this resolution to the bracelet problem felt too flaccid. everyone can see that this king is vastly incompetent and runs on emotion rather than logic. he should have been dethroned by the end, in proportion to the pain in the ass that he has been this whole series.
And this incompetence and emotional outburst is likely going to cause his quite imminent "retirement", allowing his far, far, far more reasonable son to take over. All without regicide which would make the entire kingdom and any of their allies to hunt down our main characters.
You gotta think about the big picture sometimes. The hero, DESPITE the kings horseshit, which he showed to the entire royal court and dozens of guards who will all DEFINITELY be talking about this, is still willing to serve the kingdom. The kings horseshit caused one of the heros friends to nearly kill the king, but was talked down by the prince, who kept calm the whole time, rather than throw multiple tantrums, go back on his promises (VERY bad if that gets back to any of the Kingdom's allies - if he broke his word to the heroes saving his kingdom and the world, he can't be trusted to keep ANY agreement)...
Basically, this king is going down, one way or another, either assassinated by members of the court, one of the kingdoms allies, or just being forced to abdicate to the prince and quietly banished somewhere.