What If?

Chapter 68

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On Thursday they'd gone to one of Alex's charities, the National Soldier's charity. It had been nice to see how they worked to get soldiers back into normal life. And how they tried to help the families of those who were overseas. She and Alex had already agreed that they'd be inviting the children over for Christmas at Kensington Palace. So, they could give them something to smile about whilst their mum or dad was serving their country. Alex had liked the idea when she'd suggested it and now it was already marked in their schedule. 

It was going to be an annual event if they could help it. They weren't sure how they were going to be doing it exactly because they knew that there were still plenty of other children that would need a distraction. It was something for them and their team to think about it.

On Thursday they'd released nine of their engagement pictures as well. The most of any other royal couple ever before. But it had been the right thing to do. Oliver had done such a brilliant thing with the pictures. Both her and Alex were happy with the result. The images were real and incredibly intimate. A few of Alex's team had warned them that it might be too informal and sure most pictures had been informal, but they'd been accepted the most by the public. It was those pictures that were once again on every front page of every paper and magazine on Friday morning.

Their love clear as day as they stood on the cover of every paper and magazine. It was weird to see her face on so many papers still and she was sure that she'd never get used to seeing her face in papers of any kind. They'd also gone to check out the Abbey a few days ago and met up with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dean of Westminster along with their wedding planner and a few more people.

They were going to have plenty more meetings with them it seemed as they'd have to create their wedding programme and everything else. Every time she thought that there wasn't something new to be done, ten new things would end up on their to-do list.

On Friday they'd been sat down and told to look at the wedding guest list. It had been something they'd been pushing ahead, not wanting to get to work on it. It was a nightmare to get through it, the list of the ones who were supposedly needed to be there and then they wanted the people they wanted to be there.

Alex had made a call to the Queen after that, saying that if they had to make it the official's wedding they'd elope. That it would be their wedding and not that of palace officials. That they wanted to make sure that they had every person they wanted to be there were there. And that the people who mattered to them wouldn't have to make way for people they barely knew of weren't concerned enough to invite.

So, they'd been given the go-ahead to start making a list with whom they wanted there and to then add on who was needed there. Sure, there were certain guests that they couldn't get ride off like foreign Royals and dignitaries and they made peace with that. but to invite every lord or every aristocrat in the country, that was one step too far. Even Alex hadn't known most people on that list.

And so, they'd started with their friends and family they wanted to have there. Then their friends, starting with their closest friends they had and then friends farther removed from them, but still important enough for them to get an invite to their wedding. The wedding of the century it was called. There wasn't a royal family more known and famous than the British Royal Family. It was the Royal family who everyone knew, and it showed as the interest kept on growing for their wedding and they'd only been engaged for two weeks.

They'd also decided to invite charities that were important to them. Sure, all the charities that Alex was Patron or President or ambassador for were invited. The representatives of those charities at least. Then there were the charities that Amelia knew she was going to become Patron or represent them in one way or another. So, they were getting an invite as well. And then they wanted to represent the British as well, the stars, the athletes, the singers and so forth, a combination of so many things.