User blog comment:Knightofthecart/Morgana has turned her back/@comment-4892425-20120314045545

@merlinfan and @knightofthecart: Morgana thinks she's a rightful heiress, but she is overlooking one glaring detail - she's Uther's illegitimate daughter, a product of adultery. Despite her noble and royal blood, a sovereign's out-of-wedlock child, male or female, cannot inherit the throne. I think that factors in her hatred of Gwen: the daughter of a blacksmith can now be recognized as queen consort. Even if Uther acknowlegded her, Morgana could have never been called "princess", let alone queen, because of the circumstances of her birth. I think that's why Morgana set Gwen with Shade Lancelot; adultery kept Morgana from the throne, so she makes sure the same applies to Gwen, although differently.