Can't wait to be king - The Lion King

The Stories Of King Arthur

King Uther Pendragon loved Igraine, the wife of the Duke of Cornwall. So he made war on Cornwall and in that war Igraine's husband was killed, though not until after King Uther slept with Igraine by means of magic. Arthur was conceived, and later Uther and Igraine were married. The child was raised by a knight called Sir Ector. After King Uther died, Arthur proved his right to the throne by removing a sword from an anvil which was embedded in a rock. He received his famous sword, Excalibur, from the Lady of the Lake. The independent kings of Britain fought with Arthur but were defeated. Arthur then became king of all of Britain.

King Arthur married Guinevere, the daughter of King Leodegrance, who gave Arthur as a wedding gift the Round Table and a hundred knights. Merlin the magician was captured by one of the Ladies of the Lake and imprisoned forever under a rock. Lots of other stuff happened, including the following stories:

Morgan Le Fay, the enchantress half-sister of Arthur, used black magic to steal Excalibur. Her paramour, Sir Accolon fought Arthur using Excalibur and nearly won the fight when the swords were accidentally exchanged and Arthur won.

King Lucius of Rome demanded tribute payments from Arthur, but Arthur refused to pay. All the knights of the realm promised him aid, and in the war that followed Arthur conquered Germany and Italy and was crowned Emperor of Rome.

While Arthur is off conquering Europe, Sir Lancelot, Queen Guinevere's favourite, set out on adventures to further the honor and glory of himself and the Queen. After lots of victories, he returned to Camelot (Arthur's castle) and was acclaimed the first knight of all Christendom.

An old hermit prophesied that a vacant seat at the Round Table would be filled by a knight who would win the Holy Grail. This knight turned out to be Sir Galahad, actually Sir Lancelot's son (he was tricked into sleeping with the maid Elaine). On the quest for the Holy Grail Lancelot was stricken when he tried to enter the chamber where the grail was kept. He was laid low for 24 days as penance for his years of sin (sins like, for instance, sleeping with the King's wife) Galahad, however, saw the miracle of the Grail and became king of some middle-eastern city, where he died in holiness.

When the questing knights returned to Camelot, Lancelot forgot the lesson he learned in the Grail chamber and began consorting again with Guinevere. One spring, while traveling with her attendant, Queen Guinevere was captured by a traitorous knight, Sir Meliagrance. Lancelot rescued her. Enemies of Lancelot told the King of Lancelot's love for Guinevere. A party championing the king's cause fought with Lancelot. All those he fought died except the king's illegitimate son, Mordred. Guinevere was sentenced to be burned, but Lancelot rescued her and they went of to the Castle Joyous Guard to be together. Arthur then besieged the castle, but the Pope intervened and commanded a truce. Lancelot and his followers went to France where he held lands. Arthur then invaded France, but while he was away, his son Mordred seized the throne of Britain and tried to force Guinevere to become his queen. She escaped to the Tower of London. Arthur heard about Mordred's usurpation and returned to England. Battles ensued; it was a great civil war. During a temporary truce, a snake caused a knight to draw his sword and this action brought on another battle in which Mordred was killed and Arthur mortally wounded. On his deathbed Arthur told Sir Bedivere to cast Excalibur back into the lake from which the sword had come, but he twice pretended to have done it. Arthur insisted, and when Bedivere finally complied, a hand reached up out of the water and caught the sword. King Arthur died and was carried on a barge to the fabled land of Avalon. (Some writers say Arthur never actually died and he will come again.) Guinevere became a nun, and Lancelot became a hermit. Sir Constantine of Cornwall was chosen to succeed Arthur.