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When her older sister elopes with a non-royal, Princess Bea, who has lived her life away from royal duties, must now step in and honor an arranged marriage to a small kingdom prince. This romantic drama explores themes of duty, love, and unexpected paths to destiny. Discover if Princess Bea can find happiness in a life she never chose.
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00:00:00Excellent, Your Highness.
00:00:28Beautiful.
00:00:30Your Highness, would you raise your chin, Ebersole?
00:00:37I do apologize.
00:00:40I assumed you were talking to me when he said Your Highness.
00:00:43No, no, not at all you speak.
00:00:45You first.
00:00:46I insist.
00:00:48Since we are both heirs to our respective thrones,
00:00:51perhaps Your Highness might not be the most helpful of addresses.
00:00:55In the interest of efficiency over protocol,
00:00:57might I suggest Prince Desmond and Princess Coraline of the time being.
00:01:02Would that be amenable, Your Highness?
00:01:04Yes, excellent suggestion, Your Highness.
00:01:06Wonderful.
00:01:07Please go ahead.
00:01:08Up very well, Prince Desmond.
00:01:10Would you raise your chin, Ebersole?
00:01:12Could I possibly get a touch-up?
00:01:17Sir, I've drafted an article for the media.
00:01:27Clear, please.
00:01:28Looks good.
00:01:30After some interest, it reads,
00:01:33The Royal Houses of the Monarchy of Vostieri and the Kingdom of Androbia
00:01:39announce the merging of their royal lines
00:01:42with the engagement of the Crown Princess Coralina Eugenia of Vostieri
00:01:47to Crown Prince Desmond Carlisle.
00:01:50Both Houses hope this joyous occasion will forge a path towards reunification,
00:01:55thus easing centuries-old tensions regarding the ownership of the Alcinian province.
00:02:01Yes, that's fine, although we should perhaps include something about the date,
00:02:04say that the wedding takes place in two months.
00:02:06Oh, and perhaps a cheerful mention of the historical and beautiful Castle Eloris,
00:02:11the location of the nuptials.
00:02:12Both prized suggestions.
00:02:14Princess Coralina, perhaps you could move your hand into his arms
00:02:18so that we can see the Elora Alexandrite.
00:02:21Quite.
00:02:22May I?
00:02:24Here we go.
00:02:29Perfect.
00:02:30I believe we have it.
00:02:48Everything all right there, little?
00:02:52Never better, sir, merely attending to something that was crying out to be done.
00:02:56You seem a little upset by this turn of events.
00:02:58I find this deeply offensive for two reasons, sir.
00:03:01Firstly, it is a breach of protocol of the highest order.
00:03:04And secondly, if royalty cannot be expected to hold their commitments,
00:03:08what example does that set for the rest of us?
00:03:10But here I am, not attending to your heartbreak after such treacherous perfidy.
00:03:16How you must feel having a fiancé so callously break off your engagement
00:03:21by eloping with a... a plumber.
00:03:24You must be devastated.
00:03:26As devastated as one can be about someone they've only met two and a half times, I suppose.
00:03:30How can one meet someone half a time?
00:03:32Oh, there was a video call that kept freezing. Very awkward.
00:03:35Oh.
00:03:40Do try to keep in mind, Edwin, that this marriage was purely a diplomatic union
00:03:44to shore up political relations between the two countries.
00:03:47It was arranged by her grandfathers long before we were even born.
00:03:50I do worry, though, without the merger of the two houses
00:03:53where this territorial dispute might lead.
00:03:55Still, she returned the ring promptly.
00:03:58Please make sure that gets back to the royal vault.
00:04:00Of course, sir.
00:04:01Your parents are expecting you at breakfast.
00:04:03Be warned.
00:04:05Your father is not taking this as calmly as you, sir.
00:04:09Betrayal!
00:04:11Utter betrayal!
00:04:13This is an outright provocation!
00:04:15I hardly think it's up there with the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Father.
00:04:19I'm sorry, darling. Who's been killed?
00:04:22Oh, Austrian fellow Mama of World War One.
00:04:24Oh.
00:04:25If things get worse, I'm sure the Vostieris could blame us for that, too.
00:04:29Although one might wonder how much this is political and how much this is personal.
00:04:35Moncarr, were you not once friends with King Winston?
00:04:40Well, that was when we were schoolboys.
00:04:42Which seems entirely beside the point.
00:04:45His daughter has pushed us to the very brink.
00:04:49Father, it's eight o'clock in the morning.
00:04:51I entreat you to find a diplomatic solution to this and try to think of a plan B.
00:04:56Oh.
00:04:57Princess Coralina's elopement was most untimely.
00:05:19I'm not sure what we're going to do now.
00:05:22It's just too bad that our Royal Air Force consists of two helicopters and the private jet.
00:05:28We won't be going to war, Edwin, if I can help it.
00:05:33There has to be a better solution.
00:05:39Didn't Princess Coralina have a younger sister?
00:05:41I believe so, Your Highness.
00:05:43Yes, I recall now. Princess Beatrix.
00:05:47Princess Beatrix. She dropped out of sight after some public blowback to a picture in the press.
00:05:52Oh, yes.
00:05:53Yeah, I remember that picture, actually.
00:05:55If you scroll down, you'll notice there's a great deal of commentary on her appearance.
00:05:58Shouldn't last. The poor child was absolutely crucified. No wonder she disappeared.
00:06:01It's twenty years ago now.
00:06:07Do you want me to track her down, sir?
00:06:09Arrangements for a royal wedding, back underway.
00:06:12I can't think of a better solution.
00:06:16You'll be asking her to make a great sacrifice.
00:06:18I know.
00:06:21Not as big a sacrifice as we would be asking our subjects to make if our fathers can't put aside centuries of grievances.
00:06:28Do it.
00:06:33Let's just hope she's not secretly dating the palace electrician.
00:06:35I'm hideous. Don't come in.
00:06:41I'm sure it's not that bad.
00:06:43Oh, trust me. It's an absolute disaster.
00:06:47I'm using my key.
00:06:50Big meeting today.
00:06:51We are so gonna land it.
00:06:53Oh, man. It smells awful in here.
00:06:55What happened? Why is it so dark?
00:06:57We need some light in this situation.
00:07:00Why would you wait?
00:07:01Ah!
00:07:07Uh...
00:07:09Honey.
00:07:11I am really sorry that this is happening.
00:07:16But...
00:07:18I gave you the entire weekend to be a puddle.
00:07:20I even gave you my emergency break-up kit.
00:07:22It was an emergency.
00:07:24It was a break-up.
00:07:25It's in the name.
00:07:27I mean, Jared dumped me.
00:07:30By text.
00:07:31Ugh.
00:07:33For a reality show influencer.
00:07:38Well, I know.
00:07:39And he's a really big jerk.
00:07:42And has no idea what he lost.
00:07:44Well, what do we tell our girls?
00:07:45We are women of substance.
00:07:47And we overcome substantial challenges.
00:07:50Good girl.
00:07:52Now, I know this is bad timing,
00:07:53but we have that final presentation
00:07:54to the Brahmin League this morning.
00:07:56Yeah.
00:07:57And you know that this investment
00:07:58can secure our program for the next two years.
00:07:59I know. Yeah.
00:08:00Where's your phone?
00:08:01I need to double-check the address.
00:08:03Oh, I-I don't exactly know where it is.
00:08:05I was afraid I'd misery dial Jared,
00:08:06so probably between the pint of ice cream
00:08:08and the two boxes of Milk Duds.
00:08:10Okay.
00:08:12Calling it.
00:08:20Oh.
00:08:21Now I remember.
00:08:26Here.
00:08:28Uh, you have two dozen missed calls from the same number.
00:08:30Is it Jared?
00:08:31Realizing he made a terrible mistake?
00:08:33No.
00:08:34Uh, it is...
00:08:36Plus 56.
00:08:37That's a foreign prefix.
00:08:38You don't suppose there's a prince
00:08:40who needs your help getting millions of dollars
00:08:41out of the country, right?
00:08:44Anyway, we should get you into the shower
00:08:46because we don't want the villagers to come
00:08:48with the pitchforks and the torches.
00:08:49Well, it's Boston.
00:08:50There's no villagers.
00:08:51We have Bruins fans.
00:08:52Oh.
00:08:53Same thing.
00:08:54Less forgiving.
00:09:01Uh, it's that same number calling.
00:09:03Do you want me to get it?
00:09:04I love messing with scammers.
00:09:05Oh, uh, no, you're good.
00:09:07Um, do you want to make us some coffees?
00:09:09Yeah, sure.
00:09:10Okay.
00:09:11Hello?
00:09:14You have the wrong number.
00:09:16No problem.
00:09:19Who was it?
00:09:20Uh, you called it.
00:09:22Nigerian prince wants my help.
00:09:24But he works in Bitcoin now.
00:09:26Ha!
00:09:27Fancy.
00:09:29I'll call us an Uber.
00:09:33How long?
00:09:34Uh, it says it should be here.
