Chapter 4: An "interesting" summer

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(Continuation of the letter - 2009)

June, 2009

[-Definitely a beautiful show. When it was finished you were still looking at the window to see if there were more up, but 3 children running and shouting your name and your mother's name distracted you but when you saw who they were, you were thrilled...-]

Lady Louise, Lord James and Lady Margarita: KATE! CECE!

(The young mother and her baby turn to see three toddlers happily running toward them.)

Catherine: Look who's here, cece...

(The little baby begins to wave her arms in happiness after seeing who they were)

Louise: Hii, we were looking for you on the balcony during the ceremony...

James: But we didn't see you...

Margarita: Why have you stayed here? Why didn't you go outside with the others?

Catherine: Ehhh... well, you see- (Someone interrupts her)

William: -Because Caroline is still too young to be on the balcony, and airplanes might scare her.

(Catherine sighs in relief and looks happily at her savior, who, immediately after seeing her, runs an arm behind her back while caressing her.)

William: But don't worry, they've been able to see everything from the window. You'll see that next year, when she gets a little older, they'll be on the balcony, and the three of you can be together with Caroline to show her everything you know and protect her.

The 3 of them: YEYY!!!

Margarita: I can't wait for her to grow up, and we can all play together!

Louise and James: YESS!

(The young parents laughed and talked to the children).

[-You guys were quietly with them, until your mother realized that you could be seen from one of the many windows of the palace, and that some photographers had already been seeing and taking pictures of all of you for a while. Your mother told your father, and you all went with the children to join the other members of the family, the Queen and Prince Philip immediately came to see you-].

Queen Elizabeth: Oh, but who we have here...

(Caroline, who immediately became happy, stretched out her small arms for one of the two to pick her up.)

Prince Philip: Come here, little Caroline...

(He takes her)

Queen Elizabeth: How are you dear? How have you been through it? Definitely the planes have been a bit noisy...

(She was talking to William and Kate, as she stroked Caroline's head, who was busier looking and pointing to the medals on Philip's uniform.)

Catherine: Very well, the whole ceremony has been splendid and in fact Caroline liked airplanes very much, so much so that when it was finished she did not stop looking at the window yet, she wanted there to be more...

[-Your mother spoke carefully since she noticed everyone's eyes towards her, some of them of happiness and normality, while others, such as those of Camilla's, did not look at her with good taste. But your father, after noticing, turned to look at Camilla and his father who immediately stopped. Even though 12 years had passed (in those moments) since his mother's death, your father still didn't fully forgive them, and he wasn't going to let the two of them specifically look down at the now two most special women in his life...-]

[When they finished speaking, each went his own way, until...-]

Harry: HELLO!!

(Harry appears, whom they had not seen since the morning before the ceremony)

Harry: Well, tell me.... How was the questioning? What did she tell you?

(William and Catherine look at each other with weird faces until they realize what he means.)

William: Rest assured that grandma hasn't said anything out of the ordinary, she and Grandpa were just making sure Kate and Cece were okay...

Harry: Oh, much better...

(They continue walking while chatting)

Harry: Because a certain person that you and I know wasn't looking kindly on your girls, so I had to take care of her personally...

Catherine: Aww, Harry, you didn't have to.

Harry: Well, i should, now you are part of the family, you may not be married yet and that, but that does not give her the right to look at you badly. She's not the example to follow here either...

William: Thank you, little brother, I owe you one.

Harry: Correction, you owe me a lot-just kidding, all for you.

(They leave together, quietly chatting)

[Your uncle Harry was honestly the best, he was the funniest, the one who made everyone laugh, the one who told the best jokes and above all one of the people who protected you the most. It is impressive how after all these years, he has changed so much in character.... But hey, that's another topic, let's continue.-]

July, 2009

[-That summer your parents, Harry, James, Pippa, Zara, Mike and more friends began their curious tradition of renting a yacht to enjoy the ocean together. Except Robert, apparently he was "too busy" to join.]

