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A kingdom runs out of legitimate heirs and has to start looking for any illegitimate children the former king might have left to put on the throne and avoid a Succession Crisis (which will likely fail, as other contenders can point out they have more Royal Blood and a better-suited education). Is that separate enough from Hidden Backup Prince (since no one planned to have the kid raised separately as a backup) to trope?