It's been a couple years since Raina had her run away experience.
Raina brought a new perspective home, which she shared with her parents. Although Raina's parents were a bit worried to hear how their daughter spent her time or how she was tortured in prison. They both were relieved she was home again. Even though Raina's parents hated how she ran away without guards, last words, and the tortures in prison they listened to everything their daughter said, even made some changes to their torturing of prisoners.
In those couple of years Raina wrote to her friends she made; all of Raina's friends visited her once in awhile and vice versa. In that time John and Luke who attacked Raina on her way home worked their way to be body guards.
At first both princes, Arthur and Ralph felt awkward when they found out Ella was princess Raina. Especially since they all knew the prince's parents wanted them to court Raina, in time the awkwardness left and they all genuinely were friends. Because Ralph and Arthur met princess Raina as Ella they too changed with a new perspective.