The Duchess [3]

17.1

"Today we are joined in the beautiful white rose garden of Hardive castle with the ever most radiant Duchess Serayah.Former Queen of Trau and the wife of King Neymar.Your Grace how are you doing today?" The duchess gives the interviewer a radiant smile."I'm coping"Technically serayah didn't lie,she is trying to cope with everything emotionally she might not be doing well but the world need not to know that.

"When I was informed that you wanted to this interview in white garden.I am very surprised as I heard that this was your favorite garden among all the others.Why was this your favorite garden compare to the exquisite beautiful rose garden where many years of Trau royal family portraits are taken."The duchess knew what her answer would be.

"This garden is the most private compare to well all the others.Its one out of you know fifteen gardens in this castle that actually gives me the peace and the break that I need from well the life I lived."Maybe its the serayah effect that the interviewer have heard of so many times as she completely fell fond of the young woman sitting upon her with the radiant smile.

"Correct if I am wrong your grace but this garden,You have deliberately rejected to be a place for portraits to be taken or to let any media to enter and take photos of this garden but why did you decided to choose this place for the interview today?"As the duchess look around the garden and then settled upon the old woman who is questioning her of her decision."Well before I didn't want any media access on this garden as I felt violated if it ever did.It was my safe heaven and I needed this place to not remind me of the reality of my life.But the decision on why I chose this place today is because I want to be read as an open book and this is against royal protocol of having to hold a different part of me when talking to media but I felt that it was time that the people should see me as nothing less or more than a human being."The duchess paused and her adviser zar did nothing but agree with her as it was really the time of change.

"And since this place was something to me-I wanted to start here."The duchess ended her statement.By now she had caught the attention of the people watching from the tv screens and portable devices.Though the interviewer knew this was an opportunity she had to ask her all of the unanswered questions that the world is dying to know.

"About two years ago,The king and yourself have decided to divorce and the world was in shock.And there are many lingering questions and accusations but what do you have to say for yourself on behalf of this you know controversy?"The duchess thought of this,how could she answer if know not of it as well.

"To be frankly honest,I didn't see it coming.I guess I was so blinded by love that um I didn't see that the king is unhappy during this marriage.-""Had he ever shown you know signs that he wanted a separation or a divorce?" "We have arguements.Yes,But to the point where it was driving us apart?.We do.But In the end of the day it was us against whatever was to come our way-To have and to hold,Until death do us apart.Those arguments that we have it was to strengthen our love as this love and partnership that we have to have it was what we needed to survive. I'm the one who keeps him grounded and vice versa."The duchess didn't know how to put into words then she did right now.