Wounded on the battlefield, Nora Ward, a fearless general, is forced to retire by her father Louis Ward. Seizing the chance, Louis’s wife Vera Bell arranges Nora’s marriage to a frail, dying man, while securing a royal match between her own daughter, Penny Ward, and the powerful Prince Larry. Yet on the day of their double wedding, a mix-up switches the bridal carriages: Penny is wed to the sickly groom, and Nora unexpectedly becomes the princess consort of Prince Larry.