King Alfonso XIV is going through the biggest setback of his public life and must step out of the public light for a few months; the only candidate is his daughter, an overindulging princess.

After a few days as head of the Royal Household, Pilar gets wind that a comedian has a show on Main Street in which he mocks her father; the Spanish intelligence services warn Pilar that her best friend has compromising material about her.

Pilar's new idea to better her appalling public image is to become a distinguished alumni of a certain university where her mother studied; there's a significant difference between the two: Pilar hasn't studied there.

With Guillermo in tow, Pilar hosts her first inauguration of the judicial year; Guillermo learns that news outlets will publish that some of King Alfonso XIV's wealth can be traced back to his dealings with criminal dictators.

Guillermo looks for references to the princess in the memoir that Prince Richard, heir to the British crown, has just published; when Prince Richard arrives in Madrid to promote his book, Pilar decides to pay him a visit.

While Guillermo is arranging the final details of his mother's funeral with the local priest, a combat helicopter hovers over the church; Pilar decides to pay her respects.