Fast-forward into the future, a year after the whole straw-into-gold escapade. Fortunately, the old king had enough gold to satisfy his greed, he never asked for the services of his daughter-in-law. The son was still an enigma, coming in and out of the castle; nobody knowing where he went soon caused tongues to wag.

As for the new queen, she was like a fish out of water in this royalty business, all thumbs when it came to deciding the kingdom’s taxes or issuing diplomatic treaties.

So she spent most of her days instead attending to her beautiful, bouncy, baby girl.