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Princess Eleanor gets her heart broken by another woman on “The Royals”

When we last saw Princess Eleanor on The Royals, she was falling hard for an American model named Mandy. The thing is, Mandy is actually Samantha, bodyguard Jasper’s ex and partner in a major con to steal the royal jewels. Poor Eleanor is too trusting and too much of a smitten kitten to realize she’s in for a world of hurt.

This week, Eleanor and Mandy come home from an epic shopping trip, singing their hearts out. It’s soon to be Eleanor and her twin brother’s birthday, and Mandy has an idea. She takes the Princess to gaze upon the giant diamond and tries to convince her to wear it to her party. Eleanor objects at first since the diamond actually belongs to all of Britain, not just her family, but Mandy’s sweet talking works wonders on Eleanor. A kiss quickly leads to whipping off their shirts and snogging in the jewel room.

Later, Eleanor surprises Mandy in bed with the diamond. They get to spend five minutes alone with the jewel before it’s turned into a necklace for that evening. Mandy’s eyes glow when she see’s what she most wants, gleaming in her lying liar hands. Eleanor isn’t in the mood for one of her mother’s traditional, boring birthday bashes, and she wants to bail. Mandy asks if she’s ever had a fun birthday, and Eleanor tells her about the one year her father planned the party and it was full of fun and bumper cars. With that knowledge, Mandy is off to do some more scheming and leaves Eleanor holding a rock that makes the Heart of the Ocean look like something you’d pick up at Jared’s.

Jasper, who is having cold feet, tries to talk to Eleanor about moving too fast with Mandy. Apparently the blonde beauty has been staying at the palace every night. For someone who is planning on robbing the royals, this guy sure isn’t good about protecting his partner. Eleanor blows off his concerns because she’s happy, dammit! Why can’t everyone just deal?

In the tunnels, Mandy and Jasper meet up to discuss the plan. She’s had a fake necklace made to switch out for the real one, after getting the princess really drunk. By the time anyone is the wiser, she and Jasper will be gonesville. Except Jasper is suddenly not 100% on board. This plan, it turns out, was actually his. Mandy knows why he’s hesitant. “You fell for her. I get it. Because you have a dick and she’s hot. But time to come back to reality.” It’s positively Shakespearian! The plan has been in the works for two years (that’s a long con!) and she wants that diamond, bad.

The royal birthday party kicks off with the twins popping out of a cake, and their friends cheering them from bumper cars. If Mandy wasn’t planning to seriously screw over Eleanor, this would be the sweetest thing ever.

Mandy proceeds to get Eleanor pretty wasted while Jasper tries to convince his partner to steal something else that won’t lead back to Eleanor. But Mandy, well, Samantha, has her heart set on that rock, so bugger off, Jasper.

At the party, Eleanor runs into a young woman named Imogen, who went to rehab with the princess. Imogen is clean now, and a guest of a man who helped her get that way. She tells Eleanor how much she inspires her, which is funny considering Eleanor’s about 10 shots of vodka into a massive hangover. Imogen’s boyfriend is a surly, controlling Russian royal who nearly manhandles Imogen before one of the Prince’s best friends steps in and gets him talking business. Imogen tells the Princess goodbye, but her face says she’s not going back to somewhere pleasant.

Back in Eleanor’s room, she gushes over Mandy and tells her how happy and grateful she is for the party. Mandy, making sure the Princess is good and drunk, asks if she can try on the necklace. Eleanor places it around her girlfriend’s (lying) neck, and I’m pretty sure Eleanor is kind of turned on by the whole thing.

Mandy takes the necklace off, and when she goes to put it back on Eleanor, she drops it and does a switcheroo. Eleanor looks at the fake diamond, none the wiser, and asks if Mandy’s ever seen anything so beautiful. Mandy says all the right things and walks out of there with the diamond in her clutches.

Jasper loses his nerve and locks Mandy’s escape route through the tunnels. Eleanor follows him and Jasper yells at Mandy to tell the Princess the truth about their plan. Eleanor is confused and upset, thinking that Jasper is threatening Mandy. Jasper grabs the fake necklace and tosses it to the ground, where it shatters. He then pulls the real one out of Mandy’s pocket. Eleanor’s face says it all. She’s been betrayed, her heart broken. She calmly takes off her new diamond earrings and hands them to Mandy, telling Jasper to let her go. Mandy runs off and Jasper reluctantly follows.

Jasper chases Mandy down and tries to get her to go back and say she’s changed her mind. Mandy, however, isn’t actually in love with Eleanor, but can plainly see that Jasper is. She kisses his cheek and leaves him to deal with the aftermath of their betrayal.

Meanwhile, a devastated Eleanor is losing her royal shit. She sets fire to the birthday banner, causing the sprinklers to go off, which sends everyone running. Alone, she lays soaking wet in a bumper car, listening to sad music, as Jasper watches. When the Queen returns from seeing her dead husband (surprise! The King’s alive), she sees the trashed ballroom and her daughter sitting alone, and inconsolable.

Welp, we knew this wasn’t going to be a happy ending for Eleanor and Mandy, but it does sting to see Eleanor so broken. One gets the feeling this storyline was an elaborate way to get Eleanor and Jasper together, which is frustrating, but it really could have been anyone who stole the Princess’ heart and diamonds. Mandy, er, Samantha, was an expert grifter, but Eleanor’s feelings were very real.

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