00:09:36Oh.
00:09:37There.
00:09:38Okay.
00:09:39Uh, is that guy watching us through binoculars?
00:09:47Uh...
00:09:48Just another bird watcher.
00:09:51Yeah.
00:09:52Birding is very hip right now.
00:09:54The Allied STEM Foundation for Young Women not only provides vital education and mentoring in STEM coursework for underserved girls, but we also teach leadership skills through workshops such as emotional intelligence, communication styles, and conflict resolution.
00:10:20This generous grant from the Brahmin League would be so beneficial.
00:10:24You wouldn't just be making a difference in the lives of these young women.
00:10:28You'd be investing in the future.
00:10:31I couldn't tell if Mrs. Standish loved or hated us.
00:10:40She was as expressive as dried concrete.
00:10:42You know, she reminded me of my paternal grandmother.
00:10:44She always did this thing where she...
00:10:45Don't look, but I think that same guy is across the park.
00:10:51Which guy?
00:10:52Do not to look.
00:10:53Chloe, out of curiosity, how many true crime documentaries did you watch this weekend?
00:10:57Maybe half of one while I was doing laundry.
00:10:59Okay.
00:11:00Three.
00:11:01But I swear that guy followed us here.
00:11:05Okay.
00:11:06Well, let's, um...
00:11:07Let's just turn the corner.
00:11:09Good plan.
00:11:10Hmm.
00:11:11I'll send a simple handwritten thank-you note and leave it at that.
00:11:15Ooh, breaking out the stationary.
00:11:16I like it.
00:11:17Very classy.
00:11:18Well, we just don't want her to think we're desperate.
00:11:20Aren't we desperate, though?
00:11:21No.
00:11:22We'll give it a couple of months and we'll be desperate to chase it.
00:11:25Ha!
00:11:35Uh...
00:11:36I know you think I'm being paranoid, but there is a black van following us.
00:11:41No, no.
00:11:42Don't turn around.
00:11:43Jeez, you would be the worst spy ever.
00:11:45Um...
00:11:46Well, I'm sure there's no reason to panic.
00:11:49Just yet.
00:11:52Uh, why don't we cut through here?
00:11:53We are definitely being followed.
00:11:55I should have really, really, really paid those parking tickets.
00:11:59Oh, wait.
00:12:00It went past.
00:12:01Okay, we're good.
00:12:02We'll just, uh, cross the street up here and cut through the park to the office.
00:12:04Okay.
00:12:07Mom!
00:12:08My mom was right.
00:12:09I moved to the big city and now we're gonna end up on a date line.
00:12:11Okay, we'll just go the other way.
00:12:12Okay.
00:12:14This is real!
00:12:15We're gonna get kidnapped!
00:12:16We're murdered!
00:12:17We're kidnapped and murdered!
00:12:19Ah!
00:12:20Okay.
00:12:21I think I'm the one they want.
00:12:22You'll be fine.
00:12:23Just stay back.
00:12:24You will not get through to my friend!
00:12:26Unless you go through me first!
00:12:28Hiya!
00:12:32Votre Altesse Royale.
00:12:33We're a major diplomatical mission.
00:12:36Huh?
00:12:37It's the most important for the two countries that you accept to accompany us.
00:12:40I'll be with you.
00:12:41And I have the hope that you'll leave my friend alone.
00:12:44You have my word, Votre Altesse.
00:12:47Wait, what is happening?!
00:12:49It's okay.
00:12:50I just need to go with them.
00:12:54Well, I'm not letting you get kidnapped without me!
00:12:56Votre Altesse, I assure you, it's not an enlèvement.
00:12:57Thank you very much.
00:12:58Okay!
00:12:59That!
00:13:00Since when do you speak French?
00:13:01Okay, there are some details I never told you about me and my family.
00:13:02You said your family was boring.
00:13:03Wait, are they in the mafia?
00:13:04Have you been lying to me?
00:13:05No, they're not in the mafia.
00:13:06And no, I haven't lied to you.
00:13:07And yes, my family is boring, just in a very specific way.
00:13:08Like my mother, she's...
00:13:09You said she's a housewife who does volunteer work.
00:13:10Yeah, I'm not exactly sure.
00:13:11I'm not exactly sure.
00:13:12I'm not exactly sure.
00:13:13Votre Altesse, I assure you, it's not an enlèvement.
00:13:14I'm not exactly sure.
00:13:15Votre Altesse, I assure you, it's not an enlèvement.
00:13:16I'm very grateful.
00:13:18Okay.
00:13:19That!
00:13:20Since when do you speak French?
00:13:21Okay, there are some details I never told you about me and my family.
00:13:22I'm in the mafia and no, I haven't lied to you.
00:13:24And yes, my family is boring, just in a very specific way.
00:13:28Like my mother, she's...
00:13:29You said she's a housewife who does volunteer work.
00:13:32Which is true.
00:13:33It's just that her house is kind of a palace.
00:13:36And she's kind of the queen there.
00:13:39Okay, so your mom is fancy and you guys have a big house.
00:13:43No, it's really a palace.
00:13:44Palace.
00:13:45But you said your dad was a government administrator.
00:13:47Right.
00:13:48It's just that my father is also the king of Varsiery.
00:13:55Which is technically an administrative position.
00:13:58So you're not Bea Halstead.
00:14:00No, no, I still am your best friend from sophomore year.
00:14:03It's just, my full name is Beatrix Illiana Halstead von Lenmore or Jean.
00:14:09But some people refer to me as Princess Beatrix.
00:14:13That makes me the bestie of Princess Beatrix of...
00:14:17How do you pronounce her country's name again?
00:14:29Oh, thank you.
00:14:32Are you sure you're a princess though?
00:14:34Because we like boxed wine.
00:14:36Also, we go to that discount pedicure place.
00:14:38So you don't sound like a princess.
00:14:40I took a year of intense diction classes to master your accent.
00:14:43Accent?
00:14:44I don't have an accent.
00:14:48Do I?
00:14:51Votre Altesse.
00:14:52Pourriez-vous rester ici, s'il vous plaît.
00:14:59Wow.
00:15:00Do you think this is one of those kidnappings where we can get room service?
00:15:03We haven't actually been kidnapped.
00:15:04Oh.
00:15:05But when I tell the story, and I will tell the story, there will be kidnapping involved.
00:15:09Your Highness, I don't think he's the one you say that to.
00:15:16The Royal Highness.
00:15:17It is my honour to introduce to you Prince Desmond.
00:15:20Crown Prince of Androvia.
00:15:22Seriously?
00:15:27Wow.
00:15:28Your Royal Highness.
00:15:29It is our great honour to make your acquaintance.
00:15:36Certainly.
00:15:37The pleasure is all ours, Your Majesty.
00:15:39May we present our companion, Miss Chloe Hargraves.
00:15:42Miss Hargraves.
00:15:43An honour to make your acquaintance as well.
00:15:45Likewise, I'm sure Your Gracious Majesty, Sire...
00:15:47That's not a thing.
00:15:48Okay.
00:15:49I panicked.
00:15:50We've been trying throughout the weekend, Princess, to make contact with you through
00:15:53phone calls and email.
00:15:54We were inconvenient as of the weekend, and not accepting correspondence.
00:15:58Understood.
00:15:59Well, then perhaps we might confirm more privately now.
00:16:04Prince Desmond, um...
00:16:07Since we are outnumbered, and at a political disadvantage,
00:16:10we would insist that our friend bear witness to whatever conversation shall ensue.
00:16:16Very well.
00:16:18Since the dissolution of a united Vestrovia some three hundred years ago,
00:16:22there has been an ongoing dispute regarding rightful ownership of the Alcinian province
00:16:26and the castle Allura.
00:16:28It is our hope that Her Highness is aware of elevated tensions between Androvia and Vostieri on this matter.
00:16:34Is it the intention of His Highness to educate us on the history and situation in our own homeland?
00:16:41Well, given that Her Highness has been absent from her royal duties for some twenty years,
00:16:46one was not to presume anything about what sort of connection she may or may not have with Vostieri.
00:16:51As a matter of fact, we are fully aware of the Crown Prince's failed engagement to our sister, Coralina.
00:16:56May we offer our belated congratulations. And condolences.
00:17:00How very kind of you, Your Highness.
00:17:01Although perhaps that failure is a matter best discussed with one's own sister.
00:17:05And when doing so, please do extend our heartiest congratulations on her recent nuptials.
00:17:10To a plumber, I believe.
00:17:11Indeed. It will be so lovely having a member of the royal family who actually has a useful skill.
00:17:16But I doubt His Majesty came all this way to discuss failed engagements.
00:17:20We can't help but wonder if there is perhaps a point for this meeting.
00:17:24Indeed there is. In fact, the entire point of the aforementioned failed engagement
00:17:28was to form an alliance through marriage between the ruling houses of Duvalier and Vostieri
00:17:34in the hopes that we might form a legitimate path towards reunited Vostrovia
00:17:38and thus prevent further escalation of tensions.
