Into the Dark - A Tale of Two Monks

In the twelfth century, english writers also join in and start adding their own twists. Edmard says that going despite the warning the king gave him was a reckless move, and william took full advantage of it. We're told that william informed harold of how edward, back when he was a boy living in the norman court, had promised that william would be his heir on the off chance the exiled athling would ever become king. And now that edward was king, william wanted harold to make it happen.