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by LynfromNM on February 24th, 2008
Excellent question. I think it may have been the psychology of royalty. There's a sense of entitlement that goes along with thinking you are ruling by divine right. I think they could not conceive of the possibility that they would be overthrown, let alone executed. Perhaps it's a combination of arrogance and ignorance.
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