00:17:41Understood. But since that plan did not come to fruition,
00:17:43we are loath to consider what alternative might be proposed.
00:17:46Interesting choice of verbiage.
00:17:57Perhaps in the light of the state of this meeting,
00:18:01His Highness may prefer not to proceed.
00:18:05His Highness has very little choice.
00:18:19Since Princess Coralina was required to abdicate her claim to the throne by marrying a commoner,
00:18:24it would seem that you are now Crown Princess,
00:18:27and as Crown Prince of Androvia.
00:18:30It is my great honor to most graciously seek your hand in marriage.
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00:19:23Ah!
00:19:24who is also in a bit of a pickle.
00:19:27It must be exhausting to be all of those people.
00:19:29Just be you.
00:19:31Thank goodness.
00:19:32Besides, I don't think you're in a pickle.
00:19:34Friday, your boyfriend dumps you by text,
00:19:36and then Monday, another guy flies 2,000 miles to propose to you.
00:19:40And not just any other guy.
00:19:42A crown prince proposed to you.
00:19:44Best rebound ever.
00:19:46And you turn him down cold.
00:19:47You truly are a girl boss.
00:19:51Ugh, Androvians.
00:19:52They're so pushy and arrogant.
00:19:54I bet it was his grandfather who came up with the age-old solution
00:19:56of intermarriage in the first place.
00:19:58Is that really the only option?
00:20:00My sister says there's a summit between our two kingdoms in a few days,
00:20:03so surely my father will come up with a better solution
00:20:05than marrying me off to some polo-playing prince.
00:20:08Is there a chance that maybe you're judging him a little bit harshly?
00:20:17Look at this.
00:20:19Okay.
00:20:19There he is, looking princely.
00:20:22And, wait, is that your sister?
00:20:24She's so pretty.
00:20:26Right?
00:20:26Yeah, I've only heard that my whole childhood.
00:20:28Your sister's so pretty.
00:20:30Touched a nerve, did we?
00:20:31Sorry.
00:20:32But that's not the photo I'm talking about.
00:20:35It's, um, it's this one.
00:20:38This one, and this one, and this one.
00:20:41Okay, I don't think I've actually ever seen anyone playing polo before.
00:20:44Do you remember in college when we vowed never to date a golf bro?
00:20:48Ugh, golf.
00:20:49Well, polo bros, they're like a hundred times worse.
00:20:52I'm sure he's the type who never shuts up about it.
00:20:55He looks pretty cute on a horse, though.
00:20:57Oh, the Vostieres.
00:21:00They're all so pushy and arrogant.
00:21:02One might have thought that the princess would have been much more appreciative, given all the trouble you've gone to.
00:21:08I mean, haven't I kept a low profile?
00:21:09Indeed, just the private jet.
00:21:11Skeletal staff.
00:21:12Of twelve?
00:21:12I've taken all the trouble to come here completely incognito and meet this rogue princess to offer her the only way that I can see out of a dire situation, only to be informed that she is inconvenienced.
00:21:23In my opinion, sir, when she said she must politely decline, I didn't think she was being that polite.
00:21:35Then again, sir, it seems your father has agreed to a summit meeting with King Winston.
00:21:40Perhaps clearer heads will prevail at last.
00:21:43One can only hope, Edwin.
00:21:44One can only hope, Edwin.
00:22:02One can only hope, Edwin.
00:22:05One can only hope, Edwin.
00:22:10Witchman, it's been ages since I've seen you in person.
00:22:36And yet somehow, not long enough.
00:22:40You're looking so much older.
00:22:42Some of us are comfortable in our own skin.
00:22:46Speaking of your skin, I'm sure Lupinia would love the name of your plastic surgeon.
00:22:51Johanneses, might I suggest we start with an official photograph?
00:22:56Happy to?
00:22:57Certainly.
00:23:03Might I suggest as well shaking of hands?
00:23:07Why, Winston, your handshake feels just as weak as when we were boys in boarding school.
00:23:17Would you say as weak as your economic recovery?
00:23:20Or as weak as your foreign policy?
00:23:22Well, certainly nothing would be as weak as your central bank.
00:23:27That bad, huh?
00:23:30I told Papa not to let King Richmond push his buttons.
00:23:35Papa said, he's not a machine. He doesn't have buttons.
00:23:39It's never been great with metaphors.
00:23:41We are quite a literal people.
00:23:43Well, since the summit was a failure, that does leave you in a rather delicate position, Monchu.
00:23:50If you were to reconsider and accept the Prince's proposal, it might help settle things.
00:23:55Just until there could be a diplomatic solution.
00:23:58I realized I had no room to tell you what to do.
00:24:01And I'm so sorry I didn't give you any warning before my elopement.
00:24:05But it was sudden and crazy and perhaps the first unpremeditated selfish thing I've ever done.
00:24:13Are you having regrets?
00:24:14Are you kidding?
00:24:16This is the happiest I've been in my entire life.
00:24:20I'm very happy for you.
00:24:22I won't begrudge you that.
00:24:24I'm not thrilled by the change in my situation, but you've allowed me to live a very private life for a very long time.
00:24:30I suppose I could reconsider and accept his proposal.
00:24:35But only in the hopes that we can come to a better solution.
00:24:38You are being most gracious about all of this.
00:24:41I just want you to know it's not lost on me, Frangine.
00:24:45I appreciate that.
00:24:48Somebody got croissants from Monica!
00:24:52I've got to go, but please give my love to mommy and papa, okay?
00:24:57When you used to say that your sister was a princess, I thought she was just spoiled.
00:25:01But now that I know she's an actual princess, it's kind of weird.
00:25:05Things are definitely weird, and the summit, not a success.
00:25:08So does that mean you're reconsidering the engagement?
00:25:10I think I have to.
00:25:12Come on, what do we tell our girls?
00:25:14Once we decide what needs to be done, we do it.
00:25:17Cheers.
00:25:18Cheers.
00:25:19Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:25:21Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:25:49Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:25:51Greetings, Your Highness.
00:25:53Prince Desmond is momentarily detained.
00:25:56I see.
00:25:57Are we sure this isn't one of those things
00:25:59where I'm to be kept waiting as a subtle power play?
00:26:02Honestly, Your Highness?
00:26:04Do you read this much into every interaction?
00:26:06Only ones this fraud.
00:26:07How refreshingly blunt you are.
00:26:09And how craftily ironic you are.
00:26:11Yeah, I don't know if this is an attempt to intimidate me or charm me.
00:26:14It is my attempt to cut through the royal double talk.
00:26:17talk. If it's charm you're looking
00:26:19for, you have the wrong sister.
00:26:23Welcome.
00:26:26Would your highness
00:26:27care to join us?
00:26:28Are we meeting in your
00:26:31bedroom?
00:26:32Oh, goodness, no.
00:26:34We thought we might have supper on the balcony with your highness.
00:26:38Indeed.
00:26:39But in the interest of direct
00:26:41communication, may we please
00:26:43stop speaking in the royal we?
00:26:47Yes, we can.
00:26:50I mean, yes,
00:26:51you and I can.
00:26:54Please.
00:27:17Oh, no, wait.
00:27:19Sorry, I'm confused.
00:27:20I was told that you had reconsidered
00:27:23my proposal.
00:27:24Well, yes, in light of the failure of the
00:27:26recent summit, I find myself so inclined.
00:27:28Okay.
00:27:29It's just, you surprised me.
00:27:32I thought we'd go out
00:27:33on a date.
00:27:35I think we're a little bit beyond dating territory, aren't we?
00:27:38Yes, but just something a little more
00:27:40romantic.
00:27:42Ah.
00:27:51Candles.
00:27:52The moonlight.
00:27:53Those little flowers.
00:27:56Well, this was romantic.
00:27:59Hmm.
00:28:00It's fine.
00:28:00Princess, I may be naive when it comes to affairs of the heart,
00:28:03but I do know enough to know that when a woman says something is fine,
00:28:05then it doesn't mean it's good.
00:28:07I did put some
00:28:08thought into this.
00:28:10Yes, your waitstaffed is a lovely job.
00:28:12Now, why does that sound like a slight?
00:28:13I don't want to argue.
00:28:14It was definitely a slight.
00:28:15I just thought we could go out to a restaurant, that's all.
00:28:18A restaurant?
00:28:20I'm sorry, I'm just having trouble
00:28:22even picturing what that would look like.
00:28:25I suppose we could ask Edwin
00:28:26to put together a security detail.
00:28:28Could we, um, discuss this
00:28:30privately?
00:28:32By all means.
00:28:35Ah.
00:28:36Would you mind giving us a few moments?
00:28:38I'm sorry, I'm just
00:28:45attended on so often
00:28:47and I forget that they're even there.
00:28:49Let's run out for pizza.
00:28:50I'm sorry, Princess, I don't think you understood.
00:28:52I'm saying that we can't do that without security.
00:28:54No, I don't think you understand.
00:28:55Where does that door go?
00:28:57Um, according to the security briefing
00:28:59to some service elevator, I think.
