Henry: I knew facing the Horse Lord invasion would be costly, but I did not anticipate this. If I had known this would have been the result when my brother asked to lead the crusade... This death was to have been my fate, not his.

My brother was an exemplary fighter - his reputation for command, which had been built up by years of lonely battling along our borders, has now been immortalised by the manner of his death. I am at a loss for words, when I look at what he achieved in his battles outside Damascus.

We will all mourn his passing.

But for now, as the Chancellor says, there is still one last job to be done in our war with the Mongols. Chancellor, I believe it is King Otto who will have the honour? If so, I wish him good hunting.