Lillie's social success continues despite brewing public scandal over her illicit affair with Bertie. But a new Prince has arrived, Bertie's nephew Prince Louis of Battenberg. The attraction is mutual and Lillie is now involved with a pair of Princes. When Bertie forbids Louis to marry Lillie, she coldly agrees. But she hatches a plan to afford herself a more comfortable financial position: she will take to the stage, become an actress, and earn enough to support herself.