At the end of twelfth century, deep into Sherwood Forest, Nottingham, appeared a folklore. This legend told about an outlaw and his merry men who robbed the rich to fed the poor. To the present, it was just nothing more than a folklore, no one knew if it truly did happen. However, at the time, it did happen.
The Crown Princess preferred to take a stroll in the forest on week-days, so much that Sylvia, the princess's lady-in-waiting, saw it as usual routine. Some times around the year of 1204, or a year from the intended coronation, the princess met the Sherwood Forest's outlaws. They dressed uniformly in Lincoln green and usually seen with a board-sword or longbow, sometimes neither. Their master, an infamous outlaw who was the hero of Nottingham's citizens, was also a gentleman. He was the Sheriff's nemesis, and the Crown Princess's secret ally. Everyone knew him - Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest, whose motto was "rob the rich to feed the poor".
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July 1204, Sherwood Forest, Nottingham...
The Crown Princess went to her routine strolling, but this time she didn't dress herself like a peasant. Sylvia dressed her princess in royal gown and her fleur-de-Lys crown, then made the princess to wear a hooded cloak. Sylvia thought that would make a queenly picturesqueness of the Crown Princess - the future monarch in Nottingham's citizens' eyes - a queenly but homely monarch. However, the Crown Princess thought she might make a chaos with her "mysterious queenly picturesqueness".
As routine, the Crown Princess rode along border of Sherwood Forest to the Nottingham market. Usually, it was a undisturbed trip, but this time, she was disturbed, by the Sherwood Forest's outlaws, "Robin Hood's merry men".
"Hold up, m'lady. Give me just fifty gold sovereigns or I will take all from your purse! What a lady to travel without entourage!"
One man said while "gently threatening" the Crown Princess with his sword. The Crown Princess smiled then took off her hood.
"Greetings, gentlemen. I hope thou knew who thou shouldst and shouldst not rob from..."
They gasped and looked at each other.
"Who told us to rob the Crown Princess? I really don't want my head to be fallen off!"
"William told us to rob anyone that looks rich! I didn't know Her Royal Highness will visit to-day!"
They argued with each other. The Crown Princess looked around and asked:
"Where is thy master?"
"He's out into the market, m'lady!"
"I have an important business to deal with thy master. Wouldst thou call him back?"
The men looked at each other, then all bowed and left.
"Our master said, your wish is our order..."
The other men came out from the forest, asked the Crown Princess in and invited her for a "free" feast (normally, they would price the others for this feast, that was their normal way of "robbing" the wealthy). Later, Robin Hood and those men returned.
"What's your order, Your Highness?"
They all down on their knees. The Crown Princess nodded a greeting, invited them to have a seat, and then had a conversation with Robin Hood:
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