Prince Harry is not the first ‘spare’ to stir up royal unrest
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Harry is not the first spare to stir up royal unrest; indeed, the tradition is almost as old as the monarchy itself. The 15th-century version of a spare’s Oprah interview/Netflix documentary/tell-all autobiography was to pick up a battle axe and fight his older brother in open rebellion. That’s what Edward IV’s younger brother, George, Duke of Clarence, did.
Three hundred years before these paragons of brotherly love, John, the younger brother and heir of Richard the Lionheart, also simmered with bitterness and envy. After Richard went on crusade in 1190, John raised a rebellion against the king’s chancellor, set up a rival royal court, took control of London, and formed an alliance with Richard’s arch-enemy, Philip II of France. When the Lionheart disappeared on his way home from the Holy Land, John mused hopefully that he must be dead.
Fearful of a similar situation between her two sons, Louis XIII’s widow, Anne of Austria, kept the younger one, Philippe, duc d’Orléans, dressed in girls’ clothing far longer than was customary for little boys at the time and called him “my little girl.” As an adult, Philippe often paraded around court in his wife’s dresses and jewellery and focused on interior design, which reassured courtiers fearful of another Gaston in the royal family.
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