In addition to the knights, the prince travelled with a number of foot soldiers. These palace guards were numerous, but woefully under-trained for their duties. The placement of the pickets was a complete mess; you could march an army of men through them and not be noticed. She moved guards around to strategic locations, making sure they were always within sight of each other at all times. They were decent men but lacked proper training, so she resolved, with permission from the prince, to spend time drilling them each day.
With regular practise, their skills quickly improved, and within days they were doing their jobs without much supervision. Prince Henry was impressed and let her have free rein with the rest of the men. The knights were more aloof and went out of their way to insinuate
