Prince Hamid

Prince Hamid, a character in the Desire & Decorum series, is the Imperial Prince of the Ottoman Empire and one of your love interests. He is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 5.

Appearance
Prince Hamid has black hair, dark blue eyes, and olive skin. He wears a teal robe with gold embroidery, a black cape, and a silver medallion.

Personality
Prince Hamid is normally very gentlemanly and formal. When he is around Your Character, however, he shows off a little bit of his wild side while still maintaining his formalities.

In Book 1, Chapter 5, he admits that he loves to travel the world but hates doing business related things.

Your Character
He is one of your love interests. You first meet when you and Briar arrive in London and search for the way to the townhouse. He offers you a ride. In Chapter 7, you can decide to explore backstage and watch the rehearsal in the opera house with Prince Hamid. Although Duke Richards prevents you from watching the actual performance with Prince Hamid, you and Miss Parsons share a carriage ride with him beforehand. The next time you meet is in Chapter 10, where he can persuade you to take a walk in the park with him while your carriage waits in congested traffic to the races. In Chapter 13, you can choose him to give you comfort over the passing of your father. In Chapter 15, he introduces you to Mr. Konevi although you have already met him prior, explaining his job situation, and you have the choice whether or not to employ Mr. Konevi and keep him in England. You can confess your love for him in Chapter 16, but it is your choice in Book 2, Chapter 8, to either keep or change your love interest.

Annabelle Parsons
Depending on whether or not you also pursue Miss Parsons as a love interest, her jealousy towards Prince Hamid varies. When she meets him for the first time on the same day you do, their encounter is brief as he only has eyes for you. She remains friendly with him when you three tour the Opera house together in the afternoon before the performance, but when he arrives to escort you two that evening, she needs silence reassurance from you when he charmingly flirts with you.

Ernest Sinclaire
In Book 1, Prince Hamid seldomly interacts with Mr. Sinclaire except in passing, possibly at the races in Chapter 10, at your father's funeral in Chapter 13, and the Duke's ball in Chapters 15 and 16. In Book 2, their friendship gains ground over mutual fondness for you and dislike for Duke Richards. They come to see you in Grovershire in Chapters 4 and 5, and attend the gala thrown at Edgewater estate in Chapter 7. If you decide Prince Hamid is the one you want to marry, when he challenges the Duke to a duel Chapter 8, he asks Mr. Sinclaire to act as his second in Chapter 9. Mr. Sinclaire offers his dueling pistol to Prince Hamid, and teaches him some dueling basics.

Tristan Richards
Because Prince Hamid acts as an ambassador for the Ottoman Empire, he interacts with Duke Richards in Parliament. To the Duke's aggravation, Prince Hamid openly charms you when you and Miss Parsons run into them outside a dress shop. Duke Richards tells him he shouldn't be distracted from securing his treaties by your pretty face, and is annoyed when he offers to send a carriage to escort you and Miss Parsons to the opera. The Duke dislikes him for monopolizing your time. In Chapter 10, when the Duke goads Mr. Marlcaster into racing against him, Prince Hamid joins the race. The rest of their relationship is determinant on whether or not Prince Hamid is your love interest, although in general, all your love interests despise the Duke to different degrees.

Trivia

 * In Book 1, Chapter 5, he tells you that he is thirty-seventh in the line of succession, soon to be thirty-eighth when his cousin's son is born.