Princess Charlotte is a former member of the Royal Family. During her time as a Royal, she became intimately familiar with the family's internal secrets and scandals. After her divorce, she was offered a small yearly settlement for her silence. When The King ascended to the throne, he presented a major challenge to the Premiership of Francis Urquhart, who developed a "regal insurance policy" that would serve to weaken the monarchy. At Urquhart's behest, Chief Whip Tim Stamper, a trusted confident of the princess, called in a favor with Bruce Bullerby, owner of The Clarion Newspaper. Stamper introduced the two and convinced Charlotte to enter into a relationship with Bullerby. Tim informed Charlotte that if she were to reveal the Royal Family secrets to Bullerby, he would pay her one-hundred-thousand pounds a year, and the story would not be published until after her death, a proposition the Princess begrudgingly agreed to. Over the next several months, Bullerby played on Charlotte's resentment of the Royal Family and she proceeded to reveal the contents of her controversial memoirs. Unbeknownst to the newspaper executive, photographs had been taken on several occasions showing the two of them engaging in sexual activity for the purpose of blackmail. Months later, on the orders of Urquhart, Bullerby was forced to publish the memoirs prematurely to cause great scandal for The King, thus weakening his opposition to Urquhart's government. Feeling incredibly betrayed, the Princess ended her relationship with Bruce just as the two were starting to fall in love. Despite her resentment towards the Windsors, Charlotte was initially hesitant to reveal the scandalous family secrets, not just because of the family's prior threats of retaliation, but admiration for the deceased former Monarch, Queen Elizabeth.