I was hoping that this show would FINALLY give me a reason to root for the supposed heroes...but it even botched that.
Basically the stance of the royal family is that they WILL take back the throne and reinstall their tyranny...and in doing so, they would destroy the city, since Maximus' death would result in the destruction of the city...and they LIED by claiming that Maximus was the one threatening to destroy the city. Had they just backed off and accepted that they were no longer the rulers of Attilan, then the city would have been fine. And they had the nerve to pretend that they were being selfless and Maximus was the one being selfish. It doesn't get more selfish than "we will reinstall the tyranny that no one wants...and will destroy the city in the process."
Keep in mind...Maximus always intended to take the people to Earth as free people who would live as equals...and it was the royal family who opposed the idea...funny how they adopted his idea in order to get power back.
A failure on pretty much every level (acting, writing, overall story concept), this show was a disgrace to the Marvel brand and I no longer blame Feige for keeping the movies far away from the nonsense.