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That's why I think it's possible Brandon forced him to marry Elizabeth, threatening to disinherit him the way he did with Alex. (Of course, the Alex part was written in much later, but seems consistent with Brandon's character).
I do believe that they mentioned Elizabeth was raised by a rich uncle, so possibly she was an heiress and/or Brandon wanted to merge Spaulding with her uncle's business. (IIRC, Phillip is named after that uncle), Which may be another reason why Alan couldn't divorce her, at least as long as his father was still in charge of Spaulding.
That thing about men wanting male heirs was all over soap operas at the time. Lots of soap men bellyaching all the time about not having a son, blah, blah, blah. (More often than not, they'd get one and completely ignore him).
It's funny that Brandon left his Spaulding stock to Amanda. It plays now as a poke in the eye at Alan because he took Spaulding away from his father. He couldn't imagine that Amanda and Alan would become close and that he would be willing to mentor her into becoming the head of Spaulding. They got the last laugh on Brandon.
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