伊莎贝拉与玛格丽特28

But Edward's plans had been well laid

Under cover of darkness

a group of young knights made their way

through these secret tunnels into the castle

Mortimer and Isabella were surrounded before they knew what was happening

Isabella was forced back into her bedchamber

and Mortimer was disarmed and overpowered in a matter of moments

After three years

the rule of Isabella and her consort was over

There was no doubt about Mortimer's fate

He was sentenced to a traitor's death for killing the last King

and usurping the power of the new one

He was hanged at Tyburn like a common thief

More than 20 years of brutal political experience told Isabella

that Mortimer's fate was inevitable

But what would hers be?

She was, after all, the King's mother and

once Mortimer was dead, the story could be spun

that she had been diverted from her royal duty by his machinations

Presumably she mourned for him

but she'd always been a realist

and she took care to leave no public traces of her grief