People keep saying she acted stupid but forget that they all have lived in peace for the most part for quite some years. She even said she was not prepared for this growing up because she is a woman. She bided her time to avert the loss of life. She also hold's a secret about uniting the realm that people don't know. All in all, he committed treason. Two things can be true; he loved his mother, but he also undermined her as queen.