I do believe the queen concern is genuine and wanting to make sure the feelings are genuine not just putting a show on for the public so the queen has my respect or at least that is the vibe I got
you know it seems most of the Cliche moments have gone to the SML with the FL the only one that did not was the father Incident unless I am remembering wrong
it’s not like the FL is sincere either just using him for status but at least he knows ahead of time
so I do believe the queen cares about the prince
It’s really surprising how they make the ML look really bad in this series like not being there in episode 9 and Sunbae to the rescue