Last night, I watched A Knight's Tale. While watching it, I got to thinking about the nature or royalty, as well as their servants; the female romantic lead has a lady-in-waiting who's name is never uttered, let alone does she have any kind of personality.
From there, I started thinking being imprisoned -- Jane Grey, Elizabeth, Marie Antoinette. When I was in Hawaii, I saw the room in the palace in which Queen Liliuokalani was kept. It was rather small, and she served it with a servant.
I thought about this servant -- I do not think her name was mentioned while I was on the Palace tour (though I might have missed it). She is rather like the lady-in-waiting from the movie, then.
I wonder what that's like. You're a prisoner, but you have to be someone else's strength. Is it worse, better, the same?
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