#georgie wales.

[world-of-wales]

WHAT. A. DAY.

Kensington Palace released BTS moments featuring The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis from the Coronation of King Charles III | 6 MAY 2023

[princessanneftw]

Wishing Prince George a very happy 11th birthday today!

📸 The Princess of Wales, 2024

@KensingtonRoyal | 22 July 2024

[lionhearteddame]

”No two brothers could have loved each other more than we did. […] I long to ask his forgiveness, but... it is too late now!’“

George wrote to the Queen (Victoria) in the week following the death of his older brother Eddy.

[krasivaa]

~Where did the years go?~

Prince George Alexander Louis of Wales birthday edit from me 🥰

22nd of July, 2013

[isabelleneville]

THE KING'S SISTERS

Margaret and Mary, Princesses of England, were daughters of Henry VII, King of England, and Elizabeth of York, Queen of England, making them the sisters of Arthur Prince of Wales and Henry VIII, King of England. Margaret became the Queen Consort of Scotland by her first marriage to James IV of Scotland, becoming Dowager Queen of Scotland after his death and at times Queen Regent of Scotland on behalf of their son James V, King of Scotland their only child to reach adulthood. On the occasion of her second marriage to Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus she became the Countess of Angus, they had one child Margaret Douglas who grew up in the court of her brother, Margaret's marriage to Angus ended in divorce which Margaret instigated and successfully obtained at the astonishment of courts abroad including her own brothers. By her third marriage to Henry Stewart, Lord Methven she became Lady Methven no issue came of this union. Through her son, she became the grandmother of Mary I, Queen of Scotland commonly known as Mary, Queen of Scots who was later executed by her niece Elizabeth I of England. Through her daughter, she was the grandmother of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and Charles Stuart, Earl of Lennox. She was the great-grandmother twice over of James VI of Scotland and I of England making her the ancestress of all monarchs of England and then Great Britain. Mary became the Queen Consort of France by her first marriage to Louis XII of France, their marriage only lasted two months and three weeks (shorter than any of her brothers' marriages) with the sudden death of her husband, she then became Dowager Queen of France no issue came from this union. Her second marriage was to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk making her the Duchess of Suffolk, their marriage caused quite a stir as Henry wanted to arrange another marriage of alliance for her and Henry's court did not want to grant more power to her husband. They later married a second time in the presence of her brother once welcomed back in her brother's court. They were married for eighteen years and she often took her husband's side on major issues of Henry's reign including being outspoken against his want and later marriage to Anne Boleyn, as well as Anne's character and actions. Her marriage to Charles produced four children with two daughters reaching adulthood Frances and Eleanor. Per the Act of Succession 1536 (three years after her death), her heirs took precedence over her elder sisters and were next in line to the English throne after her brothers. Through Frances Mary was the grandmother of Jane Grey, Queen Regnant of England who was made the heir of Edward VI over his sisters, Jane was later executed by Mary's niece Mary I of England. Mary's other Grey granddaughters Catherine and Mary also were points of contention during Elizabeth I's reign.

[As portrayed by Georgie Henley and Sai Bennett in Starz The Spanish Princess]

[the-last-tsar]

Yet another family wedding took place later that year, in June — of George, Duke of York, to Princess Mary (May) of Teck. Alix did not attend, pleading the need of the Hesse family to be careful with money, but the Russian imperial family had no such concerns and Nicky was sent to represent them, staying at Marlborough House in London. The Prince of Wales, "Uncle Bertie" (whose wife, Princess Alexandra, was Nicky's mother's sister), seems to have taken a rather dim view of his nephew's customary attire, arranging for him to be visited by "a whole bevy of tailors, shoemakers and hatters." "He is very funny in that respect," commented Nicky, "but he has always been extremely attentive and kind to me." Nicky in his turn seems to have been unimpressed by the physical qualities of British women, lamenting the lack of attractive specimens at a state ball at Buckingham Palace. On the next day the party set off for Windsor to visit the Queen — "a round ball on unsteady legs" — as Nicky described her in his diary. Mercifully unaware of such remarks, she presented him with the Order of the Garter. Throughout this stay attention was constantly being drawn to the physical similarity between Nicky and his cousin "Georgie" — "l am getting quite tired of hearing the same thing all the time," Nicky protested. He greatly enjoyed this visit, however, and was sad to leave.

