Michael Jones

So if you want to see Mike dressed up.

Big pleasure, Dan.

Well, as a baby, he was in a turbulent time because his birth was actually the catalyst for Edward III, his father, and his mother, Philip of Eno,

he was the catalyst for Edward sorting things out and creating what would be a very stable family.

Because when the prince was born, young Edward was a puppet really being manipulated by a shadowy

regime of his mother, Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer.

He's being dominated by his mum and having his own son galvanise the 18-year-old Edward III.

Unofficially, yes.

They were using Edward as a puppet, in effect.

And the big question was, would Edward form a group of supporters and take matters into his own hands?

My own belief is the birth of his son galvanized him to do just that.

And he, within a matter of months, he burst into where Isabella and Mortimer were staying, arrested Mortimer, sent his mom into exile, and Mortimer was tried and executed.

So within a few months, it had all changed for the better.

Yeah, up to a point.

One of the big issues in the early Parthian reign is the war with Scotland.

The young prince would have certainly been hearing about that.

Philippa of Hainaut, his mum, liked to travel and liked to support her husband.

And certainly, even as a very young child, the black prince would have been brought up near the frontier to stay in a nursery, would have heard stories about it all.

But this war with Scotland, the French were supporting the Scots.

So I think, yes, there was an element of stability a bit.