I initially expected to see an overbearing and annoying mother who hovered heavily over her spoiled children and was pleasantly surprised that this wasn't the case. While the overall palace politics wasn't very unique, the dynamics between the royal family was heart-warming and fun. The switch between the Queen hilariously running around hectically trying to manage her duties and turning somber and hardened when necessary was done really well. Her sons also had great chemistry with one another with the major focus on the crown princes.

What does really make this series unique is how they tried to implement different facets of issues with women's rights, which is normally not highlighted particularly in historical drama. And while the Queen is typically a powerful figure, she wasn't portrayed as consistently having to bow to her King or being overly manipulative in order to get what she wants. While manipulation is still naturally rampant, the main relationships are relatively straight-forward with one another and it's also quite refreshing. The best part is nothing was too overly dramatized as with many historical dramas- no drawn out sappy romance scenes and no repetitive and incessant political conversations.

There were a few tearjerker moments but the general overall feel you get from completing the series is cozy. My only two nits is that because the dialogue is spoken pretty slowly at times, I did apply mini-skips to move it along just a tad. And some areas were also a bit overly idealistic but nothing that takes away. Overall, this was one I couldn't help but to binge on with many hours of sacrificed sleep.