Turns out, having a queen with an extensive array and interest in knowledge is a good thing! Who knew?! Yeah, the prince just wanted to gush about his fiance here.
Wow, assassination attempt? That explains a lot of the guys' actions, I guess. I suppose you could sorta see not telling Eli as an important counter-intelligence maneuver or "not to worry her" or something, but I would argue that she'd be safer if she knew her life was being targeted and they still made her feel very rejected for no good reason.