Equally she could not help wondering if there was a different reason and perhaps the King was bored by all this fuss and excitement over a wedding. Titania reasoned to herself that this could be true. The bridal couple, having arrived at the Palace, processed straight into the Throne Room to receive their guests, but there was still no sign of the King. Titania watched her cousin shaking hands with hundreds of people before moving into the great Banqueting Hall. Prince Frederick cut the cake with his sword and everyone drank their health. Titania had learned, although the rest of the guests were unaware of any such arrangements, that the bride and bridegroom were not going away on a honeymoon. As Sophie had just spent a long time at sea, she had no wish to board a ship again and the