He gives her a bit of a look, something between amusement and interest. He isn't mad, just a little confused. Related to the monarchy can mean a lot of different things!

"Sort of," he repeats, because it's a very open window. But he can tell this is very difficult for her to talk about, so instead of yanking his hand away, he just winds their fingers together further. "How much is sort of that you are so informed?"

He's never googled her, though it would have been easy to. He never likes to google people he's interested in, because he'd rather they tell him important stuff on their own.