00:29:01So?
00:29:02Let's run out for pizza!
00:29:04Really?
00:29:04Could we really do that?
00:29:07Look, in Boston, I'm a nobody.
00:29:09At least until we announce our engagement.
00:29:10And I don't think anyone's up to date
00:29:12with princes from small European monarchies.
00:29:15Well, I have featured on some quite prominent
00:29:17eligible bachelor lists.
00:29:18If we scruff you up a bit,
00:29:20we might look like just
00:29:22a normal couple out for a date.
00:29:25It's just I've never really done anything like that before.
00:29:29Well,
00:29:30tonight might be our last chance.
00:29:32The princess and I
00:29:46are at a very delicate
00:29:48and tense stage
00:29:49of diplomatic negotiations.
00:29:51We'd very much like to be left alone.
00:29:52Indeed, sir.
00:29:55Alone, Edwin.
00:29:55Remember, if anyone asks,
00:30:05you're a Ph.D. student.
00:30:06Why can't I just be a local Bostonian?
00:30:08Well, first, because they're called townies,
00:30:09and second, because you don't have sweats.
00:30:11I'll remind you that the purpose of this trip
00:30:13was to propose to a princess.
00:30:15I didn't think sweats would be appropriate.
00:30:16So you have sweats?
00:30:17No.
00:30:18Well, at least you know what those are,
00:30:19so that's encouraging.
00:30:20Oh, may I?
00:30:21Do I look like a astronomy student?
00:30:28Look at you with the backstory.
00:30:30Astronomer.
00:30:31I like it.
00:30:31Personal interest?
00:30:32I dabble.
00:30:34All right.
00:30:35Now and ever, I suppose.
00:30:36Exactly.
00:30:37Um, take a breath.
00:30:48We're sneaking up for pizza,
00:30:48not nuclear secrets.
00:30:53Where are we going, anyway?
00:30:55This place Chloe and I used to go in grad school.
00:30:57The pizza is so greasy,
00:30:59but it's so good,
00:31:00and the beer is cold.
00:31:01Oh, you like beer, right?
00:31:02Oh, yeah.
00:31:02I'll have you know that we have
00:31:03some excellent breweries in Antiovia,
00:31:04so, yes, I do drink beer.
00:31:05How sheltered do you think I am?
00:31:08Two, please.
00:31:09Oh.
00:31:10Hmm.
00:31:11Cool hats.
00:31:15That looks good on you.
00:31:20Yes?
00:31:21Oh, yeah, I suppose I have to pay for this.
00:31:24Yes.
00:31:25Um, one second.
00:31:27I, uh,
00:31:28the thing is I don't actually have any money.
00:31:30I've never carried a wallet before.
00:31:32And that's exactly how sheltered I think you are.
00:31:34Don't worry.
00:31:36Tonight's all me.
00:31:37Well, in that case,
00:31:39we'll take this as well.
00:31:48It's all good.
00:31:49Thanks.
00:31:50Mm-hmm.
00:31:51So you're going off the tether?
00:31:56Hmm.
00:31:57You know,
00:31:58I've never been allowed to make foolish mistakes
00:32:00or youthful indiscretions.
00:32:02My whole life's been so meticulously planned.
00:32:05Given my, um, polo playing,
00:32:07it's all orchestrated.
00:32:08Polo?
00:32:09But I've seen the pictures.
00:32:10No, it's an annual photo shoot
00:32:11against a green screen.
00:32:13In fact,
00:32:14I've fallen off so many horses
00:32:15that I'm expressly forbidden
00:32:16in the interest of protecting the royal lineage
00:32:18from being on horseback.
00:32:19But I thought Androvians
00:32:20were supposed to be
00:32:21legendary polo players.
00:32:23What's wrong?
00:32:29Nothing's wrong.
00:32:31You were right.
00:32:32This is absolutely fantastic.
00:32:33Fantastic.
00:32:40Oh, it's called bowling.
00:32:43Do you want to try it?
00:32:44Bowling, you say?
00:32:46Yeah.
00:32:47Let's give it a go.
00:32:49Okay.
00:32:54Come on, come on, come on, come on.
00:32:55Whoa.
00:32:56Whoa.
00:32:57That was good, right?
00:32:58It's been a while.
00:33:00Okay, your turn.
00:33:04Uh, you might want to step back a little bit.
00:33:09Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back.
00:33:11Okay.
00:33:11And remember what I told you.
00:33:13So you pull the ball up,
00:33:15wind the bat,
00:33:16take a few steps,
00:33:17and release.
00:33:18Are you kidding?
00:33:30That was great.
00:33:31Don't leave me hanging.
00:33:33Oh, yeah, that thing you do.
00:33:34Woo!
00:33:35Woo!
00:33:36Ah!
00:33:37Bah!
00:33:39Oh!
00:33:40Excuse me.
00:33:42When you knock all the things down,
00:33:43is that what you do?
00:33:44That you do that little dance?
00:33:45I mean, you know,
00:33:46it doesn't happen all the time,
00:33:47but when it does,
00:33:48you gotta celebrate.
00:33:49Mm-hmm.
00:33:50Huh.
00:33:54Lady.
00:34:00Hey!
00:34:02Well done.
00:34:05Don't leave me hanging.
00:34:07Am I picking up date night vibes?
00:34:09I know that look.
00:34:12I know that look.
00:34:13Hey, baby, come on.
00:34:14Let's buy them around.
00:34:15Oh, we just came back from our honeymoon ourselves,
00:34:17so stay right there.
00:34:18I have my strike in.
00:34:25You jerk.
00:34:26You've been messing with me this whole time.
00:34:28You assumed that I didn't know what bowling was.
00:34:30You didn't say you were good at it.
00:34:31I didn't say that I wasn't,
00:34:33but you think that I'm hopeless and sheltered.
00:34:35I'd say this one's on you.
00:34:37Okay, maybe I had that coming.
00:34:38I don't get it.
00:34:40You don't play polo,
00:34:41but you're this bowling champ.
00:34:42That's completely true.
00:34:44Yes, when mechanized bowling was first invented,
00:34:47it became something of a sensation in Androvia.
00:34:50And my great-grandfather,
00:34:51who insisted that we be modern in all things,
00:34:54he built a two-lane alley in the basement of the palace.
00:34:56I discovered it when I was in my early teens.
00:34:59When my royal duties became just too much to bear,
00:35:02that alley,
00:35:05it became a refuge for me.
00:35:08Well, considering how good you are,
00:35:09you must have spent a lot of time there.
00:35:12You're not the only one who had a difficult time adjusting.
00:35:16Here we go.
00:35:17Ah, thank you.
00:35:23Hey, guys, do you have a car,
00:35:25or should we drop you off someplace?
00:35:26Oh, that's so nice of you,
00:35:27but I think that's our Uber just pulling around now.
00:35:29Oh, well, it was really fun meeting you guys.
00:35:31I hope we can get together again.
00:35:34We've been trying to make more couple friends.
00:35:36We could have couple friends.
00:35:38Well, you guys have our contacts,
00:35:39so let's try to keep in touch.
00:35:41All right.
00:35:42Well, that's my wife.
00:35:43Don't mind her.
00:35:44She's a hugger.
00:35:45Okay, bye.
00:35:47Great to meet you.
00:35:49Yeah, it was great to meet you both.
00:35:51Bye.
00:35:52This is just the night that I needed.
00:35:54I have to admit it,
00:35:56I can't remember the last time I had this much fun.
00:35:59Oh.
00:36:05Androvian Crown Prince unaccounted for.
00:36:07Kidnapping not ruled out claims personal assistant.
00:36:12I think we're in trouble.
00:36:15Where have you been, sir?
00:36:16I've been worried sick
00:36:18and entertaining the most dire possibilities.
00:36:20Such as what, Edmund?
00:36:22Kidnapping attempt.
00:36:23No, in fact, we just, uh,
00:36:24went out for a little pizza.
00:36:26Pizza can be delivered.
00:36:28This is quite unlike you, sir.
00:36:30I'm, I'm so sorry.
00:36:31This is my fault.
00:36:32No, it isn't.
00:36:33I went of my own free will.
00:36:35Well, and for your information,
00:36:37had rather a fantastic time.
00:36:39Well, that seems entirely beside the point.
00:36:42Well, I'll inform the king and queen
00:36:44that you have not been abducted, as feared.
00:36:46Now, it would seem
00:36:48that the best way to defuse
00:36:50this escalation intention
00:36:52would be to announce
00:36:53your engagement as soon as possible.
00:36:56So, Princess Beatrice,
00:36:57you will be back here at 9 a.m. sharp
00:36:59for your official photo.
00:37:00I have a meeting.
00:37:01Your Highness,
00:37:02I realize this must all feel
00:37:03like a terrible inconvenience for you,
00:37:05but you were almost in the middle
00:37:07of an international incident this evening.
00:37:09Through no fault of her own.
00:37:10Be that as it may,
00:37:12we need to push things along here
00:37:14for the people of both your countries.
