You said this
Without King's RHM statements nothing suggested he was above Queen. They were totally equal until King got some hype which puts him above Queen but still not too far from him.
Being RHM Commander doesn't put King more near to Kaido.
I replied with this
Anyone looking outside in knew King was above Queen, it's literallly in the name, by how much is theoretically subjective, objectively everyone knew from their intros King was above Queen