00:00Crown of Secrets
00:07For well over four thousand years, kings and queens have ruled their kingdoms,
00:13their bloodlines determining the next fair heir.
00:17The same can be said for the kingdom of Sangrel.
00:20The ruling queen, Eleanor, is busy readying the kingdom for the transition of power to her daughter,
00:27the beautiful Princess Celia.
00:29Or perhaps she's busy sleeping.
00:37Everyone out! Queen Eleanor wishes to sleep again.
00:46All she does is sleep.
00:48I don't know how she expects to keep the kingdom in order if she's snoring through it all.
00:59Stand up straight, Princess Celia.
01:05Chest out. Chin up.
01:07Say your words as you memorize them, please.
01:12As the heir to the throne, I am honored to take my mother's place as princess.
01:18No, no. You are taking her place as queen. You are currently the princess. Again.
01:25As the heir to the throne, I am honored to take my mother's place as queen Celia of Sangrel.
01:33Very good. Now, we'll open, then, for questions.
01:39Let us practice answering them.
01:41Question one. What is your first order of business as queen?
01:45I plan to raise the pay of the... the...
01:49The staff within the castle, Princess.
01:53Again, from the beginning.
01:55Raising the wages of the staff on day one. An interesting statement you're making there, Princess.
02:07Prince Leopold!
02:10Darling Celia, how you've grown. The last time I saw you, you were much shorter. And your father, King Julian, was still around.
02:18Yes, well, changes like that will happen when you're gone for seven years.
02:24It wasn't by choice.
02:29On that note, I'll be leaving you to it.
02:33Do ring if you need me, your majesty.
02:43Are you back for good, cousin? We've missed you around here.
02:46The exile was relaxing, believe it or not.
02:49Luckily, there was an expiration date on the punishment, and now I've returned.
02:54I doubt your mother even remembers that she sent me away in the first place, given the stories I've been hearing lately.
03:01She's very sick. Her body works terribly hard to heal her, and...
03:06so she sleeps for many hours in the day as a result.
03:09I do wish her a speedy recovery, but as I see, the palace is preparing you for your coronation.
03:16Perhaps that is not in the cards for our dear Queen Eleanor.
03:20Long live the Queen.
03:22Ah, yes. Long live the Queen.
03:25I come, princess, with bad news. Shall I just get it over with?
03:29Please do.
03:33Sorry to say, but you are not the heir. There's another in line for the crown before you.
03:37Ridiculous. I'm an only child.
03:40That's where you're wrong, sweet summer child. You are not an only child.
03:45You stand to threaten my claim to the crown? Treason! This is treason! Guards!
03:51It's only a matter of time, princess. Count your days. Their number. Just like the Queen's.
04:03You'll never take this from me!
04:06And to think, we've moved forward into the new age, and yet I still require a torch to see, and my own two hands to sort through old documents.
04:19You'd think this was the Middle Ages. Coronation docks, coronation docks, coronation docks. Ah, here they are.
04:39Oh, shoot. There I go, making more work for me.
04:50Confidential, eh? Don't mind if I do.
04:54Ah!
05:14Princess Celia. The wrong heir. The real child. Older sister.
05:19How dare you spread these rumors in my own chambers. The only royal with a claim to the throne is me. I won't have you questioning my birthright. Out!
05:37Let me through! I need to speak to my mother. She sleeps, your majesty. I need to speak with her. Now.
05:46Mother? Your majesty. Wake up! Please?
06:00Yes? Who's there? What is it?
06:04Oh, Celia, my dear. You're here.
06:08Is it lunch already?
06:10No, mother. I need to speak with you about something important. There's a rumor.
06:14There's a rumor.
06:17We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming with a breaking news report.
06:21This just in from the palace.
06:23Rumors are spreading that Princess Celia is not, in fact, the true heir to the throne.
06:28This lineage has come to question after a cousin, exiled nearly seven years ago, has returned with knowledge that another was born to Queen Eleanor, prior to the birth of Princess Celia.
06:38More on this breaking story during our five o'clock news segment.
06:39If mother can't tell me, I'll have to find out myself. I am to be queen. There is no other. Is there?
06:53There is no other. Is there?
07:11Oh, mother. What have you done?
07:13I didn't sit for this portrait, but it looks just like me.
07:28That's Aurelia. I suppose there's no use in hiding it from you now. This is your cousin. She died in a fire.
07:44A cousin?
07:45Here is another image of Aurelia, but this one barely survived the fire. It was a shame she passed in such a terrible way. Now please, let your mother sleep.
08:01The girl in the painting wasn't my cousin. It was my sister. My older sister. The one I didn't know I had until right this very minute. Oh no.
08:29Burning the midnight oil, are we? Tell me who this is. Tell me now.
08:40Princess Aurelia of Eleanor. The real, true heir to the throne. Queen Eleanor's first born daughter.
08:48Why was this buried in the archives? For the same reason this was.
08:59This is forged. You're doing this to claim the title as your own.
09:05Why do you think I was exiled, sweet child? Because I disagreed with your mummy and daddy? No. It's because I knew their little secrets.
09:13I don't believe you. Tell us the truth. Tell us the truth. Tell us the truth. Tell us the truth. Tell us the truth.
09:27Don't you dare. As next in line to the throne, I am to receive the same level of respect as my mother.
09:44Good morning, Celia.
09:46My queen, tell me the truth. Who is Aurelia? Is my claim to the throne a falsehood? Please!
09:53Oh, Celia, my darling. I am so sorry it has come to this. Take my hand, please.
10:02Long before my marriage to your late father, King Julian, I met a man named Joseph.
10:09We were in love. We had a child, Aurelia. She was beautiful and so perfect, but our marriage was not approved by the castle council.
10:19We married in secret and had our daughter in hiding. We raised her in the shadows until the day came that she could no longer hide from the world.
10:30I broke it off with Joseph and married your father. He wanted Aurelia and dreamed of keeping her hidden, but it wasn't good for her.
10:39Many years later, the evening of the fire, King Julian knew the time was right to escape with Aurelia, to keep her safe and hidden, where she could live a normal life.
10:52He took her from me and spread the rumor that her body was burned in the fire.
10:57I never saw her again. I only know that he told me she was safe.
11:02A coded letter from Aurelia. It's dated three months ago.
11:22Princess Aurelia, just the woman I was looking for. We've called an emergency press conference and you are to speak.
11:33I'm not ready. I have other matters to attend to. I have a decision to make.
11:39Nothing could possibly be as important as actively securing your spot on the throne.
11:44You have no idea.
11:46Princess Aurelia, the world is dying to know. Are you the real, true heir? Is there someone that came before you? Tell us the truth!
12:00The truth is, I am not the real heir.
12:08Now she's done it.
12:10I come with a declaration.
12:16This woman is not the true heir to the throne.
12:20She's an imposter.
12:26She's already told them.
12:28These royals are getting to be too much.
12:31I never get to do anything fun.
12:35As I was saying,
12:37no, I am not the rightful heir.
12:40There is another before me,
12:42though I do not know her name.
12:45It pains me to tell you the truth,
12:47and I wasn't sure I was going to follow through with it
12:50until just a few moments ago.
12:52I may not be the rightful heir by blood,
12:55but I have lived a life of service,
12:57and if I am meant to lead,
12:59I will have it be by integrity and not by secrecy.
13:03I may not be next in line for the throne,
13:06but I claim the throne is my own.
13:08I will follow in my mother's footsteps
13:10and lead the country into its next stage of greatness.
13:14I will be the queen,
13:16and no one is going to stop me.
13:38So,
13:44thank you.
13:45All right.
