This is a stretch, but
Feeling tired? Crabby? Call [staff member] on 1-800-GO-2-BED
this is a line I found on the thread of people keeping track of the news quotes.
Maybe this is connected to the princess? Somebody knew that the princess would see them and tell (i still believe in her having a big mouth) and so they decided that since she is known to be up late, they'd give her something with some sort of sleeping tonic so she'd stay asleep all night. I'm sure if a stranger offered her a sandwich she would accept it, and then it could've had the tonic in it. And then, she
did sleep all night, but was sleepwalking to make a sandwich out of habit. And that's when dreams and reality combined when she saw this monster.