The King's ChambermaidRoyal bedchamber scandal as a kitchen girl wins the king's attention

The story

Palace sources are whispering. At the Harvest Court, which lasts a full week, the queen sends over her prettiest maid to help the king into his robes, and the girl asks pointedly how slowly he would like it done. A clumsy ring and a sharp-tongued courtier nearly end the day badly, until the king himself puts a stop to the courtier. Nobody has ever stepped in for her before. By evening, the king wants to know how to see her again, and she says she makes up his bed at midnight. Be in it, she adds.

The twist

Episode 2 finds the king arriving early, the maid admitting she has watched him from afar for a year, and both of them weighing the cost of a crown and a hanging. Then the Queen demands entry, and the bedchamber door is locked.

Developing story

The paid episodes ask how long a servant can keep a king's secret in a castle where the walls listen. The Queen, as always, has the last word.