^ She doesn't have to be there for any official purpose. An event like that would have tons of spectators. It seems to me that it would almost be like when they had gladiators in the Coloseum. Many businesses would shut down and other events would be postponed because anyone who was "loyal to the empire" would be expected to be there to support it. It might even be socially unacceptable for someone to skip the event unless their job was absolutely essential to the running of the kingdom. I'm not sure to what extreme the kingdom is militaristic/patriotic, but according to the intro on the IC page with the whole "might makes right" and such, I would think that a normal person would feel a bit of pressure to show up to support the knights.