Alix and Nicky | Virginia Rounding

[secxxvxx]

Story type: Fred Weasley x fem*reader enemies to lovers

Summary: Fred is always being mean to

y/n. At the ed it is a love story looool.

Warnings: SMUT / NSFW, swearing, shouting,harm, bullieng, homophopia, selfharm, depressions

Word count: around 2470

"Y/n, darling, how ya doing?" Ask's the Redhead fred. A short "Shut it weasley" leaves your mouth while walking over to the coutch of the griffendor common room. You sit down beside the other twin. George. He has been you best friend since the first year. "Whats up pretty women?" He ask's. A big smile spreads over your face.

"Nothing" you awnser shortly. "How has your date been yesterday? Did cedric treat you well, hun?" He wonders. Fred looks over to you both. "It was grea-" as you were about to tell george, how it went, the onther twins shouts from the other side of the room. "A date? Who would date an ugly brat as you?" He laughs while looking at you. "I- i think i'll leave now.... we'll talk later george" you stood up and left in silence.

George looks at fred with angry eyes. "Really? You are such an idiot" he shouts while fred leaves with a smirk on his face.

As youre sitting in class, the pretty boy from yesterday appears behind you. "Hey pretty lady" he whispers into your ear as he sits down beside you. You feel your cheeks warm up and a smile spreads over you face. "Hey pretty boy" you say happily.

A few minutes after the class has started, you feel that something has been thrown at the back of your head. A paperknoil. You picked it up. It seem lile someone had wrote somthing onto it. "Mh.." you whisper as you unfold it. ~pretty girl? Never. He'll use you anyways.~

Your heart stops. This made you feel so bad. You turn around just to see him amirking at you. Fred. It was fred. You wish you could just kick that smirk out of his face. You feel tears building up in your eyes. Without asking you storm out of the classroom. You didnt care about anyone, not even cedric.

"Y/n, darling, wait." you hear cedric shouting. You wait. Not facing him. He hugs you from behind. "i read it. Dont care about them. You are the prettiest girl on earth." He smiles. You turn around. Facing him. He wipes away ypur tears.

One week went flying. After class cedring asks you to study with him in the hufflepuff common room and you agreed.

He smiles. "See you at 5?" He asks again. You agreed and went to the griffendor tower. "What is that smile for?" The fat lady asks. "There is that one boy-" you tried to explain and she starts talking. "Ahh... young love... anyways. Come in." There she goes. Opening the etrace to the griffendor tower.

A few hours later you are walking down the stairs. "How do i look georgie?" You ask happily. " what ist that a pj? Your going on a date in pj's or what?" Fred laughs at you. "I didnt ask you about you opinion!" You storm off into your droom. "Great." George replies. Before heading into you room, grabbing your favorite sweatshirt and you fav jeans and handing them to you.

Studing with cedric was great. He insisted to bring you back to the griffendor tower, but you shook it off, it wasnt far. "Good night then, pretty girl" he says, kissing your cheek. "Good night" a little smile leaves you face. As you were waling through the coridors you saw daniel and his "friends", stupid motherfuckers, picking on george.

Since george came out as bi-sexuel, the slytherin boys kept picking on him. "HEY MOTHERFUCKERS!" You ran over to geroge. "stupid mudblood!" Daniel grabed you by your arm and pushed you to the ground. You tried to defend your self, but he was to strong. You were looking over do george, who was held by two boys, and one punching george. "George!" You screamed, not caring about your own pain.

Suddently you felt someone pulling daniel off of you. It was fred. You ran over, helping george while fred was punching daniel. The boys ran away. "Fred stop! Thats enough!" You screamed. Fred let go of daniel and he quickly ran away, gollowing those pussys of friends.

