I know it is frowned upon greatly to kill those of your own court, but somehow I doubt that he would care about that. Considering how much of a...free spirit...

[Why is he trying to be nice? Why not just say 'self-centered bastard?']

...he is, the Monarchs may have sealed some of his abilities. Hopefully, they will remain that way for a while. At least until we can get some kind of idea about what his plans here are.