Prince Charming/Finding a Bride

Most of them are too old, too fat, too ugly or all three. Each morning you sit in the small drawing-room and talk to girls. At first, you try to show an interest in the proceedings, asking them where they come from what sort of things they like to do, but it soon becomes a total bore.

This morning, you're lounging in your chair drinking coffee in the first one is marched in by her mother. Percival, the king's new right-hand man and Chancellor advised you to pay close attention to the mother. "The mother is often the daughter - twenty years on," he said.

• The Ball