The implication is clearly that she was not of any special significance and she died soon after Athelstan’s birth. There is a tradition that Ælfred...intended Athelstan as his heir but the boy was only six years old when Ælfred died. Edward married after Athelstan’s birth and produced a number of legitimate children. All of these were still minors at the time of Edward’s death in 924 AD. Athelstan was elected King with the help of considerable Mercian support. He had been raised in Mercia. . Don't you yearnto 'be Natalie'." No," Natalie explained. "Because I only 'be Matthew' when I want to 'beMatthew'." But what if you were in the position where you never wanted to 'beMatthew' ever again?" Paige asked, making Natalie pause as she tied herstilettos to her feet."No point in worrying about 'what if's," Natalie said. "I've got thefreedom to choose. Personally, I find that a HELL of a lot better thanhaving to actually make a choice." If you weren't English, I'd envy you," Paige. What transpired was that Melody, John and Sue-Ellyn got into a debate about whether Stephanie could prevent her father from charging the boy with something. The debate lasted almost two hours and the three debaters finally got up from the table and walked off in separate directions, leaving Stephanie by herself. So Stephanie got off with a scolding from her mother and a great diversionary response to her dad.She knew she was grounded for at least a week, although no one ever brought the subject. That was a challenge. You know, the scene with GemmaHaspeth, playing my wife, or Mike's wife, was filmed ages ago. It wasone of the last scenes that I filmed before I started dressing femme offset. So the director kept me away from Gemma so he could capture herreaction when she saw me again - the man who had been her husband now socompletely transformed. I mean she had seen me on TV, but she wasbarely prepared for seeing me on set, in the flesh, and working with meface to face. She was.