You are sitting on the ground. Sobbing. Holding georges face. "Y-you take his arms, i take his legs" you said crying. As you both dragged george into his and fred droom, you started taking care about georges wounds. "I-it was my f-fault."

You said quietly. "It's not all about you y/n! You are so selfcentered!" Fred shouted. "Fuck you!" You stood up wanting to leave. "could you atleast take care about my hands?" You sat down, taking his and in yours, wiping his bloody hand with alcohol wipes.

"Quiet." You say. "Make sure georgie takes those pills when he wakes up. They'll help him heal faster." You stood up and left. Three weeks passed and cedric asked you to become his girlfriend. You said yes. It was all perfect. The last tuniere came and cedric had to stay one hour under water. You met his father. Time was ticking. The onlyones who were left were cedric and harry. A few minutes passed till you saw harry dragging cedrics dead body out of the water. You and his father ran over to him. You held him. Screaming. Crying. Sobbing. George came and pulled you away.

He took you to your room, letting you place your head on his lap. Crying. Fred entered the room. "You werent at dinner... i safed you some of your favorites." He placed some food y/f/f and some tea on the nightstand next to your bed and stood in you room silent.

(Y/f/f= your favorite food)

"Gosh, y/n stop crying already! He is dead, wow! Shit happens! A lot of people die, sometimes you know and love them, sometimes you dont!" You looked at fred, stood up and slapped him right through his face. You stormed off. You went for a walk. You sat down near by the forbidden woods. Suddetly you felt someone grabbing you. Placing one hand on your mouth and pulling you into the woods.

You were screaming. You never felt that kind of pain. No one heard you. You saw daniel and his group, A knife and a lot of blood. Your arm hurt. Your back hurt. And your stomache hurt. Blood. Everywhere. They left. Left you alone. Dying. Or some kind of shit.

Two day passed and no one heard of you. The corridors where filled with studens, when hagrid carried a half dead body through the people. Right to the hospital wing. Mrs. Pomfrey took care of you. Soon you'll be fine. When you woke up, you said nothing, just laying there and staring at the ceiling. Still traumatized. George sitting next to you, holding your hand. "It hurts..." you whispered. "I know." George said. A few day later you left the hospital wing.

Dubledore expelled the boys from school. You still felt unsfe. You have spend a lot of time with george. But you haven't smiled since that one day. Two weeks till the school year ends. "You wanna spend the time at our place again?" George asked. "Mhm.." you noded, leaning against george. " how do you feel georgie?" You ask quietly. "Good... how do you feel my love?" He ask. "Better..." you said. Fred sat across the room, Watching you both. "I want to be happy again. I want to live my life." You said and you voice cracked. George nods.

"Its time for bed now... i'll bring you to bed." You both stood up and left. "Good night fred..." you said. He didn't reply. George headed back into his and freds droom. Both of the boys were laying in their beds.

"Freddie..." george broke the silence.

"George..." fred said. "The things they have done to her..." he swallowed. "Mudblood-" he swallowed again. "-And die... kill... all over her body... she will keep those scars forever..." fred sat up. "What do you mean?" Fred ask. "they carved it into her body." George said. "W-what?" Fred replied. " she hates her self even more than she did before..." george said. "She hated herself because of me." Fred said. "Yes." Said george.

The next day, the boys entered the common room to find y/n sitting on the couch. Fred immediately went over to the couch. Hugging you. You did nothing. "I am sorry y/n/n" he whispers. "I know..." you say. George sat down on the other side. "I'm sorry too fred-" befor you could finish, He replied with a "i know".

"Georgie, could you leave us alone for a sec?" Fred ask. George noded and left.

"I want to explain..." he said. You nod. "I am so sorry.. i didnt mean to say all those thing to you. I just could stand you crying over other boys. I could stand you laughing at other boys jokes. I couldnt stand seeing you lauging with other boys, because they werent me."

