Once the princess was found to be unresponsive to any attempts to wake her, the chambermaid feared the worst.
The guards that rushed in were a far cry from being called qualified healers, but only took them seconds to reach the conclusion that their beautiful princess no longer drew breath. Any attempts to keep the rather young chambermaid from screaming failed, and soon the entirety of the castle was alerted to the untimely passing of the beloved princess.
A certain individual deserving of the actor's guild's highest award showed all of the appropriate emotions on his face as he ordered the removal of the visibly frantic and mournful young chambermaid's head.
The soldiers that carried out the execution never knew that it is not the actions of an enraged king that called for the death of a presumably innocent maid.