[ she doesn't, and if she's being honest with herself, she has no "real" authority over ton or han while they're in this setting. but the alliance is all she has left, the last living remnants of what her father tried to accomplish, and she's far more invested in bail organa's legacy than she ever sees herself being in anakin skywalker's. authority is all she has left. some days, carrying on like nothing's changed is the only thing keeping her together. ]
It's not bad. Not all the time, anyway. But for me, it's not ideal. I have obligations, a duty to my people as their princess— I can't stay here. Even if I would like to just throw all of that responsibility away and be with Han like I'm any other woman, I can't. That's not who I am, and he knows that.