Cecil

Lord Cecil, a character in The Princess Swap book, is a member of the Monterren court and one of King Edmond's advisors. Although he is mentioned in Chapter 1, he makes his first appearance in Chapter 2.

Appearance
Lord Cecil has blue-gray eyes, short blond hair, and tan skin. He wears a black suit with white dress shirt, green vest, and gold patterned tie with tie clip and matching handkerchief.

Personality
Lord Cecil is surly and arrogant, believing that Monterrans are superior to Ismaris. He believes there are too many centuries of rivalry and differences between the two kingdoms to put aside and strive for an end to the feud and to have peace.

The Princess Swap

 * Chapter 1: Worlds Collide (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 2: A Night on the Town
 * Chapter 3: Best Laid Plans (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 4: Belle of the Ball
 * Chapter 5: The Princess and the Party (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 6: Into the Deep End
 * Chapter 7: Double Trouble
 * Chapter 9: On the Hunt
 * Chapter 11: Worlds Apart (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 15: Righting Wrongs
 * Chapter 16: Hard Truths
 * Chapter 17: The Farewell Ball
 * Chapter 18: Two Worlds

Princess Julivert
When the princess and Aveline give you a crash course on the nobility, they tell you to avoid Lord Cecil if possible. While most nobles will be deferential to the princess's opinions, Lord Cecil will not be.

Your Character
When you first meet Lord Cecil, you find him arrogant, especially when he acts condescending towards Clarke. You can choose to respond diplomatically towards him, which causes him to act patronizing to you as well.

At the end of Chapter 15, he catches you outside of the Charity Ball and shows you pictures he obtained of the princess walking with Devin around the university campus. Although the pictures are not risqué, he tells you the public will not be forgiving and Clarke would be devastated. In Chapter 16, he threatens to release the pictures and blackmails you into sabotaging Clarke's Farewell Ball. Either you end the relationship with Clarke and Ismar, or he will but with more public humiliation.

King Edmond
Cecil is one of King Edmond's advisors. When you and the princess make your identities known at the Farewell Ball, you tell the king that Cecil threatened and blackmailed you. The king has his guards arrest Cecil and taken away from the ball.

Trivia

 * The name Cecil is of Latin and Welsh origin and means: Blind (Latin); sixth (Welsh).
 * He shares the same name as Cecil Romano IV from the Bloodbound series.
 * His crime is blackmail.
 * He is similar to Winston Torres from Foreign Affairs, as both are advisors to their respective countries' leaders who are against making peace with their rival countries and attempt to sabotage peace efforts.
 * If we decide to place him next to Erin in a premium Chapter 3 scene, Chapter 4 reveals that he was a lieutenant colonel during his early twenties.