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In the Kingdoms manual, it states that the expansion adds Hotseat functionality to the Grand Campain. However, it is nowhere to be found in the multiplayer menu. Do I have to mod the game to add it, or is it just not there?

You need the Kingdoms Retrofit mod, which even has some official sanction. Using it should allow a vanilla M2TW hotseat game.

I'm thankful they did put in some basic functionality, but frankly it isn't all that great. All battles have to be autoresolved, which really takes most of the fun out of it.

You do not have to autoresolve them. You can fight them yourself, but the defending army is AI controlled.