for me the king did somehow showed a little interest to the princess this timeline but actually he basically didn't really put enough effort to it. like maybe he did showered her with gifts but he also know to himself that wouldn't be enough he just wish it was. the king maybe was learning to love his daughter but didn't put the outmost effort to it. well it was his character that he was raised grown and survive like that. even the prince wasn't really praised heart fully it's just a title of crowned prince bestowed and all the perks from other people. but basically both his children didn't get enough parental stuffs from him. maybe him retaining his memory from the past wouldn't even do much change in the current timeline (if it happened i mean) maybe he will even treat the princess worse than the first timeline. well just my opinion
I also think that and I also think that now he feels somewhat sorry because (correct me if wrong) he still believed in his deathbed that she actually hold spiritual power. That's why for me this chapter of "oh, now that I'm dying I realise what I did to my daughter" as redemption is actually useless and it just makes me dislike him even more. I wouldn't have accepted his apology, I wouldn't have stood the closest to his coffin. He was never a father to her in any life, no matter what. He just apologised and praised her, so what? Does that mend her traumas? I would've cried too, yes, but because a person dies, not because my father died. He didn't really put an effort on their relationship and thought that "well, I praise her, I apologise and I let her marry his lover so everything is settled and good"? Nah-uh, not a chance. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
for me the king did somehow showed a little interest to the princess this timeline but actually he basically didn't really put enough effort to it. like maybe he did showered her with gifts but he also know to himself that wouldn't be enough he just wish it was. the king maybe was learning to love his daughter but didn't put the outmost effort to it. well it was his character that he was raised grown and survive like that. even the prince wasn't really praised heart fully it's just a title of crowned prince bestowed and all the perks from other people. but basically both his children didn't get enough parental stuffs from him. maybe him retaining his memory from the past wouldn't even do much change in the current timeline (if it happened i mean) maybe he will even treat the princess worse than the first timeline. well just my opinion
I also think that and I also think that now he feels somewhat sorry because (correct me if wrong) he still believed in his deathbed that she actually hold spiritual power. That's why for me this chapter of "oh, now that I'm dying I realise what I did to my daughter" as redemption is actually useless and it just makes me dislike him even more. I wouldn't have accepted his apology, I wouldn't have stood the closest to his coffin. He was never a father to her in any life, no matter what. He just apologised and praised her, so what? Does that mend her traumas? I would've cried too, yes, but because a person dies, not because my father died. He didn't really put an effort on their relationship and thought that "well, I praise her, I apologise and I let her marry his lover so everything is settled and good"? Nah-uh, not a chance. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
He’s just too detached. He did show interest near the end but that was years too late after how he treated her