The overbearing and worrying Dowager Duchess stresses endlessly over her son's inability to find a wife. The young duke, Elliot Frances Digby, could not seem less interested in marriage. He doesn't seem interested in anyone until the farmer's boy returns from college. The princess' debut strikes the former duchess, Ophelia, with the bright idea. Who would better suit the princess than a duke? The king agrees, and the parents try to unite their kids. However, they end up getting perhaps a bit too close to one another.