You looked at him. "You are in love with me, arent you?" He is just nodding. He looks down to the ground. "Always been" he admit. "I never hated you either." You said. " i really liked you..." you admit. "Mhm... me too... but you dont like me anymore, right?". He ask. You shrug. "well... lets find out." He suddently pressed his lips onto yours. You didnt pull back. It was incedible. His lips were soft and his kiss was full of energy and adrenaline.

After minutes of kissing you break the kiss.

"WOHAAA FRED!" George shouted. Fred started to blush while you were giggeling. Laughing for the first time. The two boy were looking at you. Both huged you tightly.

The last two weeks flew by and you guys finally reached the home of the weasleys. Molly weasley was more than happy to see you again. She hugged you tightly.

That one day, everyone but you and fred, left for a trip. You and fred were cuddeling and kissing till something happened. You both wanted more, but as soon as fred wanted to pull your t-shirt over your head you pulled back. "S-sorry... i-i cant..." you said looking away. Not facing fred. "Its okay darling... george told me about it. I know what you are thinking of yourself, but you are the prettiest girl i have ever seen. You are more than perfect. Even if you gave scars, i dont care, if you want, i'll kiss every single on of them. Those scars are empty words. You are the prettiest human. I love you y/n!"

You looked at him. Shocked. Tears filled you eyes. You hugged him tight. Not letting go of him. "Thank you freddie..." you kissed his cheek. "Now stop crying my love" he kisses your forhead.

*START OF SMUT / NSFW*

Suddently you pull up your shirt. Revealing your black bra. Fred couldnt stop staring." Dear merlin, i hope that is a set!" He pulled of his shirt as well. Unbuttoning your jeans and pulling them down. "No way my dreams are comming true!" He stares at you black string and then looking up again. Seeing, or better hearing you giggle made him feel happy too. You felt comforttable now. He pulled down his jeans as well.

You inhale deep as he unclips your bra.

"Fuck... so pretty" he said. As he told you so, he kissed every single scar. Whe he reached the bottom. Where you string starts, he looked up to you, to make sure, that he is allowed to. As you nod, he pulls your string aside. Kissing your hot spot, then slowly licking over your slit. As you let out a moan, he looks up to you. "Fuck. This is going to be fun." He chuckled cause of your giggle and continiued licking and teasing you. As he felt you getting close, hes stops.

Your breathing was heavily already. "Come on man!" You said frustrated. "Shhh. I want you to cum all over my cock" he said with a smirk on his face, pulling down his boxers.

He slides of your string and throws it across the room. He pulls you down to the edge of the bed. "Fuck." You whispered at the moment you saw his length. "You like it, huh?" He asks. You nod. He starts pushing the tip into you. Teasing you to let out a soft moan. Then he sholves his whole length into your hot spot. You feel the heat comming up.

"Faster!" You scream, scratching his back. He does as he was told. "Freddie!" As soon as you screamed his name, he let go a loud growl. "Merlin! I'm gonna cum fred!" You screamed as he slamms his length into you. "Wait my love.." he pulls out and turns you around, that you are laying on your stomache now, before sliding in again.

"Oh god! FREDDIE!" You are cumming hard and rough. Fred followed you. He pulled you and slid of the condom full of his hot, sticky juce. "Gosh y/n!" He kisses you.

You kiss him back, you keep grinding against his body, kissing his neck and chest. Youre kissing his whole body, stopping before you reached the place he wanted your kisses the most. "By merlins beard, y/n!". He takes a deep breath. You start sucking on his hard cock. "Could you take it all?" He ask moaning. You try your best, but fail. "Let me help you... first relex." You relex. "Good girl. Now open your mouth..." you do so. He slowly grinds his hip forward. "Good girl. Halfway in." He continiues doing it. Your eyes are shut.

