Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26923997-20160820130303/@comment-5308269-20160823004546

Personally, I don't think Jon will want the Iron Throne anymore than he wanted the Kingship of the North (nor might he keep the latter for very long). Potentially, Rhaegar might have intended to amend the law for Jon's sake if religious considerations got in the way. Although the Faith of the Seven was basically neutered of much of its old powers until Cersei allowed them to restore the Faith Militant. For me, the mere presence of Kingsguard at the Tower of Joy were clearly there to protect their prince's unborn son. The Kingsguard's only duty is to protect the royal family. Rhaegar would have only left lower-class guards for Lyanna if she was his girlfriend, mistress or sex-slave, so Arthur Dayne and Gerold Hightower wouldn't have been delegated looking after someone of lesser consideration.