Flawed Storyline

Rating: 5/10 (1 June 2010)

For the most part I enjoyed this movie but I have a question that seems to continue to be overlooked...
According to the new story, the King and Queen went to Rumpelstiltskin as a last ditch effort to save their daughter. Just as they were about to sign away their kingdom they got word that the Princess had been rescued by Shrek. My question is, if, in Shrek 2, King was involved in the plot with Prince Charming and Fairy Godmother to rescue Fiona and have her marry Charming only to have had Shrek beat him to the castle, then why were they at Rumpelstiltskin's to begin with? If Shrek didn't exist anymore then wouldn't it be safe to assume that Charming would have arrived at the castle and rescued Fiona? I don't think that they ever addressed Prince Charming or Fairy Godmother in this installment. What happened to them? Still, I did enjoy the movie, just found it hard to get passed this error in the storyline.