To the men like Lord Darnley, and all the men who mistake control for care

There’s a certain kind of man who doesn’t want to help —
he wants to rule.

History has a name for him.

Lord Darnley wasn’t remembered because he governed wisely or protected anyone.
He’s remembered because he demanded authority he didn’t earn, resented a capable woman, and destabilized everything around him while insisting he was entitled to power.

Sound familiar?

These men don’t build.
They block.

They insert themselves as gatekeepers, slow down solutions, override competence, and insist that everything flow through them — not because it helps, but because it centers them.

Shakespeare understood this dynamic too.

In Hamlet, the rot isn’t just murder — it’s usurpation.
A man who takes the throne without legitimacy, then demands loyalty while poisoning the household.

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” isn’t about madness.
It’s about power taken where it doesn’t belong.

When someone insists on being “King” of a family while actively obstructing the people who know what they’re doing, that’s not leadership.
That’s insecurity wearing a crown.

And history is very clear on how those stories end.

Not with reverence.
With footnotes.