When the queen is away, the subjects will play. That's what hapless King Eric (Lowell Sherman) finds out when his domineering queen goes on a trip to the Americas. As soon as she clears the docks, the locals figure it's a good time to start a revolution.Things get further complicated when Princess Ann (Mary Astor) announces she wants to marry a commoner and the Prince (Hugh Trevor) tries to get daddy to hand over the crown. What's a poor king to do?