User blog comment:SquarePoint/Theory about *The Death Song of Uther Pendragon*/@comment-67.239.100.57-20121024230530/@comment-5653470-20121026185140

I agree that he was pigheaded. You have no idea how pigheaded I can be when it comes to particular things but this would never let me abandon or attack my sons.

He would not have approved of Gwen as being Arthur's wife before he had his mental breakdown but he surely saw things differently in the year he was broken and devastated. He also saw what Gwen did for him or Arthur. He also observed Arthur after his death and that means that he saw what Gwen has done as Queen so far. Even if he still disapproved which I will not fully deny, this attempt to give Gwen a painful death even though she had no magic was in my opinion and according to the rest of the series totally out of character. He also never enjoyed killing those with magic and it surprised me that he suddenly would take pleasure in killing Merlin.

I think it was obvious and also intentionally made obvious that Arthur and Morgana have always come first, no matter how important Camelot was to him. For a more detailed explanation I recommend you read Fimber's blog because I would only repeat most of what he has already written :)