Empathy can be shown in the act of understanding why someone acted a certain way or thought something. However, understanding does not mean that it justifies that act or thought. So even if there is empathy, there can still be criticism, because we are imperfect beings that act within our own...
@TheGodEmperor Thank you for the clarification.
This just saddens me more because I guess that there is the interest in the royal family as a vassal but not in his own family (his wife's) as a husband (son-in-law). Because if the interest in the princess was one of family then he would've also...