Jolie has literally never met a king, or the president, or anybody all that important really. It's easier to just treat him like another dude.

"Well. I mean, we're here to help, me and the others from, um, the Circle." Might as well be as honest as she can without trying to make them sound crazy. "But we can't help if we don't know what all is going on, you know? And it'd be nice to hear the details coming from the top guy, instead of just what rumors are going around the city, don't you think?"