He could not understand how Jeff could give up the power, fame, fortune and comfort to go and suffer outside. For him to do something like this meant he had gone through a lot being in the castle. His late wife was an exceptional woman. She was confident, independent as well as very loving. The people in the whole continent could attest to her love for all living things. Her compassion was on another level. Her tragic death was a blow to him.
He could imagine what his son Prince Jeffrey had experienced after losing his mother at such a young age. It must have been a devastating loss for him, and perhaps it was this tragedy that led him to pursue a life of helping others as a doctor.