusted to return like a loyal lapdog

And so, on 9th March 1325

Isabella left England for Paris

Isabella successfully negotiated a truce between England and France

Then she persuaded Edward that their 12-year-old son

the heir to the throne, should be sent to Paris to seal the agreement

by paying homage to the French King