Lady Wentworth.

22

"Do I get to wear a tiara?" Alessandra asked as she saw the Sandringham estate ahead.

"Nope"

"Geez I packed a tiara cause I thought we'd be wearing one" she jokingly said with a laugh.

"Mommy at granny?" Arthur asked at they pulled up at the Sandringham estate.

"Yes and she's really excited to see you"

"I wrote her a card" he said grinning down at the card as Alessandra played with his hair, "You're so sweet Artie"

"This place never gets old" James said looking at Sandringham house,"It looks bigger then the pictures though" Alessandra marvelled at the building as this was her first time visiting the house.

"Granny" James called as they entered the lounge,"James always the last one to arrive" the Queen said as James went over to greet her.

"Mommy" Arthur cried wiggling out of Alessandra's arms and running to his mother, "He's such a Mommy's boy" Peter said causing Zara to roll her eyes,"Look who's talking the biggest Mommy's boy there is" she said hugging Alessandra.

"Hi Zara" Alessandra said laughing at her comment,"I haven't seen you in a while"

"In a while, how about forever, the last time I saw you was Balmoral and that was just for a few days as you and James decided to move on to Birkhall"

"Maybe if you had arrived earlier you would have seen me, plus we don't mind having visitors there plus Charles and Camilla were also there so the company would have been gladly appreciated" Alessandra replied as the two spoke about Balmoral and how next time they should try to go shooting but Zara said they could also do that here as Sandringham had a lot of hunting ground although Alessandra wasn't sure she could shoot as she hadn't ever handled a gun in her life.

"Alice" Phillip called over as she went to greet Camilla and Charles, "Oh my goodness my name doesn't even sound like Alice, they killed me with that one" she said greeting him with a cheek kiss.

"It's surely better then Alessandra" he commented causing Alessandra to cross her arms with a fake glare on her face, "My name is actually an amazing name, most men don't get it but I'm meant to defend them"

"Huh I heard you've been putting that Ginger into his place, I don't understand where Charles went wrong with that one" Phillip said with a sigh as he stared at Harry, "Boy's got a good wife but can't see it"

"One day he'll see it" Alessandra said thinking of the say Ingrid would leave the Harry and he'd regret ever cheating.

"You brought Dr Marten's, you do know this is a soccer match they'll be grass Alessandra I specifically said boots" Ingrid said as the two, who were late walked up to where the soccer match was being held.

"It's cold you're literally wearing three jerseys, plus I look cute" Alessandra grinned as she looked down at her shoes,"And I did bring boots its just that they wouldn't work with my sweats"

"God forbid The great Princess Alice looks terrible"

"Not you too" Alessandra groaned causing Ingrid to laugh louder,"I can't believe I didn't think of that one, it's really a cool one that has nothing to do with your name but still sounds like your name"

"Yeah" Alessandra nodded her head but her attention being on Kate and Harry,"Have you spoken to him since the dinner, cause he came and took Artie out a few times when you weren't there"

"Nope and I'm not even going to, Harry needs to grow a pair and apologise but not only apologise he needs to actually work on leaving his habits behind him now, he has a wife and a child and another coming soon so I'll need to see that he's actually changing and not just trying but actually doing something"

"Yeah" Alessandra said as the two joined Autumn and Savannah on the grass,"Hey Savannah" Alessandra said after greeting Autumn, "How long have you guys been here? Ingrid was still looking for her boots so we couldn't come with everyone else"

"A few minutes"

"Wait they've already started?" Ingrid asked surprised, did they take that long?,"And it seems they've already scored, don't tell me James scored?"

"Oh it was James" Autumn said with a laugh, "You mean the whole I've been scoring the first goal for five years, yepp he filled me in on that one, must say I didn't know he was this good" Alessandra added with a laugh.

"Yepp that's James he's good at most things, even the things he dislikes"

"I know, you know he played the piano for me once and I've been begging him to play it again but he's like nope I don't like playing it, I only bring it out for special occasions" Alessandra said causing Ingrid to frown with a fake cry, "I've been trying to get him to play me a piece ever since I accidentally heard him play once I knocked thinking he wouldn't stop but the moment he saw me he stopped and lead me out the room, that was I think our second encounter and I thought he hated me only to learn he didn't like playing for people"

"Maybe once you guys have children you could bribe him?" Autumn suggested with a laugh, although being slightly younger the two girls were quick to adapt, you'd see them together and think the moment I go there I'd kill the mood but the two had a way with interacting with people and once their mouths opened you wouldn't be able to guess their ages.

"Ohh lovely idea, keeping that one locked up for a rainy day" she said with a grin.

For the dinner Alessandra chose to repeat the gown she wore for William and Kate's wedding,"Same shoes?" Beatrice asked as James and Alessandra entered the dining room, "No, but I regret not wearing the shoes too, my toes are frozen" she said wiggling her foot around.

"I'm glad you're sitting next to me, I don't have to be stuck with Peter alone" Beatrice said with a giggle as Peter glared at her, "Anyways I heard about your new years party I was surprised I thought you'd be joining the Middletons"

"Why would I go to the Middletons no offence to Kate but I've only been around her family a handful of times and I have my own family to be around so any time I get to spend with my family I'll do so" she answered with her eyebrows furrowed.

"Yeah I get what you're saying, and you didn't hear it from me but Carole is angry that she didn't get a wedding invite, apparently she was bragging about her outfit for your wedding but the invite never came" Beatrice said with a laugh,"Someone needs to put that family in their place"

"And don't think I don't hear you two talking" Ingrid whispered besides Alessandra, "If this ever comes out I'll skin you both, but I've overhead a few things but one that stuck with me was how a certain someone planned to make James feel as if he's part of their family so she could have some control over him or more like the Duchy's funds if you ask me it's stupid but when you think about it all the Wales boys needed some normality and that woman was that normality they needed"

"Oh we all know about that one" Beatrice said with a chuckle, "But someone came along and ruined all that"

"Okay you know what? I'm starved now" she said finally digging into her food as the Queen had arrived a few minutes earlier, but the three were to invested into their gossip, was what they were saying true did she make an enemy out of this Carole Middleton?