00:37:19Thank you, Your Highnesses.
00:37:22We'll send a car in the morning.
00:37:23Oh, that's ghastly, darling.
00:37:33My, Cherie, you can't wear any of those.
00:37:36They'll think he's marrying an American.
00:37:38Seeing your wardrobe
00:37:39is making me feel quite sad,
00:37:41like we haven't supported you.
00:37:42Well, that was the whole point.
00:37:44I wanted to support myself.
00:37:46And I didn't mean to make you sad.
00:37:48This is supposed to be good news.
00:37:50Of course I'm pleased.
00:37:51You're doing your country a great service.
00:37:54And personally...
00:37:55I'm thrilled to have my baby closer to home.
00:37:58But I just hate to think...
00:37:59Hate to think what?
00:38:01I know how hard won your privacy has been.
00:38:04I fear we're letting you down.
00:38:07Making sacrifices for the greater good
00:38:09is what we do, Mama.
00:38:10You married for part 20.
00:38:12What was that like?
00:38:12I'll admit,
00:38:14it was quite an adjustment.
00:38:16But then again,
00:38:17I was raised for this sort of thing.
00:38:19You, Ma Cherie,
00:38:19you're educated and accomplished.
00:38:21But I fear
00:38:22you're unprepared.
00:38:24Well, you've supported everything
00:38:25I've ever done,
00:38:26so that's the best preparation
00:38:27I could ever hope for.
00:38:29Perhaps.
00:38:30Then again,
00:38:30we've prepared Coralina.
00:38:32And look how that turned out.
00:38:35Oh, well, I hate to cut this short,
00:38:37but I think my car's going to arrive any minute.
00:38:39Give my love to Papa.
00:38:40Of course.
00:38:41Okay.
00:38:42Bisou, bisou.
00:38:42Right.
00:38:52Well, you won't be needing
00:38:53whatever's in there.
00:38:54Follow me.
00:38:55Bartmplet kids
00:39:08drink.
00:39:09Oh, yes,
00:39:10be honest.
00:39:13No.
00:39:14Oh, yes.
00:39:16Oh, yes,
00:39:16Oh, yes.
00:39:19Oh, yes,
00:39:20à- er.
00:39:21How are we progressing?
00:39:32I just worry that all of this...
00:39:35It's not me.
00:39:36Your Highness, if I may, you have not been you for over two decades.
00:39:41By that I mean Princess Beatrix of Faustieri.
00:39:45Now, she's in there somewhere, and we mean to find her, no matter how long it takes.
00:39:50Now, everyone, let's get this done.
00:40:20Your Highnesses, can you get closer together, please?
00:40:35Can you switch sides, please?
00:40:37Could we see the Allura and Alexandrite, please?
00:40:44I think they're finally leaving.
00:41:09I'm so glad you're here.
00:41:11It's been chaos.
00:41:13I know.
00:41:14It's crazy, right?
00:41:15I kind of just missed that one guy with binoculars.
00:41:18Anyway, have you checked your work email?
00:41:20Suddenly, the Bramman League can't wait to be in business with us.
00:41:24And you have invitations to a bunch of galas.
00:41:26Well, don't tell my mother.
00:41:27She'll send gowns.
00:41:28Ooh.
00:41:29You think she'll send me one?
00:41:30If only we could take advantage, but unfortunately, there's bigger issues brewing at home.
00:41:34Now that I know that this is in your home, I've been doing some research.
00:41:39Your foreign minister has been stoking quite a bit of nationalistic fervor, which seems ironic,
00:41:45considering the fact that the Androvians and Vostieres used to be one big country originally.
00:41:51So it's sort of like the Capulets and the Montagues or Ewing and Barnes.
00:41:55But if they were one big country originally, then why did they separate?
00:41:58Well, it was 300 years ago.
00:42:00The king died without a clear heir.
00:42:02Two families laid claim to the throne, and it created this big mess which eventually divided the countries.
00:42:07So now, in order to calm the rhetoric, Desmond and I have to turn on the charm offensive.
00:42:14His jet leaves for Androvia tomorrow night.
00:42:17So, clear schedule and pack your bags.
00:42:20You want me to come with you?
00:42:22No.
00:42:23I need you to come with me.
00:42:26I feel like things are about to get very weird.
00:42:27I need someone I can trust in my corner.
00:42:30And I can't think of anyone else I'd rather have as my maid of honor.
00:42:34Seriously?
00:42:35I'd be so honored!
00:42:38Yay!
00:42:39I'm showing up for the trip in a scarf and big Jackie O's sunglasses.
00:42:43Okay.
00:42:53Oh.
00:42:54Ah.
00:42:55Hi.
00:42:56Miss Hargraves.
00:42:57Always a pleasure.
00:42:59I heard you were joining us.
00:43:00I sure am.
00:43:01It's hard to imagine flying without putting my shoes in a tub first.
00:43:05Indeed.
00:43:06Hello, Edwin.
00:43:07Your Highness.
00:43:09Ah, this will not do.
00:43:11This you might find a little more appropriate.
00:43:13Oh, that looks a bit much for travel.
00:43:16And the Androvian jet awaits us.
00:43:18Do you think it's as posh as we see in magazines?
00:43:20I love free food.
00:43:21We have all amenities on board.
00:43:23Food service, chilled champagne, and in-flight TV.
00:43:25In fact, His Highness has asked if we screen his favorite film this evening.
00:43:29The Big Lebowski.
00:43:30Oh, that tracks.
00:43:35The dude abides.
00:43:38Indeed he does.
00:43:39Give us your best, My Highness, and a high-tail for the van.
00:43:49Come on.
00:43:50Yes.
00:43:50Very good.
00:43:51Very good.
00:43:52Oh, hello.
00:43:58Hi.
00:43:59Car grapes.
00:44:00Huh?
00:44:00Car?
00:44:00Okay.
00:44:01Nice.
00:44:05I wanna be the king of it all.
00:44:07I wanna have a good time.
00:44:10I gotta give it to me.
00:44:12I gotta give it to me.
00:44:14I gotta give it to me.
00:44:16I'm the king of it all.
00:44:19I wanna have a good time.
00:44:21I'll give it to you, give it to you, give it to you
00:44:25Wow
00:44:28Morning, you got it
00:44:30Your Majesty's
00:44:38Might I present my fiancée
00:44:41Princess Beatrix, Eliana, Holston, von Lindemann, Ojaad of Ostieri
00:44:47And Princess, might I introduce the royal family of Androvia
00:44:50My father, King Richmond
00:44:52And my mother, Queen Lupinia
00:44:55It's a pleasure to make your acquaintances
00:44:57You're quite a bit taller than the other one
00:45:00Yes, Your Majesty
00:45:01My apologies for that
00:45:03Oh, that's quite all right, you don't need to unpack for me
00:45:20Okay, please proceed
00:45:23You know, there is a nice lady unpacking my underwear into a lavender scented tissue paper drawer
00:45:34I thought we were only staying one night
00:45:36Well, we're supposed to do a tour of Castle and Laura tomorrow
00:45:38Oh, oh, okay
00:45:41Your Highness
00:45:44Miss Hargraves
00:45:46In an effort to win over Androvians, we planned a photo op for an hour from now
00:45:51It will be very simple
00:45:53You and the Prince will go out to the front entry of the palace
00:45:56Descend the steps and wave
00:45:58To a select group of locals and photographers who will be gathered outside of the gate
00:46:03Then you will return to the palace
00:46:05Easy as that
00:46:06Should we perhaps go outside the gate and greet them personally?
00:46:10Goodness, no
00:46:11We merely want them to get a look at you
00:46:13We've timed it so the sun will be perfect for your angular... angles
00:46:18But no selfies and there will be no tabloid photographers there
00:46:23You will wear these
00:46:24And this will be the gown you're wearing
00:46:28That looks a tad long
00:46:29Well, it won't be time for a proper hem
00:46:33We'll get a seamstress to pop in a couple of stitches and hope for the best
00:46:36All right?
00:46:41Whoa, he's like Cinderella's fairy godmother
00:46:44If she didn't like Cinderella in the least
00:46:47Hmm
00:46:48So, so...
00:47:05It's like being 13 all over again.
00:47:21Except this time, I'm a meme that will last forever.
00:47:24Hey, what do we tell our girls?
00:47:28You are the author of your own story.
00:47:32Don't let others control your narrative.
00:47:33Oh, I'm sorry.
00:47:36I'm jet-lagged, and I didn't expect tagging along with royalty to be so tiring.
00:47:41Also, that bit in there is calling my name.
00:47:44Did you know those sheets are hand-stitched by Italian nuns who are selected for their tiny hands?
00:47:50I looked it up.
00:47:51Okay, you go get some sleep.
00:47:53And remember, we'll laugh about this in the morning.
00:47:55Well, I hope so.
00:47:56Bye.
00:47:57Night-night.
00:48:03Night-night.
00:48:05Night-night.
00:48:06Night-night.
