Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Three/@comment-5102537-20130914110054/@comment-5674726-20130922150401

Fimber wrote: Uther told Arthur that "there are some things that are more important than love" (and I found this remark quite unbelievable since Uther married Igraine for love too

Technically, we don't know that Uther married Ygraine for love. We know that he loved her but it's very possible that their love did not precede their marriage, and I would argue that it's very likely that love wasn't the reason for their marriage. It seems much more likely that theirs was an arranged marriage and that love blossomed after the wedding. Uther and Ygraine's situation is likely to be more like a scenario where Arthur made a political marriage with Princess Mithian and they grew to love one another later than Arthur marrying a commoner for love and throwing away the advantages his marriage to a suitable princess or noble lady could bring to Camelot.