This guarantees few people are actually guillotined. The King also quietly pardons many of the subjects the Queen has ordered to be beheaded when the Queen is not looking. As an example, when the Queen, who enjoys ordering beheadings, attempts to have Alice executed (charged with being unable to answer who is lying down in front of her), the King of Hearts reminds her that she is only a child. When compared to the Queen of Hearts, the King of Hearts appears to be the moderate part of the Wonderland government. He is the husband of the Queen of Hearts.Īlice's Adventures in Wonderland
The King of Hearts is a character from the 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. John Tenniel's illustration of the King and Queen of Hearts at the trial of the Knave of Hearts.