00:48:07Night-night.
00:48:08Night-night.
00:48:09Night-night.
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00:48:28Oh, can I help you something, lass?
00:48:49Just, we're not supposed to have visitors this late in the kitchen.
00:48:52Oh, sorry to bother.
00:48:53I couldn't sleep and I thought maybe a cup of chamomile tea might help.
00:48:56Ah, you must be the American friend of the princess.
00:48:59You could have just run down for it.
00:49:00Actually, I'm the princess friend of the American.
00:49:04Oh, I didn't recognise you, your highness.
00:49:09Well, you must have missed today's latest internet story.
00:49:11Don't worry about those photos.
00:49:14Come on.
00:49:16Oh, you're in luck.
00:49:17Cattle's still hot.
00:49:23You know, when I married my Humphrey, I didn't eat for days.
00:49:27And by the time the priests were giving us our vows, I fainted dead away.
00:49:32Full garter over gums right off the altar.
00:49:34Humphrey couldn't find the top half of me for all the jewel.
00:49:39But by the time reception were in full swing, even I were laughing at it.
00:49:43And I think it's good for the people to see that royals are human too.
00:49:48If anyone's asking my opinion.
00:49:49Oh, sorry.
00:49:55How can I help you, your highness?
00:49:58Straight away, your highness.
00:49:59Kettle's just boiled.
00:50:02Would you allow me to take it?
00:50:04We can't have a princess going about like a kitchen maid.
00:50:08Oh, no one will mind.
00:50:09And I am his fiancée after all.
00:50:13Well, against me better judgment, I don't suppose it could hurt.
00:50:16I don't suppose it could hurt.
00:50:20Enter.
00:50:27You can just set my tea on the side table then.
00:50:31By all means, your highness.
00:50:35What do you do in my bedroom?
00:50:37What?
00:50:37So it's okay for your kitchen maid to see you in your pyjamas, but not your own fiancée?
00:50:41No, it's just...
00:50:41You startled me.
00:50:43I wasn't expecting you.
00:50:43Why are you delivering my tea?
00:50:47Well, I too couldn't sleep, so I imposed myself on your kitchen staff.
00:50:51Ah.
00:50:52And you managed to make it up the stairs all right without falling over?
00:50:58Why couldn't you sleep?
00:51:01I'm just trying to take my mind off the lurking suspicion that responsibility for de-escalating this situation seems to have fallen entirely on our shoulders.
00:51:08I know.
00:51:11Well, there's a book I can give you called Economies of Conflict, which might explain why.
00:51:15I've read that book.
00:51:17Yeah, I thought it was quite good.
00:51:20You didn't tell me why you were not sleeping.
00:51:22I'm making a mess of things.
00:51:23No, you're not.
00:51:24Well, this is how it's always been for me.
00:51:27Always a little off.
00:51:30I'm trying to be better.
00:51:33Less how I am, naturally.
00:51:35I wish you wouldn't.
00:51:37I like you just how you are.
00:51:39You should teach a class on authenticity at princess school.
00:51:43You laugh, but that is part of the leadership program at my foundation.
00:51:47Yes, I heard about that.
00:51:48Girls in STEM, isn't it?
00:51:49Mm-hmm.
00:51:50Tell me about it.
00:51:51Okay, Your Highness.
00:51:54But?
00:51:57Just remember, you asked.
00:52:00Consider, if you will, the messages we send our children.
00:52:05Throughout history, only half the population has ever been invited to adventure, explore, and engage in the world.
00:52:11Half the time actively creating issues in their wake.
00:52:14You mean men like our grandfathers?
00:52:16Precisely.
00:52:17Now consider the stories we tell our girls.
00:52:22It's usually some put-upon princess forced to marry a dull prince.
00:52:26I'm not sure how I feel about that description.
00:52:28My point is, the story usually ends at her marriage, never to be spoken of again.
00:52:38But what if the princess was prepared to think not just about her advantageous marriage, but the problems facing her society and their possible solutions?
00:52:48Princess being metaphorical in our case, of course.
00:52:50In Chloe's case.
00:52:51Yes.
00:52:52Yes.
00:52:54So we opened it up to any girl who had the mind for it.
00:52:58We gave them the opportunity, the access, the tools, so we can reframe the narrative for the future.
00:53:04Interesting.
00:53:05Right?
00:53:06Wait, which part?
00:53:08The part where you, an actual princess, are forced to marry a prince.
00:53:12Because that's what princesses do when they're faced with problems in their societies.
00:53:18Except, um, this prince isn't very dull.
00:53:21Ready for this?
00:53:43Yep.
00:53:43Yep.
00:54:21Everything all right I'm just doing what you suggested and being authentically myself
00:54:42Should we take a selfie
00:54:51Hello there, thank you so much
00:54:58Oh that's beautiful
00:55:00Your highness, the Bostiaries have arrived earlier
00:55:06There's already some snutter about about which family gets the room with the sons
00:55:09So can you and the princess please return to the castle before things escalate
00:55:13Goodbye everyone
00:55:21See you at dinner
00:55:28Ready to meet my family? I can't wait
00:55:36Don't get too excited
00:55:37My Cherie!
00:55:39Hello!
00:55:39You're here
00:55:40I'm just so glad to finally see you, my darling
00:55:44I was afraid those awful Androvians had taken you hostage
00:55:47And we're keeping you from your loving family
00:55:50Darling, what have you been doing to your hair?
00:55:54I love it
00:55:55Oh well, it's not as perfect as mon chouchou
00:55:57Oh stop, don't even get me started
00:56:00I am a wreck
00:56:01Ah, but please allow me to introduce you to my husband
00:56:05You must be...
00:56:12I am, the plumber, yes
00:56:14But you can call me Cody
00:56:16I've been looking forward to meeting you
00:56:17I've only got two brothers
00:56:19So it will delight me to have you as a sister
00:56:21How lovely
00:56:22May I introduce Miss Chloe Hargraves
00:56:25My friend and Foundation partner
00:56:26Such a pleasure to be joined by another commoner
00:56:29We should form an alliance, you and I, no?
00:56:33I get it now
00:56:34Right?
00:56:36What a surprise it was upon hearing about your early arrival here
00:56:57I'm sure you know what it's like to suddenly crave the fresh air of the mountains
00:57:01Especially since your capital is a seaport
00:57:04And does smell so of fish
00:57:06Unlike your capital, which smells of old cheese and disappointment
00:57:11Your majesties, may we invite you to proceed to the dining hall
00:57:16Well, all right
00:57:17So...
00:57:19Prince Desmond, any comment on your second engagement in two months?
00:57:26I need to say that I'm entirely delighted
00:57:27By the circumstances that have brought Princess Beatrix and I together
00:57:31And, Princess Beatrix, any comments on the fact that your approval ratings in Androvia have gone up 73%?
00:57:38Has it?
00:57:38I'm afraid things have been quite topsy-turvy lately, so I wasn't aware
00:57:45Your Highness
00:57:46Princess!
00:57:59Princess Coralina, are you at all disappointed that you're sacrificing becoming Queen by marrying a commoner?
00:58:02Well, real love is never a sacrifice
00:58:05uh excuse me are you a member of one of the families no i'm chloe i'm the best friend of
00:58:20the bride miss hargraves at the risk of appearing chivalrous might i escort you inside
00:58:28will this start a rumor that we're dating perish the thought
00:58:32did you hear him the nerve implying that simply because our beautiful capital is also a seaport
00:58:50that it smells like fish absurd of course dear but then again you don't stray that far from the palace
00:59:00but i get out and about with my charity work at times and i dare say the docks on the far side
00:59:05of the harbor well they do have a certain aromatic quality oh darling do try the brie
00:59:15it's exquisite
00:59:19oh fosterian cheese
00:59:25some of the best in the world
00:59:30look at him down there so smug cheese and disappointment he's the man who'd know what
00:59:38disappointment smells like darling with all your fretting you're letting your ceviche get cold
00:59:43ceviche is always cold mama you're right which one do i mean oh i don't know offhand but you
00:59:49really must try it it's quite delicious i do hope after the wedding we get more androvian seafood
00:59:57how are you adjusting so you return to public life now perhaps i can relate on a small level
01:00:05until i married your sister unless water was spraying from a faucet no one cared what i did
01:00:12i must say it's been quite disorienting i'm not used to being fussed over it's all this
01:00:18poking and prodding and focus on my appearance which takes on getting used to
01:00:22perhaps i can sympathize i have found it a little unsettling for myself also
01:00:27you know the work i do is with my hands not my face why should this matter oh it matters right
01:00:34suppose that dinner went as well as expected at least no one threw anything
01:00:50small blessings right just hope the wedding goes half as well it will oh girl you always beat me at
01:01:01this game i don't even know why i tried here just take the whole deck take the ticket i am gonna go
01:01:06and instastop cody see if he has any brothers good luck nighty night night
01:01:12you
01:01:25you
01:01:31you
01:01:35you
01:01:39Bye.
