One must
consider that it was not uncommon for a lady--royalty or not--to marry another free male from
her husband's family should her husband be killed or die somehow. This was the way women
survived. Without a daddy, brother, husband, or other male taking care of her food, clothing,
shelter, etc., she would be left to beg for her living. Take a look at Katherine of Aragon--she
married Henry VIII's brother first, then took Henry VIII as her new husband.
Granted, it would have to be emotionally disturbing to call your used-to-be uncle
"Dad". After learning that his uncle-father is the reason his dad is dead, that would
poison Thanksgiving and Christmas get togethers indefinitely.
Poor Hamlet.
I have always given him grief about being "Mr. Waffle"--I imagine that being in the
same situation, I would be a supreme waffler in my own right.
By the way,
being from Kentucky and taking lots of jokes about wearing shoes and running faster than my
brothers, I chuckled a bit at the...
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