I spent an hour removing mods one by one and reloading to try and figure out where the conflict was. I eventually removed all mods and it still didn't work. I started a new vanilla game to test it out with the first fleeing royal quest. When I right clicked the bestower again all I could do was arrest her.
I assumed that the game was bugged for tribals trying to gain a royalty title or something.
Nope. Not bugged. You literally left click the lady in red and there is a button to start the ceremony on the bottom menu. I probably missed reading something somewhere. It's probably documented. I was just so used to starting the bestowing ceremony the "old way" that this messed me up for hours. It never dawned on me to actually click on the royal. There was never a reason to left click her before unless you were interested to see her health conditions or something.
I assume others will have the same troubles and I hope this post helps.
Side Note - the anima tree linking is similar in 1.3 as well, but if memory serves me right you can still right click the tree as well. I think you now you have the option to left or right click the anima tree to start the linking ceremony.
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