Oh! Well, King Touchstone is the first to sit on the throne for... well, two hundred years. He regained it after you... Well, after someone called Sabriel defeated one of the greater dead. Kerrigor.

[ Why doesn't she know this? Perhaps this Sabriel is the one who os from the past. Or maybe she's from the future, though it is disheartening to think that the kingdom will be without ruler once more. ]