Queen Raven's Nest (Fairytale Hour)

When Prince Leopold risks offending a potential ally by refusing yet another marriage offer, his father orders him to marry the first woman who will take him. Leopold soon finds himself married to a peasant girl who surprises him and forces him to reconsider the prejudices he has learned from the bad influences of his feckless friends and his uncle. What will happen when Leopold decides that he wants to turn this sham marriage into a real partnership? This teen-friendly gender-reversal retelling of King Thrushbeard is filled with all your favorite fairy tale elements, with a twist! Tired of the spoiled princess trope seemingly required of all King Thrushbeard retellings? This tale turns that on its head, presenting us with an ignored "spare" prince who has no duties and spends considerable effort to keep it that way. Disinherited by his disgruntled father and exiled from the country, Leo is thrust into the real world, accompanied only by his quick-witted peasant wife, Maggie. As their money runs out, Leopold struggles to find a job and learn how to survive as a commoner rather than a prince. A tentative friendship springs up between the two and Leopold, who has never worked at anything in his life, realizes this is something he doesn't want to lose. But can he overcome his selfishness and insecurities before Maggie gives up and leaves him?