01:02:09I have to stop these late night rendezvous, or else people will start to talk and they will have to get married.
01:02:25Can you imagine?
01:02:28I want to show you something.
01:02:32You know, I don't wish to alarm you, but when I was a boy, I heard a tale that this tower was haunted by my great-great-great-grandmother Gertrude,
01:02:42who died here rather than surrender it to your lost areas.
01:02:46Well, I was told the ghost was a distant cousin who died defending it from the Androvians.
01:02:50You don't suppose that perhaps our education was skewed in such a way as to paint in a more favourable light our respective families, do you?
01:03:01What? Are you implying that it wasn't entirely true when I was told the Vossieris basically invented civilisation?
01:03:07Just speculating.
01:03:10Did you hear that?
01:03:12Where are you taking me?
01:03:16You'll see.
01:03:19Yeah, no, but actually what?
01:03:22This is what I wanted to show you.
01:03:35Wow. How did you know about it?
01:03:37Well, for a while as a girl, I would obsess over the schematics of all the castles, certain that I would find a secret passage leading to hidden treasure.
01:03:47Unfortunately, I never thought to look for a hidden bowling alley.
01:03:50Ah.
01:04:00Who knows what we'll see.
01:04:03But you once told me that you wanted to study astronomy.
01:04:07Wait.
01:04:09It's early August.
01:04:10Did you bring me here to see the Pesades?
01:04:13Tonight, the meteor shower is supposed to peak.
01:04:16Brilliant.
01:04:19Brilliant.
01:04:25There's one.
01:04:29Look.
01:04:30There's another one.
01:04:31I can't tell if you're just indulging me or you genuinely get excited every time you see another one.
01:04:37Surely you've seen shooting stars before.
01:04:39Of course I have.
01:04:41It doesn't matter if you've seen a hundred thousand of them.
01:04:44It doesn't mean that each one can't have its own unique beauty.
01:04:47I imagine that's what it's like to be in love.
01:04:55It doesn't matter if you've been with someone for years.
01:04:58Your heart still skips feet every time they walk in the room.
01:05:02Imagine.
01:05:04You make it sound like you've never been in love before.
01:05:06I don't suppose I have.
01:05:11Not really.
01:05:13Of course there was an infatuation or two at university but...
01:05:17The engagement.
01:05:19I was betrothed to your sister before I even knew what a crush was.
01:05:32I'm actually really sorry that didn't work out.
01:05:34I'm also really sorry you had to settle for the spare.
01:05:40My sister certainly would never trip over her hem.
01:05:44In fact she's much better suited to all the required pageantry than I am.
01:05:49I can't say I'm disappointed.
01:05:57They also don't think your sister would ever remember some throw away comment about astronomy.
01:06:01Bring me up on this roof to see there.
01:06:11Oh, look at that one.
01:06:13Look at that one.
01:06:36Desmond. Desmond wake up.
01:06:37There's five more minutes. This is the nicest sleep I've had for weeks.
01:06:41Knowing Edwin is probably already alerted the authorities have done something nefarious to you.
01:06:45Let's hope nobody's noticed we've gone.
01:06:47Yes, let's hope.
01:06:52Allow me to help you with that.
01:06:53Stuck. We're trapped up here.
01:07:05What? What are we going to do?
01:07:07What are we going to do?
01:07:10Just kidding. Why didn't I walk with that would have done that?
01:07:13Oh, you're evil. My heart stopped.
01:07:21Where have you two been?
01:07:23We've had the entire staff looking for you.
01:07:25Yes, actually Edwin, the thing about that is that...
01:07:26I'm sorry. It's my fault.
01:07:28Again. Your Highness, you appear to be becoming a bad influence.
01:07:32Edwin, I will remind you that you are speaking to your future queen.
01:07:35Apologies, Your Highness, but your official pre-nuptial luncheon starts in less than three hours.
01:07:41Thus, there is a team of stylists awaiting for you in your quarters.
01:07:44I assumed this wedding was more about politics than presentation.
01:07:47Might I remind, Your Highness, that presentation is politics.
01:07:56The entire Ancillium province was clearly ceded to Androvia in the Treaty of 1628.
01:08:12That was a treaty that was never ratified.
01:08:15Even within Androvia, that treaty was widely dismissed.
01:08:18Oh, you're an expert on Androvian history now?
01:08:21It's a moot point to even try and bring that up,
01:08:23since the Joint Occupancy Accord agreed to, in 1923,
01:08:28set up a 99-year mutual tenancy which would have superseded it.
01:08:33That was most graciously proposed by my own grandfather,
01:08:37so I think I would know about the Accord of 1923.
01:08:41Then you would also know about the underlying agreement,
01:08:44that upon the Accord's expiration, ownership would revert to vostieri.
01:08:49Nonsense! There was never an underlying agreement.
01:08:51That is pure fiction.
01:08:54The only fiction going on here is that we're supposed to believe that's your real hair.
01:08:59Or is the real fiction your waistline?
01:09:02How much spandex are you strapped in, sir?
01:09:07That's my girl.
01:09:09Darling! That's not very ladylike.
01:09:11Well, something had to be done, Mother.
01:09:12With all due respect, what was supposed to be a purely ceremonial luncheon,
01:09:18has yet again devolved into another failed summit.
01:09:22Now, if you would allow me.
01:09:24I believe I have a way through this.
01:09:26Chloe, we're doing our conflict resolution workshop.
01:09:29Awesome!
01:09:30It's entirely irregular.
01:09:31Father, please.
01:09:33These outdated treaties that the two of you have been fighting over have done neither of our countries any good at all, have they?
01:09:37Your Majesties have both been given ample opportunity to find a solution, and you haven't been able to.
01:09:41So, might I suggest that the Crown Princess has given the opportunity to provide some much-needed fresh perspective?
01:09:46Beatrix, dear, this is really not the appropriate time.
01:09:51Papa, darling, this is what Bea does.
01:09:55If you could all just let her speak, I think you'll find we have a rather gifted diplomat amongst us.
01:10:01Thank you. You've got this.
01:10:06Can we get a whiteboard in here?
01:10:08I think we can all agree we'd like to resolve this matter and find a permanent solution,
01:10:11not kick it down the road like your grandparents did.
01:10:14Quite right.
01:10:16Excuse me, dear.
01:10:17Which word are we trying to come up with?
01:10:20There's not a right or a wrong word.
01:10:21It's just that you each have to use the letter you have to make A word.
01:10:25In this situation, what would a win look like to you?
01:10:28Not ever having to deal with this problem for the rest of my life.
01:10:31Okay, I'll put that down as a win.
01:10:33Okay, queens, let's do a trust fall.
01:10:35I'd like you to stand in front like this.
01:10:38I'm here for palace.
01:10:40And you're just going to fall back and trust that my mum is going to catch you.
01:10:44K for king.
01:10:47Service.
01:10:49Bird.
01:10:51I'm slightly worried that our liveries might clash.
01:10:53Edwin, please.
01:10:55Ball.
01:10:59Queens.
01:11:00I know you two went to boarding school together.
01:11:05King Richmond.
01:11:07I don't want you to think about it.
01:11:08I want you to just blurt out a word that comes to mind of when you first met my father.
01:11:13I suppose inspiring.
01:11:15Did you say inspiring?
01:11:17First word that came to mind.
01:11:19Why do you think that is?
01:11:21I was 11 years old.
01:11:23I was fairly sheltered and suddenly I was shipped off to a Swiss boarding school which was supposed to make a man out of me.
01:11:31Admittedly.
01:11:33I was terrified.
01:11:34But then I met Winston.
01:11:37He was a year older.
01:11:39He seemed to be the only boy there who could truly understand my position.
01:11:44He inspired me that I could make my way there.
01:11:47Okay.
01:11:50Great word.
01:11:51Inspiring.
01:11:53Father.
01:11:55What word comes to mind of when you first met King Richmond?
01:11:59I suppose.
01:12:01Comrade.
01:12:03It was awkward with the other boys.
01:12:06Given my royal standing I felt quite isolated.
01:12:09So when Richmond arrived I finally felt like I had a comrade.
01:12:13Someone I could confide in and team up with as it were.
01:12:19We did make quite a team didn't we then?
01:12:22We did indeed.
01:12:24Do you remember the water tower adventure?
01:12:26Do I?
01:12:28I commissioned a painting of that very water tower.
01:12:31It hangs in my personal study.
01:12:33So how did it go from that to this current animosity?
01:12:38When I graduated my father told me I had to put all that behind me and be a true leader.
01:12:43He drilled into me that the Androvians or basically anyone on the other side of any border
01:12:50Can't be trusted.
01:12:53And do you think that mistrust has been a win for either of you?
01:12:57Good evening ladies and gentlemen.
01:12:58I am very pleased and frankly a little surprised to announce that after a private meeting this afternoon, King Richmond and King Winston have come to an agreement which would establish a mutual shared occupancy of the Alcinian province.
01:13:10Overseen by an independent council made up of appointees from both countries. Any questions?
