Marged was not born to be queen. Raised as the younger daughter of Iorwerth and married to a Danish Prince, her early life was sheltered and once her brother had assumed the throne she remained very much in the shadows. Following her marriage to Prince Christian she lived in Denmark for three years before returning to Wales to give birth to her first son, Arthur. With the outbreak of war the young family were unable to return to Denmark and as the growing political crisis surrounding Iago grew many politicians began to look to Marged and her sons as alternatives to Iago and his heir Owain. With the death of Owain in 1944 the succession to the Welsh throne fell into doubt. With Iago's rising unpopularity with the Welsh population, and the increase in Republican sentiment it was feared that