A Royal Love: William

Chapter eleven

Luna and I were eating our breakfast, when Matt walked in and sat down. He looks at a maid. "I don't want anything, just bring me an apple." The maid bows and walks away. "Not hungry?" I ask him. "Not really, no." "Good morning." Mother says when walking in with father and taking their seat. A maid walks to mother to give her her breakfast while another maid gives father his breakfast. The maid who Matt talked to walked to him and hands him an apple. Father looks at Matt with a disapproval look. "Is that all you are going to eat?" Matt looks at him, but doesn't answer and just eats his apple.

Father then looks to me and Luna. "Today you two are going to be interviewed." "What do I have to do today?" Matt asks him. "You still need to study." Father answers him. He then looks back at me. "Your mother and I are going to plan the wedding today." "The wedding?" I ask surprised. "Yes." "So that means that you approve me as Will's wife?" "Yes, I thought that that was already obvious."

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"Here we are again. All dressed up and waiting on the visitors." I say to Luna while I walked to her. "Have you already seen the view from here? It's so pretty." She says looking out of the window. "I know, I've seen it many times." She looks at me. "When do you think the wedding is going to be?" "I don't know, but if it depends on my father then it'll be very soon." "You think so?" She asks anxious. "What's wrong? Don't you want to marry me?" "Of course I do! I'm just afraid." "Of what?" "Of being your wife. What if the people don't want me as their future queen?" I take her hands and hold them. "They will love you as their future queen." She smiles at me and kisses me. I kiss her back and put my arms on her waist while she puts her arms around my neck.

Suddenly we hear a 'click'. We immediately stop kissing and look at the place we heard the sound. There we see a journalist standing with a big smile on his face. "Thank you for the photo." He says. I walk towards him and gestures him to sit down on sofa chair. He sits down and I take my seat in front of him. Luna walks over and sits down next to me. "I hope that you do not mind me using the photo, my prince." "I do not mind." "Thank you." "Can we start with the interview?" I ask him. "Of course. First question: How did you meet her?" "I saw her at the end of a royal visit actually. She was so beautiful that I had to meet her again." "I see." He says and then looks at Luna. "What did you think of him when you first met him?" "I thought that he was a charming and handsome man with who I could talk a lot." I smile at her and she smiles back.

After a lot of questions, the journalist looked at his watch. "Well I only have time for one question." "Go ahead, ask us." I say to him. "Okay, the last question: When will the wedding take place?" "We don't know the exact date, but it will be soon." I answer him. "That must be very stressful."

"My prince, my lady, the king wants you to go to the library." A servant says while entering the room. I stand up with Luna. "We are coming." I look at the journalist. "A servant will come to bring you to the exit." With that said I walked out of the room. I hear Luna saying 'bye' to the journalist before she follows me.

Once we're in the library, we see Matt studying. "Do my eyes deceive me? Are you actually studying?" I ask him while I walk to him. He looks up from his book. "I'm not studying, I'm just reading." "Reading?" I look at the book. "You're reading a book about politics?" "Yes, I am. It's really interesting, actually."

"Let him read the book, William. It does not happen often that Matthew reads." Mother says when she and father walk in. I look at father. "Why did we have to come here?" "You two need to study." He says and then looks wonderingly at Matt who's looking annoyed at him. "Study? Why? I already passed my exams." I answer confused. He looks back at me. "Yes, but Luna did not. And you need to study politics." "Why do I have to study the boring things like history and does he have to study politics?" Matt asks. "You like politics?" I ask him surprised. "Yes. Like I said, I find it interesting. And very easy to understand." "Easy?" Father asks him surprised.

"Yes. It is not hard to understand why there has to be more protection around the castle with all the conflicts from our neighbouring countries. Or why the children need to get a better education, they are the future of this country." He says and continues reading afterwards. We all look astonished at him. "Anyway." Father starts and Luna and I look back at him. "You can start now." With that said, he and mother left the library.