>I would know by what power I am called hither ... I would know by what authority, I mean lawful; there are many unlawful authorities in the world; thieves and robbers by the high-ways ... Remember, I am your King, your lawful King, and what sins you bring upon your heads, and the judgement of God upon this land. Think well upon it, I say, think well upon it, before you go further from one sin to a greater ... I have a trust committed to me by God, by old and lawful descent, I will not betray it, to answer a new unlawful authority; therefore resolve me that, and you shall hear more of me.
Threadly reminder Bradshaw and his cronies never actually answered this question from King Charles I before (illegally) executing him.

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Pic related eroded the central conceit of Monarchism (that the King is chosen by God in carrying out his will) long before King George III was ever born. The latter was just the last straw that broke an already strained back.

King Charles I did nothing wrong. The literal definition of "treason" at the time of his trial meant, "Violence against the King" so it would have been impossible for him to be guilty of the charge the House of Commons set against him in the first place.