Responses
I don't know shit about the novel, but my guess is that his mother died right after Richard was born. Everyone says that Richard takes after the king, so it's not hard to come to conclusion that the king may kind of hate his own son, because he "killed" the woman of his life. I don't know, this is just a guess.
Born kinda twisted and his father did NOT help, what an ass. If his mother had been alive this would have been managed. I kinda wanna know the story of the king and the queen more than Richard's and Courtney's atp just bec I wanna know what made him (Richard) that way more than whatever their relationship is becoming