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They still do, don't they?
Mm-hmm.
Right.
And Eleanor, this is where we really start seeing her personality right out the gate.
She's, like, 15, 16.
So this is, like, one of the first places we really see Eleanor's personality is when people start pointing the finger at her, like, you haven't had a baby yet.
Because, I mean...
If there's no heir, there could be a war over people fighting over who's going to be the next king.
So it's an important job.
And when people are like, there's no heir yet, there's no heir yet, she's like, I can't get myself pregnant, okay?
Takes two to tango, doesn't it?
She's like, I'm not really sure how y'all expect me to get myself pregnant.
I mean, I'm paraphrasing, but that's the... I mean, I'm sure she's pissed.
She quite famously later in life, when she talks about her marriage to Louis, says, I was told I was marrying a king, but I married a monk instead.
She's like, guys, it was not good in the bedroom.
I mean, that's not quite how things would have gone.
No.
No, she's way too powerful.
It's always just so scary when they can't.
Well, I mean, when you think of, like, Henry VIII, though, he only killed wives that were his own subjects.