Or maybe not as repentent. I've been thinking about this and it really is hard to see how Ar-Pharazon could have 'forced' his cousin to marry him and share the throne.
She was the legitimate heir with a well established tradition of strong ruling queens behind her. As such she would have been able to claim the support not only of the Faithful but of many King's Men if she'd chosen to resist her cousin's demands.
Personally I'm inclined to accept the alternate tradition in HoME that Miriel had been in love with her cousin most of her life and willingly married him as soon as she was free to do so.
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