[ He turns his gaze to her hand on the throne, contemplating taking it but she seems to want to appear strong and if that is what it takes to help her then he would let her be. Maybe he is more like Spike than he would admit, and still he clenches his jaw and bows his head again at the question, even if this one has a happy ending, does it not? Despite the long and winding road to it. ]

She was declared illegitimate but the King still saw to her care and her education. She grew up in places called Hatfield, Cheshunt and Ashbridge, which all seem pleasant, though you must know better than I do...