Queen Hazel

**Queen Hazel** is the mother of Prince Wilbur.

## History

### Early life

Hazel came from a kingdom whose royal family had fallen on hard times, as evidenced by the shabby state and limited staff of their castle. She attended college, where she made a number of gerbil acquaintances including Dame Gothel. She would continue to exchange letters with her former classmates through the years, unaware that Gothel actually disliked her. Eventually, she married and gave birth to a son, Prince Wilbur.

Due to their financial difficulties, Wilbur was christened in a gown handed down from his cousin Matilda. The pink garment caused a wicked fairy to mistake him for a Princess and place a curse on him. Efforts to correct the misunderstanding failed; despite this, Hazel enjoyed her son’s childhood. Though her husband was no longer present, the queen and prince were close, and both enjoyed the stories of Princess Harriet Hamsterbone of the nearby Hamster Kingdom.

### Wilbur makes friends

Once Wilbur turned twelve, his curse came into effect, and he was whisked away to the top of a glass mountain guarded by a hydra. Recalling the stories of Harriet’s exploits, Hazel felt certain that the warrior princess could help Wilbur. Some months passed, with no one succeeding in the effort to rescue her son. Then, surprisingly, Harriet arrived at the castle in search of a prince to help her own kingdom.

After bringing Harriet up to speed on the state of their kingdom and her son’s history and situation, Hazel sent her off with a lunch and directions to the mountain. Harriet successfully reached Wilbur and the hydra, whom he had befriended and named Heady. The pair joined Harriet in the effort to rescue her kingdom, with Wilbur being convinced to accompany Harriet in part due to word of his mother’s concern for him. For his role in Harriet’s heroism, Wilbur received a reward from King Hamsterbone consisting largely of money, which he sent home to his mother to help fix up the castle.

Heady, who took up residence at the castle, soon laid an egg and was regarded as another member of the family. Unfortunately, Hazel wrote to her old schoolmate Gothel about Heady and the egg. The egg subsequently vanished, prompting Wilbur to go to Harriet for help. Harriet soon began investigating, though Hazel and Wilbur were quick to dismiss suspicions towards any of their staff.

After Harriet discovered a gerbil footprint near Heady’s nest, Hazel mentioned writing to Gothel. Though she admitted Gothel could be hard to get along with, she didn’t believe her capable of the theft. Hazel was then amused when Wilbur commented on knowing what it was like to have a friend like that, only for it to go right over Harriet’s head. She hunted down Gothel’s reply to her letter, and Wilbur and Harriet left to investigate.

Upon running into Gothel, Wilbur introduced himself as Hazel’s son, and Gothel noted how glowingly his mother had spoken of him in her letters. However, Harriet later overheard Gothel voice her dislike of Hazel. She would also threaten to report Wilbur to his mother during the attempt to rescue the egg. Once Gothel was defeated, Harriet suggested that Wilbur return to his mother with Ratpunzel, a young girl whose magical tears Gothel had harvested for her own uses.

Some time later, Queen Hamsterbone threw a masquerade ball in honor of the Bat Ambassador. Ratpunzel wished to attend, so Hazel asked Wilbur to escort her.

## References

1. ↑ *Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible*
2. ↑ *Hamster Princess: Ratpunzel*
3. ↑ *Hamster Princess: Whiskerella*