So who is this girl kneeling before queen

EPaws Yes I suspect she is Guinevere's handmaid and Merlin's love interest and clearly something is up.

kbrand5333 Yes, Queen does not look very happy.

nessarthur lol, is that Angel's coat on the throne??

Lucerne28 From the back, clothing wise, it does appear to be Gwen's maid.. Pure speculation on my part, but maybe she is accusing/ reporting on a noble person, and the queen has to decide whom to believe. Maybe this is how she becomes part of the household, her reward for her report is to become the queen's maid. Have to say, after all these scenes of Gwen being dragged to the throne room to be judged it is nice to see her in a position of power, doing the judging.

HumbleQueen I like your interpretation, Lucerne. Maybe this is how she becomes the queen's made. These pics are from episode 2, so my guess is she's going to play a big part in the opening episodes. Merlin became Arthur's servant because of what he did to save the prince, so maybe something similar here. From the looks of that one scene in the trailer, yeah, maybe she and Merlin do have a little thing going, Stacey. Pics of here out in the woods and this with Gaius: http://imgbox.com/abzG993Z So she'll definitely be a big part of the plot of Gwen's story back at the castle while the guys are off dealing with the major thing.