The funeral is a funeral, nothing else, but by the end of the scene, you understand that every handshake in that room is a choice to betray someone. The political intrigue isn't window dressing for action sequences. It's the architecture of the entire story, and the show trusts you to follow the geometry of alliance-building and the cost of each shift. This is where the franchise stops explaining itself to newcomers and rewards the people who have been paying attention since the beginning.
Prince Edward, first in line to the throne of Albion, has been assassinated, and while his funeral takes place the nobles argue over who will succeed him: second-in-line Princess Mary or third-in-line Prince Richard, the Duke of Arkham, with the Duke of Normandy's next move also in question. Richard, secretly the one behind Edward's death, presses Princess to choose between him and the Duke of Normandy, and she is shaken even as she holds to her hope of a world where everyone is equal. On orders from the Commonwealth, Ange and Dorothy go undercover as Mary's maids to report on the state of the royal family, and they find Mary worn down by the weight of suddenly being next in line. As the succession grows chaotic, Richard's scheme starts to take shape and the kingdom's darkness closes in on Team White Pigeon. The third of six films continuing the Princess Principal TV series, blending action, mystery and spy intrigue.