"Just a bit... yeah... yeah...." he groans loudly. his full lenght in your mouth now. A tear escaping your eyes. His balls pressed against your lips. He slowly pulls out, but emediantly slamming back inside. Feeling you gag on his dick made him moan. He repeats a few times before pulling out. Cumming in your mouth. "Good girl." You both were out of breath. He pulls you up, kissing you. He is hugging you tight, looking at you, strocking your arm.

*END OF SMUT / NSFW*

A few hours after, the weasley came back and you all had dinner. Everything was perfect. You and fred. Everything. You had a family now. You loved everyone.

This is my first story on tumblr. And english is not my mother language.... i hope you liked it :)

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

MAMA AND GEORGIE | The Princess of Wales and her son, Prince George, showed off their close bond on the Buckingham Palace balcony while watching the flyover at the end of the 2023 Trooping the Colour

[dzinahk]

#TheNightManagerS2 shooting in Port Eynon, Gales in Swansea, Wales 🎥 #TomHiddleston 🕵🏼‍♂️#JonathanPine

Filming has started on #TheNightManagerS2 with #TomHiddleston #CamilaMorrone 🎬 directed by Georgi Banks-Davies @BBC @PrimeVideo

#TheNightManagerS2 🎬 now in production 🏃🏻‍♂️ #TomHiddleston trots 17mph beside the Thames and before the cameras 🎥 #TheNightManagerS1 now on @primevideo and #BBCiplayer

[wine-music-tiaras]

POSTCARD FROM EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA, JAN 1905

Postcard with a small illustration of a horse drawn carriage. It was sent to the Prince of Wales, later King George V, by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna on behalf of herself and her husband, Emperor Nicholas II.

The message reads : 'Jan. 1/13. 1905. Darling Georgie, Nicky & I thank you & dear May ever so much for the charming books. It is so sad that we never meet now! We are remaining in the country this winter, as the air is so much better here than in town & Nicky can get out easier for walks here. With fondest love from us both to you two. Ever, Georgie dear, yr loving old cousin Alix'.

[royal-confessions]

“Mary Poppins Returns was on TV a few days ago in France. I don't know why, but Mary Poppins and Jack made me think of the Princess and the Prince of Wales and Annabel, John and Georgie reminded me a lot of Charlotte, George and Louis.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Is it true that Alix called Princess Helen a sniper because of her long nose?

Alix has long nose too That was mean of her 😞

Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein was known by her family as "Thora" and sometimes "Snipe" in reference to her sharp facial features & long nose.

The Princess of Wales(Alexandra), still unforgiving on the Schelwig-Holstein affair, wrote about this to her son, Prince George: "So the Christians have been following you about with their lovely Snipe!"

Considered as a potential bride for the future George V, son of the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Thora was easily shrugged off because Alexandra did not approve of the possible union. She had grown to detest the Augustenbergs because of the wars between Denmark and Prussia over Schleswig-Holstein, where Alexandra’s homeland lost the battles. Poor Thora ended up enduring her vile remarks.

“Well, it would be a pleasure to welcome that ‘beauty’ as your bride.” the then-Princess of Wales mockingly said of Helena Victoria in a letter she wrote to her son. Thora, in the end, stood as one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of George and Mary of Teck in July of 1893.

My thoughts on this:

I do think that it was mean of Alix to call her "snipe" because she & Helena Victoria both had long noses & sharp facial features!

I also do think that it was very rude of Alix to be rude towards Helena Victoria because she had nothing to do with the Schleswig-Holstein affair because she wasn't even alive when it had happened.

I mean I really really love you Alix... But that was very mean! 😞💔 I can also understand that she didn't want Georgie to have someone that she didn't like marry into the family, but those words she said were very foul! :(

[mrmrswales]

Hoping for little Wales pageboys and flower girl 🤞🏼

https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2023/06/duke-of-westminster-and-olivia-hensons.html

Duke of Westminster and Olivia Henson's wedding details announced

 The marriage of the Duke of Westminster and Miss Olivia Grace Henson is to take place on 7 June, 2024, at Chester Cathedral.

