Book about a teen who's secretly the heir to a kingdom and a "court jester" who's a shapeshifter

[Sarah]

You have most likely already checked this out - but in case you haven't - could it be the Earthsea Trilogy?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Junk, please add some of those plot details to your header, since we have thousands of members looking for fantasy. Your thread needs to stand out.

[Kate (Feathered Turtle Press Reviews)]

Some elements remind me of The Belgariad by David Eddings, but those also might be fairly common tropes as well.

I don't think there was a turned-to-stone part, but the secret heir, sword only wielded by true heir and the "jester" who shape-shifts are there.

Book one: Pawn of Prophecy

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Junk's account deleted. Moving to NWNK.

[Perennial Bibliophile]

I know it is nwnk...but Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy has a similar plot....

[Norm017]

I also know it's NWNK but it could be Marina Finlayson's Thirteen Realms series...