Prologue 2: The Actual Prologue
Everybody on earth and their mothers and grandmothers are all familiar with the classic fairy tales of the past: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and the most popular and Iconic of them all: Cinderella.
All three of these particular fairy tales have a single arc in common: the female lead wishes for a handsome prince to come in, save her from her situation, sweep her off her feet and take her home to his kingdom where they marry and live happily ever after. It's an age old plot cliche that has carried over from the aforementioned fairy tales and into several romantic comedies and dramas, despite losing it's freshness and impact in later years.
But once upon a time in the 2000's came a popular little reality show called "The Bachelorette" the sister of the other popular show, "The Bachelor"; the rules were simple: several attractive people compete for the heart of the titular person, in this case, the girls put their sweetness, love and honesty on display in an attempt to win the Bachelor's heart, the same rules applied for the "Bachelorette", except this time, The men competed for the heart of the titular Bachelorette.
Why is any of this relevant, you may ask? Because once upon a time, such an event akin to the 'Bachelorette' did take place, but not in America, in a Kingdom far, far way...and not in a fantasy fairy tale world, but in Southern Europe, and one of the people who took part in this event wasn't a woman, it was a man; and the Bachelorette wasn't an ordinary woman, she was the nation's princess.