Read it closely, the awoken guard says it is my duty to [u]advise[/u] the death of etc,etc, and Queen

This. Also the card says the prince smiles. I dont think he'd smile unless he could sense the queen. The queen did something otherwise how did he even end up across the system to mars when other ships that were hit were broken floating in the rings of saturn.

Yes, I agree and the commentary from the queen about this being the day she was born and she still has the scars means she has probably been spirited away by the 9, I think she will makes return at some point. her story line in the beginning was to involved to just get rid.