[-You, like all these years, carried in your arms your little white stuffed rabbit that your aunt Pippa gave you, of which I told you in the previous letter. You went with him everywhere, even as a baby-]

[-That day you wore a blue dress, which matched your mother's blue dress. Your mother definitely liked being a mother a lot, she loved having a girl.-] [--That day you wore a blue dress, which matched your mother's blue dress. Your mother absolutely liked being a mother, she loved having a girl. While that, your aunt was responsible for taking pictures of you while you looked at the sea for the first time...-]

(Caroline is being held by her mother in the water while the two of them watched her father and others swimming in the beautiful sea. It was the first time Caroline saw water that way, it looked so beautiful...)

Catherine: Look at, my love, there's your daddy swimming. Do you like water? Come feel it a little...

(She starts pouring water on her little hand, although it leaves her a little annoyed since the water was cold.)

Catherine: Don't you like it? I'll stop then.

(Then she notices she starts smiling, she actually likes it)

Catherine: You'll see, one day you will swim here with the others, and you will like it...

William: Honey!

Catherine: Look, papa is calling us, let's go...

[-Deep down your mother wasn't lying, you really would like to swim in the future...-]

August, 2009

[-That summer I couldn't be close to you, I went to spend the holidays in my home country, France, but don't worry, your parents made sure to update me with photos of you...-]

[-That year in the first weeks of August, I was told how every day in the afternoon, they always walked near the beach while you slept in your cart.-]

[-The first weeks you spent together with your maternal family, and then the next weeks you spent in Balmoral together with your paternal family. They told me that you had a great time. Your older cousins enjoyed you very much, whenever you went to eat or sleep they begged your mother if they could help. At family meals, they always sat at your parents' sides and played with you...-]

[-That month, one day you and your parents went to a concert in the afternoon. It was in honor of your grandmother, Diana. Obviously, everyone realized that who you were when they saw you, but they bothered you and knew that it was significant to you, especially to your father. You know Caroline, I never got to tell you, but since you were born, everyone commented on the immense resemblance you had with your grandmother, there were even people who thought you were your grandmother, very crazy i know.-]

[-You may be wondering why I'm saying this....-]

[-you see...-]

Singer: And now dear public, one of Princess Diana's favorite songs!

(Little Caroline was sitting on top of her father until she started hearing the melody.)

(Suddenly the little baby began to wave her arms, trying to dance to the rhythm of the music)

(William decides to lift Caroline up a bit, so she could dance more freely).

[-The audience began to realize the situation and everyone began to admire with happiness the little baby, who was practically enjoying the show. The singer looked to see who all the people were looking at and when he realized who they were, he gave him a burst of pure happiness-]

Singer: Exactly! Very well! Come, everyone, dance like the little princess does.

[-Everyone set out to dance, to laugh and definitely to take pictures of you because, of course, whenever you went out and someone saw you, they started taking pictures of you.-]

[-The next day you grabbed the front pages of all the newspapers in the United Kingdom with the title "Diana's legacy continues". It was crazy, practically after that everyone wanted to know more about the little princess (although at that time theoretically you were not yet a princess). Come on, you definitely had a great time, on the way home you fell totally asleep.-]

[-But this not only provoked funny images and memes, what you did that day, believe it or not, changed a lot the very negative way that people saw the monarchy. With your birth, you changed how people saw the institution, this made your parents realize certain things. Your first months of life they made sure to hide you from people's sight, but that didn't have to be the case anymore. They all came to the conclusion that if they showed you more than they did, finally the monarchy could win the favor of the entire public. They saw it as a good idea, introducing you to the public world when you were so small was perfect for everybody. What they would not realize in those moments is that later in life and after having done things very differently with your younger siblings than they did with you, their bad decision would cost their relationship with you would ultimately enter their heads.-]

[-So yes..... It was definitely an "interesting" summer....-]

It will continue

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I know it's late but, happy new year everyone! How have you spent this holiday? I hope well❀
A few days ago it was January 10th, so it would mean that in real life Caroline would have turned 14 while Catherine on January 9th turned 41! It's spectacular how time goes by, but for now, we'll focus on baby Caroline. Get ready because the next chapter will finally talk about a certain person....πŸ‘€


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