attackfish

As I said in the review, he's triumphing politically. It's psychologically that he's floundering. When he wasn't a ruler, he could be his own person to an extent, and also, he could serve his favorite cousin and have it also be what's morally and politically correct. Now he's king, and he's Helen's equal. He's stripped of that emotional security. He's every bit as brilliant as ever, and every bit as capable of showing that brilliance in a political arena. I just don't think he's as happy disillusionment's starting to set in.