There’s a tomb in Westminster Abbey where a king and queen lie side by side in bronze. Their effigies are gilded and crowned with the initials A and R... Richard II and Anne of Bohemia’s relationship became the foundation of my characters Queen Adela and King Wymund in The Lion Throne Queen... Adela lives in a fantastical world who befriends the fae and faces different political stakes. But the emotional seed is the same: a woman whose love for her king was real, deep, and transformative.