They are con men.
The king and duke avoid being accused of stealing by disguising themselves as different characters and manipulating situations to shift suspicion away from themselves. They use their deceitful tactics to create confusion and misdirect others from discovering their true identities and intentions.
The character accused of treason and blinded in Shakespeare's King Lear is the Duke of Gloucester's illegitimate son, Edmund. He betrays his father and brother, Edgar, leading to his father being accused of treason and subsequent blinding.
He had his eyes poked out by the Duke of Cornwall and his wife, King Lear's daughter Regan. Cornwall had accused Gloucester of conspiring to aid an invasion of Britain by France by assisting King Lear to Dover.
Huck helps the king and the duke escape a mob by stealing their raft and leaving them behind. He then lies to a passing steamboat captain, saying that his family is stranded and needs help, which directs the steamboat towards the king and the duke instead. This enables Huck to distance himself from the two frauds.
A King is a more senior position than a Duke.
Nom de Plume, a fellow author, accused Stephen King of stealing the idea for his novel "Misery" from one of Nom de Plume's own works. The accusation was vehemently denied by King and the matter was eventually settled out of court.
Not a king, but a Grand Duke. His name is Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
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She was accused of "bewitching" the King and in so taking action against King and Country
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The Duke.
they would both go into town and warn the king and the duke.
A duke is sort of like a king but not as royal.