Quickly, everyone found themselves to be tongue tied. What else could they say when the queen consort made such a threat? And yet to give up so soon felt wrong, Duke Doug Maximus decided to speak up, damn the consequences!
"Queen mother.." he started in a subservient voice as he stood up, "I apologize for speaking up. It is not my intention to question your authority but we were all under the impression that we would be discussing how the crown prince and princess have decided to overturn everything and establish a new form of leadership that we are unfamiliar with." He looked around, glancing at the those that remained. "We are royal relatives and we support them in their course to develop Eldoria, however we are feeling left out.
Of all the ministerial positions that have been assigned, we got none. Even this ministry of defense does not fall under the stewardship of one of our own."
