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Originally posted by: sashashyam

My dear Priya,

Your point is a valid one, but I am confused about your first example. Even if you meant Henry VIII and not Henry II, Mary Queen of Scots, who was his grandniece, was never his daughter in law, as he had only one son, who later ruled briefly as Edward VI. He did want this marriage in order to annex Scotland, and there was an agreement to have this marriage when Mary was 10, but it came to nothing.

As you would know, Mary was first married to the Dauphin of France, who later became King Francis very briefly and then died.

Wait a minute, did you mean Henri II of France?

Yes Aunty, I meant Henry II of France... I mentioned these two instances bcoz they were as we now put it Natakiya Rupantar...😉 The second example is from "The White Queen" TV series mostly based on Phillpa Gregory's The Cousins' War. But the first one is from "Reign" story of Mary, Queen of Scots (which to me seems like a fan-fiction version ) and Stephanie SenGupta has taken the NR par Ekta's standards as well..

He was her father in law, but why should he have wanted to kill his teenage son to marry her? Especially when she had already bequeathed both Scotland and her claim to the English throne to France?

In his final days, Henry is shown to become mentally unstable and in one of his episodes thinks that Francis is not ready to lay claim on England, so decides to divorce Catherine 😉- kill Francis 😲 and marry Mary.. 🤢

Lastly, if Henri II had indeed had such ideas, his queen, the formidable Catherine de Medicis, would have given them short shrift, poisoning him if need be!😉

You are quite right in guessing Aunty...😆 Catherine (along with Mary) decides to poison him 😉 but at the end it is shown that Francis (disguised as opponent jouster) kills his own father in the jousts match.. The only saving grace for this series is Catherine's character and Megan Follows has done a remarkable job. 👍🏼

As for Jalal as a possible accused, as the Shahenshah had full rights to any unmarried woman in his harem, baandi or other, and Shehnaaz is a baandi of Jodha's, any such accusation would have not been tenable.

Yes Aunty, I agree that he has full rights. But is Shehnaaz really Jodha's baandi ?? 😕 I haven't seen her doing any seva, just roaming around the palace..😡 she cannot be categorised as a friend- may be a guest then?? And truthfully this whole Harem system is quite confusing... (I once asked Abhay abt its workings - how married couples, relatives of Shahenshah come under harem mngt.. he said its quite complex.. so not even going there..)

All this apart, its not that Jalal had rights or not but even the thought of accusation would have made him blow his fuse...😆 he has high regard for ladies in the harem and if I remember correctly, during Malwa track, Adham questions abt the ladies in the harem and Jalal answers that every lady is given due respect and none of them were ever forced to do anything against their will... so Jalal would have considered even a false accusation highly insulting and with his legendary temper Shehnaaz would have been a history (sorry already is history.. so may be pack up might be correct word) 😃

Shyamala Aunty

P.S. - Sorry Divya for going off-topic 😳