Abdelazer and the Queen try to disinherit Prince Philip, the rightful heir. He reveals that Chevenix-Gore intended to disinherit Ruth if she did not marry Hugo Trent. His father threatened to disinherit him if he did not return home. No father could disinherit his son except for certain grievous crimes. On one occasion, he threatened to disinherit his niece if she married a Frenchman. She however is reluctant to accept, fearing that her aunt will disinherit Brooke. Despite his father threatening to disinherit him, Milligan left home. Furthermore, Morose dislikes his nephew (Sir Dauphine) and plans to disinherit him through the marriage. The demand to disinherit Christian Frederik was not addressed. To expose Marthe as the killer, Poirot asks Eloise to openly disinherit Jack. They might have no intercourse (sex) with Catholics, nor might they disinherit their baptized children. Richard had attempted to disinherit Henry and remove him from the succession. Hence Henry was the patron and protector of the man Lochlann was trying to disinherit. If one king could disinherit them, why should not another?