It is expected that senior members of the Royal Family will be present at the nuptials. The young duke is a fourth cousin once removed of the King. They both have Romanov blood, the duke via his mother Natalia, and the King via the late Prince Philip's Romanov descent.

A spokesperson for the Duke and Miss Henson said: “The couple have chosen the cathedral for both its beauty and long association with the Grosvenor family, including to the Duke personally. Cheshire is the Grosvenor family’s ancestral home and as Miss Henson’s connection to the region continues to grow, they are keen to plan their wedding there.”

The duke's parents, the 6th Duke and Natalia Phillips married at Chester Cathedral, 7 October, 1978, and the Royal Family were there to celebrate the union of one of Britain's wealthiest men and Natalia, daughter of one of Queen Elizabeth II's great friends, the former Georgina Wernher. The duke's aunt, Lady Leonora Grosvenor, married the late 5th Earl of Lichfield at the cathedral, 8 March, 1975, and another aunt, Lady Jane Grosvenor married the 10th Duke of Roxburghe there, 10 September, 1977.

"The Duke and Miss Henson became engaged at Eaton Hall in April and have been incredibly grateful for the warm messages of congratulations they have received since then."

One of Britain’s wealthiest men, certainly our richest duke, 32,  is godfather to Prince George of Wales, and a close confidante of the Prince and Princess of Wales. He was born 29 January, 1991, the only son of the 6th duke (1951-2016).

COME THROUGH PAGEBOY GEORGIE!!

[windsorcourt]

I am supposed to work but then :

Lou-Bugs™

the kiddos doing archery

Georgie and a screwdriver

Lottie painting

Louis and his wheelbarrow

family handprints

WK recreating Bhutan archery shot

Louis + food = love

Wales boys in an excavator with kiddo Wills

Marshmallows

If i missed anything pls add to the list, i just-

[mariana-oconnor]

The Beryl Coronet pt 2

We continue the tale of Mr Holder, who last time made an astonishingly bad sequence of decisions that ended in him accusing his son of theft and handing him over to the police.

And I definitely, in no way decided arbitrarily that other characters were guilty. There was evidence. I presented it.

Mary did fail the vibe check. Although I do sort of support her given that a) she was stealing from the state/the royal family, and it's not like they can't afford it b) apparently her uncle wants her to marry her cousin and c) I want her to break out of the conventional Victorian gentlewoman mould the narrative is painting her into.

Sure, if she's guilty, she's causing a national crisis, but really Bertie, Prince of Wales, did that already, she's just leading everyone else's dumb ideas to their inevitable conclusions. Can we really blame her for that?

Yes, we probably can. And it does seem likely that the (not at all an archfey) Sir George Burnwell may be manipulating her into it, which would detract from her agency in the matter.

I suppose it could still be Lucy the maid, but I still think it's more likely that Arthur is covering for Mary.

“She is of a quiet nature. Besides, she is not so very young. She is four-and-twenty.”

She is a baby.

Also, she doesn't go out and Sir George Burnwell has been around 'several times lately'. Yep.

But yeah, this does twist it more towards a 'Georgie has been manipulating and grooming a young sheltered girl' and less 'Mary is breaking out of her societal prison with a jewel heist.' Pity.

“Terrible! She is even more affected than I.”

Yeah, he took the jewels and ran off and left her.

Well, let's all hope he dies in a shipwreck.

"If his purpose were innocent, why did he not say so?” “Precisely. And if it were guilty, why did he not invent a lie?"

Guy's too damn honourable for his own good. Refuses to lie, refuses to condemn the woman he loves. It would be romantic if not for the whole... cousins sort of raised as siblings thing. She calls your father 'dad'... that's weird. Maybe not weird for the time. But it feels weird.

“What did the police think of the noise which awoke you from your sleep?” “They considered that it might be caused by Arthur's closing his bedroom door.” “A likely story! As if a man bent on felony would slam his door so as to wake a household."

