My Father's New Queen

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The old king remarries and orders his son to kneel before the new queen, a woman close to his own age, while the court laughs. That night she appears in the prince's room, because the king has drunk himself to sleep. When he unlaces her gown, he finds the mark of his father's enemy on her shoulder. She is a spy. Episode 2 opens with him not telling anyone. She calls him a traitor already. Then comes her real name, her brother's army two days away, and a choice: stand with his father or with her.

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Politics as seduction. She holds a secret that could end him, he holds one that could end her, and the free episodes keep the touching to a scandalous few moments and a mark on a shoulder.

Allergy advice Contains: court gossip, hidden loyalties and one very unfortunate wedding night. May contain traces of a war that arrives early.

Best enjoyed For anyone who likes costume drama played as a secret affair with dangerous consequences.