A Royal Marriage

Chapter Seven: Visiting the Mary Foundation

Isla of Sussex

February 3rd, 2014

I held onto Diana as I rocked her softly. Though we had the day to rest last night this morning Diana did not want Harry or me to leave.

"She will be alright. Today we are going to the playroom and then, later on, there will be a puppet show!" Alice said as I handed her Diana.

"I shall be back by the time she is up from her nap," I said as I pressed a kiss to her forehead before grabbing my clutch and walking out of the room.

Waiting outside was Sarah who was typing away on her phone.

"Are we all set?" I asked and Sarah nodded as we began our way downstairs and towards a back door when my security head Miles opened a door and a car that was waiting for us. I slid inside and smiled when I saw Mary and her secretary, Christine.

"Good Afternoon!" I said as I hugged Mary who smiled at me.

"Good afternoon, all set for our engagement today?"

"I am! Which part of your foundation are we visiting today?" I asked as Sarah slid inside the car before the door closed and the car began to move.

"We are going to be visiting this after school center called the Kufferten which focuses on bullying in school and at home," Mary explained as Christine handed me a folder. I opened it up and it was the information about the foundation and this section.

I read over it quickly and smiled at all of the pictures of the children that I had seen of them with other children.

It didn't take long to arrive at Kufferten and when the car had stopped one of our security detail had opened the door and held his hand out. I gladly grabbed it and slid to the end of the seat before climbing out of the car.

I waved to the crowd that cheered for us before I stepped to the side and smiled when Mary stepped out of the car. Once Mary stepped beside me we began making our way towards the front door when it opened and out came the after school direction Malthe Emil and two little girls.

"Velkommen til dine højheder!" (Welcome Your Highnesses!) They both said as they bowed their heads before holding out two small bouquets of Lillies to us.

"Why thank you! These are beautiful!" I said as I took my bouquet and the blonde little girl blushed before turning and walking back inside.

"Crown Princess Mary! We have been looking forward to your visit! And the Duchess of Sussex! Welcome to Denmark!" Malthe said as he shook both of our hands.

"Thank you! It is an honor to be here!" I said before a breeze hit us and Mary chuckled.

"Why don't we all go inside? Lidt køligt nu!" (Bit chilly now!) Mary said before the doors opened and the three of us along with our two secretaries followed us inside.

"Welcome to Kufferten! A place where children come after school in order to speak about abuse and bullying. Whether at home or at school." Malthe began and I looked around the welcome board and smiled.

"What is the youngest age you accept?"

"Around Year One normally but if physicians recommend a child younger comes in then we accept." Malthe said before he began leading us down the hall and I saw windows.

"We normally separate them by age groups but keep the genders together. Year One and Year two stay together. Then so on." Mary explained and I nodded.

"What about those who want to stay after secondary school?"

"We invite them to volunteer four days out the week! Whether giving talks or just watching over the children." Malthe explained with a smile.

"Crown Princess Mary, Year Five is waiting for you. And you, Isla, our Year Ones in our Secondary education is waiting for you in our gym. I will take you there." Malthe explained and I turned to Mary who nodded.

"I shall see you at the end. Good luck." Mary said as she leaned towards me and kissed both of my cheeks before I began following Malthe down the hall and then down a flight of stairs before arriving on the floor below us.

"Thank god I wore pants," I whispered to Sarah who laughed softly. Malthe opened the door and it fell silent for a moment before they all began clapping. I raised a hand and waved softly before I broke apart from Malthe and Sarah and walked over to a group of girls.

"Hello everyone! I'm Isla. May I sit here?" I asked as I pointed to the empty chair.

"Go ahead. I'm Karla. Aren't you a Duchess?" She asked and I smiled softly as I sat down and placed my clutch on my lap.

"I am. In England, I am the Duchess of Sussex. What are you girls working on?"

"History!" A blonde girl said.

"Mathematics!" Two gingers said and I turned to Karla who looked up from her iPad.

"I'm rereading my essay for my literature class." She explained and I nodded before looking at the ginger girls.

"You two are twins?" I asked and they both nodded.

"I am Alma and this is my sister Ida. But we are the wrong twins." She said with a frown and I nodded.

"Your parents wanted boys?"

"Yes, they are not very nice," Alma whispered and I stared at them.

"Growing up my parents were very horrible. So horrible I left when I turned eighteen and my brother began to drink. He was drinking so much he faked his death so that he could not know our parents any longer." I explained and all four of them turned to me.

"But you are so nice!" The blonde girl said softly and I chuckled.

"Sometimes horrible things happen to us. How we react from those things make and shape us to who we are now. My parents were horrible to me but no matter what I loved everyone and treated people with so much love. You four have been through things some people may never wish to go through and how you act from it will state your character." I stated firmly and Karla smiled at me.

"Du er så venlig, som alle siger, at du er." (You are as kind as everyone says you are) She said and I let out a laugh.

"I hope whatever you say was kind Karla," I whispered earning all of them to laugh.