Talk:The Royal Heir, Book 1/@comment-36277500-20190807150620/@comment-36277500-20190808062219

I also thought about Olivia, but also in a context of "some Cordonian noblewomen" who would eagerly bear Liam's child, even as a surrogate. As far I know, she genuinely loved him. She had to marry another man, but it was arranged by parents of both, there was nothing about loving each other.

Leo lost his status of a crown prince, but wasn't disowned or excluded from family. He just became "side branch" of family, ceding being "main branch" to his brother. There were cases when main branch ended, and there were adoptions of children from side branches of family.

It's quite a shame - they could reuse characters from RoE in this case. Even if just to patch the plot holes. But maybe the author was afraid about even bigger mess if Katie DIDN'T choose Leo...

"It must be a newborn" - One big pshaw. There were cases of adopting several year old boys, or even teenagers. In Ancient and Medieval times people had to mature early, there were marriages of 15 year olds, so people in their thirties often used to be already grandparents. People also often had many children. Gaps between generations were very short, so "uncle" and "nephew" often might be at similar age. So if the royal couple had no children, they usually had dozen of nephews and/or grand-nephews waiting in line of throne. Not to mention other cousins and relatives.