Princes as Governors

[Caerfanan]

Those uncles can be a real thorn in the side. There seems to be some hardcoded feature (or perhaps my imagination, or the result of circumstances?) whereby if they outnumber a newly crowned and particularly a weak king, they suffer a most catastrophic drop in loyalty. You can have a civil war on your hands rather quickly in such cases (which can be a good thing).

That is so right. And so historical. Would you let your gurgling nephew take the reins of your country when you could take it for yourself, and have proven to be a good general through the years?