Royal Sins Eight: The Ruler

The Ruler: Since the king is incapable, the queen must rule until her children are of age, buying allies among the commons for the crown using all her wiles, her intelligence, and in the last resort, her body.
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Royal Sins: With the one surviving heir a man-child married to a foreign princess, the royal line is in jeopardy. For the seventeen years it will take for a new heir to be born and take the throne, the old king and the princess regent walk a tightrope. One slip will bring war. In public, they must be unimpeachable. In private, duty will require sacrifices of honour, and of body.
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