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[Disney] In Beauty and the Beast (1991), how have all the villagers forgotten about the castle within walking distance in just ten years?

At the beginning of Beauty and the Beast the narrator mentions that the Beast and his castle was cursed ten years ago (until the Beast's 21st birthday). How has everyone forgotten about the castle that's within walking distance from the village that is presumably home to their ruler? Even if the enchantress' spell made the villagers forget about the prince, they'd still be able to see the castle. Haven't they been wondering who's been collecting their taxes?
gpt
He wasn't a crown price, he was a spare prince who lived in Provence, nowhere near Paris. Completely irrelevant to the actual running of the state and much easier to forget about.

And the castle isn't visible from any inhabited towns, it's in the middle of a forest, probably a Royal one that people are therefore not allowed to just wander through, aside from the main road through it.