@Radlife The prince's involvement was made apparent some time ago, the foreign princess being more involved than just being from the same place as the archers is news, I think. Considering her position back home, we can probably assume they had orders from the very top to cooperate with this prince in exchange for the land that got mentioned here. Makes sense, they have food issues due to the climate of all their own land, so helping this twat make it to the throne for some land they could use to grow stuff would be a big plus for them.