Chapter 45 - What did Prince Diana call the Queen? (Patreon)

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She looked up a little, gazing at the Queen and her husband through her hair, feeling shy and uncertain all of a sudden.

“Mama, what should I do?” she quietly asked.

The Queen, normally a paragon of strength and surety in even the most unsure of times, looked uncertain in that moment, maybe even pained.

“I cannot tell you what to do, Diana, nor shall I. I shall support you wholeheartedly in whatever you decide, though,” the Queen answered after several moments of deliberating, but it was clear that she hoped Diana would choose a certain way. “And I promise you, no one in our family will judge you or give you cause for grief no matter your decision. I will ensure it,” she spoke with commanding steel in her voice and body language. Woe be to anyone that tried, she felt.