Chapter 8: A PIOUS PRINCESS FOR THE PLAYBOY PRINCE?
25 FEBRUARY
Year 21 of the Reign of King Henry XII
Arthur called me during lecture today. Arthur, the Prince of Wales himself, while I was trying to focus on wetland hydrogeology. The downsides of a Prince of the Blood having one’s mobile number!
He was calling to invite me to Sandringham, or rather, to warn me that his parents are going to invite me to Sandringham next weekend. To go to church and meet the family...and run the gauntlet of royal approval, I suppose.
He asked me if I was busy. As if it mattered. There are few circumstances under which one can acceptably decline to obey the command of a royal invitation. Perhaps he was trying to be kind about my limited choices under the circumstances. Perhaps he forgot his own power.
