During the three years between when the parents died and Elsa's coronation, who was running the kingdom?
You would think they'd be able to move up her coronation once the parents were dead, so that the kingdom would have a royal in charge.
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Kai, the old fat bald guy who talk to Wesselton and prey on King & Queen picture.
shareYes, for 3 years the kingdom was ruled by edict from Elsa to Kai.
The local lady says, 'Because, the Queen has come of age'.
Yeah, this is kind of a plot hole for me. Clearly, Elsa had ministers, because the country didn't completely fall to pieces in the three years in between her parents' death and her coronation. Presumably, one of them is Kai, since we see him mourn the former king and queen, he's at the ball, and he does official stuff with the Duke at the end.
So, WHY, if Kai (and possibly others) are there, are the foreign dignitaries running things later in the movie? Why does one of them say to Hans, "Arendelle looks to you"? True, Anna left Hans in charge when she went after Elsa (another thing that didn't make sense. She should have named Kai), but that doesn't give him any legal power, and Kai, et al could have easily challenged it. And even if Hans and Anna had gotten married, and Anna died immediately afterwards, it still would not have given Hans any power. He would just have been the husband to the heir of the queen. (And if someone could explain to me how a queen regnant could be charged with treason, I would love to know.)
What I think is that treason sounded like the best charge to make against her as she seemed to hurt the country.