01:13:28With our signatures we enact the new treaty.
01:13:40We also announce a new free trade agreements between our two countries which will benefit both economies.
01:13:46And as an added benefit, my son is not forced into a marriage of convenience.
01:13:56My daughter does not have to marry a man. She barely knows.
01:14:06And with that, I return this token of your affection.
01:14:10And I accept this ring and release you from your engagement to me.
01:14:19Excellent. Well, ah, thank you very much.
01:14:23Well, it's all right, Mother, well.
01:14:25Because we both rather dodged a bullet there, didn't we?
01:14:29Absolutely delighted.
01:14:30Yes. Lucky for both of us, wasn't it?
01:14:33Yes.
01:14:35Quite so long, we did, but we finally got there.
01:14:38Well, it doesn't, shall we?
01:14:40It's been a trial.
01:14:42You'll be relieved, I'm sure, to be able to go back to your old life in Boston.
01:14:46Well, you sort of blew my cover there, so it's not exactly going to be the same.
01:14:51But having a higher profile is already benefiting Foundation.
01:14:54And all of this has taught me a new meaning of public service.
01:14:57A princess for the people.
01:14:59Sounds like a great story to teach children.
01:15:04I truly hope the next time you give that to someone, it's not out of political expediency, but...
01:15:11Because you're really in love.
01:15:14We hope for the best.
01:15:16Yes.
01:15:23Princess Beatrix, Faustieri.
01:15:30It has been our pleasure to have met you.
01:15:36We feel it has been an honour.
01:15:46Fantastic news! We got the grant, and it's for more than what we asked for.
01:16:03They should fund us for the next five years.
01:16:05Me?
01:16:07Yeah, good. It's good.
01:16:09If we caught this news back in Boston, we'd be jumping up and down right now.
01:16:12You're right.
01:16:13This is stupid.
01:16:14Sorry, that's great news.
01:16:15Sorry, that's great news.
01:16:16Except...
01:16:17Here I am just staring at my hand.
01:16:18Is there something wrong with it?
01:16:19Okay, fine.
01:16:20I didn't even like the ring anyway. It was too big and gaudy and totally not my style.
01:16:24And yet your hand sort of looks empty without it now.
01:16:25And that's stupid, right?
01:16:26No!
01:16:27No!
01:16:28It's not stupid.
01:16:29No!
01:16:30It's not stupid.
01:16:31It's no way.
01:16:32No!
01:16:33It's a nightmare.
01:16:34It's not a nightmare.
01:16:35It's a nightmare.
01:16:36It's a nightmare.
01:16:37I'm sure it's going to be jumping up and down right now.
01:16:38You're right.
01:16:39This is stupid.
01:16:40Sorry, that's great news.
01:16:41Except...
01:16:42Here I am just staring at my hand.
01:16:43Is there something wrong with it?
01:16:44Okay, fine.
01:16:45I didn't even like the ring anyway.
01:16:46It was too big and gaudy and totally not my style.
01:16:49And yet your hand sort of looks empty without it now.
01:16:51And that's stupid, right?
01:16:53No!
01:16:54It's not stupid.
01:16:56Especially because this isn't about the ring, is it?
01:17:00I've only known him a couple of weeks.
01:17:03What I'm feeling can't be real, right?
01:17:05Honey, it doesn't matter if it's a few weeks or months or years.
01:17:09If it's real, it's real.
01:17:10Did you tell him how you feel?
01:17:12No.
01:17:14He seemed relieved.
01:17:16So, I acted relieved.
01:17:19It's too late now. Now he's gone.
01:17:21Let's go after him.
01:17:22What? How would we...
01:17:23I have an idea.
01:17:24I'll meet you out front in five minutes.
01:17:27Five minutes.
01:17:33Hey!
01:17:34Oh, great. I borrowed it from one of the staff.
01:17:36Get GPS up on your phone.
01:17:37If we can find a couple of shortcuts, we can beat it to the border.
01:17:40Let's do it.
01:17:40Let's do it.
01:17:46Okay. You good?
01:17:47Yeah.
01:17:47All right.
01:17:54I'm going to fuck.
01:18:08Yeah.
01:18:09I'm going to fuck.
01:18:10Yeah.
01:18:11Let's go around!
01:18:27Hey!
01:18:41Stop the car!
01:18:46Stop the car!
01:18:58Desmond darling, are you feeling quite well?
01:19:01No mother, I have to say that I'm not.
01:19:04I should think you'd be over the moon.
01:19:07We have peacefully resolved the issues and going forward,
01:19:10relations between the two countries should be better than ever.
01:19:13Which is great news for everyone concerned, Father.
01:19:16Except for me.
01:19:18I've dedicated my entire life to this country.
01:19:22But there's something that I have to do now that's just for myself.
01:19:25Son, this is craziness.
01:19:27At the very least, we can send Edward and security with you,
01:19:29for whatever you have to do.
01:19:31No, Father.
01:19:32It's something that I have to do on my own.
01:19:34But trust me, I'm gonna be alright.
01:19:37This isn't like you.
01:19:38Can't you see?
01:19:40The boy is dealing with a broken heart.
01:19:43Let him go.
01:19:45Thank you, Mama.
01:19:47Lesmond.
01:19:48You couldn't have thought of this before you got so far from the border, could you?
01:20:04Please.
01:20:05Please.
01:20:06Please.
01:20:07I have a lot of care of the transports.
01:20:09Please.
01:20:10S'il vous plaît, j'ai pas soin d'un transport, s'il vous plaît, monsieur.
01:20:27Merci.
01:20:40What's wrong? We're out of gas!
01:20:57Oh no.
01:20:58I definitely missed him by now.
01:20:59Hey, we don't know that. You might still be able to catch him.
01:21:02He should go.
01:21:03You'll be okay?
01:21:04Yeah, yeah, go! Go!
01:21:07You go, girl!
01:21:10You go, girl!
01:21:40What are you doing? Where's your security detest?
01:21:49I gave them the slip like you taught me.
01:21:51Oh, God. I need to invest in some sweats.
01:21:54These are not the right shoes for this.
01:21:56What are you doing here?
01:21:57Those things I said last night.
01:22:02Last night?
01:22:04Look, I said that we dodged a bullet.
01:22:05But the truth is, I don't particularly want to dodge that bullet.
01:22:09You don't?
01:22:10No. And perhaps this is crazy. Like your father said, we hardly know each other.
01:22:13But I've never felt this way before.
01:22:16I'm completely in love with you.
01:22:18I feel the same way.
01:22:22I feel the same way.
01:22:23Hey, I still have it.
01:22:25What are you doing?
01:22:26I'm asking this not because I'm the prince and you're the princess and it's our duty.
01:22:37But because I, Desmond, I'm truly in love with you, Beatrix.
01:22:42Will you marry me?
01:22:43I will marry you for exactly that reason.
01:22:48I will marry you for exactly that reason.
01:23:13You know, you could change your shirt this season.
01:23:35No way.
01:23:36This is my favorite shirt.
01:23:37You know if I take this off?
01:23:39The Bruins will lose.
01:23:40You know that, right?
01:23:41Yeah.
01:23:41Hey, what's this fancy looking envelope?
01:23:47Wait.
01:23:48Are these airline tickets?
01:23:50First class.
01:23:52Is this a joke?
01:23:53Hold on, let me see the card.
01:23:56Wow, there's a note written in it.
01:23:58Dear Rooster and Alice, you did say you wanted a couple friends.
01:24:02What?
01:24:05Shut up.
01:24:07These are our friends from the bowling alley.
01:24:09Are you freaking kidding me?
01:24:14What have we done?
01:24:15What kind of chaos have we unleashed?
01:24:17There's a wedding between two royal families.
01:24:20And everyone's involved.
01:24:21So you kind of expected an intimate affair, just the two of us.
01:24:25Yes, but seating 500 guests, how are we going to do that?
01:24:29And do we really know who all these people are?
01:24:31I mean, this one, for example, Johnny Payne?
01:24:33Ah, yes.
01:24:34The heir to the Glasswick Duke Duke.
01:24:37He's the son of my uncle, Willie.
01:24:39That's on my mother's side.
01:24:41I see.
01:24:41And his plus one is a misprudent Thorpe.
01:24:44But why are they seated at a table with the Americans?
01:24:47Oh, that was quite the scandal.
01:24:48You see, Willie went over to America, had a secret wife and a hidden heir.
01:24:51I see.
01:24:53But shouldn't he be seated with his parents, William and Dorothy?
01:24:56He should be seated with his highness's cousin, Henry.
01:25:00Yes, because Henry is going out with an American, Princess Sweet Pea.
01:25:05Princess Sweet Pea, the theme park princess.
01:25:07You know she's not real, right?
01:25:09Apparently she's real enough to be eating lobster at our wedding.
01:25:12Well, if all this goes south, I'll be over there drinking beer with Rooster and Alice.
01:25:16I've got a better idea.
01:25:17Why don't we run out for some pizza?
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01:26:06Why don't we run out for some pizza?
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