Does her mother really busy with official duties or it just an excuse? Because the king is there with Pryde so far. So does he not have official duties too?
@ MeredithB it's believed she's having an affair with the heroine's father. Also, the Queen is the true ruler since the king married into Royalty (at least that is how I see it from what I have read so far.)
I think I hate the Queen. Like, she couldn't even be bothered to visit afterward on an extremely important day in her daughters life? Has the MC ever even see her mother?? And yet, by the sounds of it, the Queen has plenty of time to coddle the other daughter (the original heroine).