I love how outraged Holmes is by this theory. The exclamation mark is perfect. Of course, the door might have been slammed by the wind, but then you wouldn't go and steal the gems immediately, you'd wait until you were sure people weren't getting up.

"Consider what is involved by your theory. You suppose that your son came down from his bed, went, at great risk, to your dressing-room, opened your bureau, took out your coronet, broke off by main force a small portion of it, went off to some other place, concealed three gems out of the thirty-nine, with such skill that nobody can find them, and then returned with the other thirty-six into the room in which he exposed himself to the greatest danger of being discovered. I ask you now, is such a theory tenable?"

I confess that the guilt of the banker's son appeared to me to be as obvious as it did to his unhappy father, but still I had such faith in Holmes' judgment that I felt that there must be some grounds for hope as long as he was dissatisfied with the accepted explanation.

Once you have jumped to a conclusion, any evidence to the contrary, no matter how ridiculous it may make your theory look, must be completely dismissed.

I'm not being fair. Caught holding the remains of the coronet is not a good look. But if they can't find the missing beryls, then clearly someone else must be involved at least.

Disregarding my presence, she went straight to her uncle and passed her hand over his head with a sweet womanly caress.

The phrase 'sweet womanly caress' upsets me on a fundamental level. But also it makes me really want Mary to be the villain of the piece. Like, I'm 90% sure that Burnwell has done a runner, but I want Mary to have set some part of this in motion just so she can scream and go a little feral, y'know, as a treat.

I kind of want her to catch up with Burnwell, maybe make sure the police catch him with one of the gems, then take the other two and go off on her own.

���But I am so sure that he is innocent. You know what woman's instincts are. I know that he has done no harm and that you will be sorry for having acted so harshly.”

Woman's instincts or... knowing he's innocent because you're the one who is guilty?

“You have a maid who has a sweetheart? I think that you remarked to your uncle last night that she had been out to see him?” “Yes, and she was the girl who waited in the drawing-room, and who may have heard uncle's remarks about the coronet.” “I see. You infer that she may have gone out to tell her sweetheart, and that the two may have planned the robbery.”

But why would Arthur protect the maid? Also, I feel like Mary is a little too eager to push the possibility of Lucy's guilt here. She adds that bit about the drawing-room all by herself. Yes, she seems concerned about Arthur, but still... she's very much been leaving all the breadcrumbs about Lucy.

Lucy makes sense as a suspect apart from why Arthur would be covering for her. Unless offpage they are having a romance, despite him having canonically proposed to Mary multiple times, then I just don't see that happening. But then we have also been told that canonically Mary dislikes Burnwell. There is clearly a secret romantic relationship somewhere in this tale. I'm inclined to think Burnwell (who has been noted as a wrong'un) rather than Lucy.

“Which key was used to open it?” he asked. “That which my son himself indicated—that of the cupboard of the lumber-room.”

If Mary locks up at night, she also has access to all the keys. Just saying.

“Then I will.” Holmes suddenly bent his strength upon it, but without result. “I feel it give a little,” said he; “but, though I am exceptionally strong in the fingers, it would take me all my time to break it."

Even Holmes, who once bent an iron poker back to straight again, cannot break off a part of the coronet on his own. So... struggle.

"I understand that you give me carte blanche to act for you, provided only that I get back the gems, and that you place no limit on the sum I may draw.”

Considering the sums of money involved in this story, I fear that Mr Holder is going to be left bankrupt even if he does recover the jewels. Buying them back might be the only way to recover them. But maybe he won't have to actually buy them, just pretend to be willing to buy them in order to lure Burnwell in. (I'm pretty sure Francis Prosper, the one-legged greengrocer is not involved, but I hope he and Lucy are happy).

He hurried to his chamber and was down again in a few minutes dressed as a common loafer. With his collar turned up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his worn boots, he was a perfect sample of the class.

And Holmes is in disguise again! Always fun to play dress up. I assume he is fact gathering in order to work out where Burnwell is and how to reach him to try to 'buy' the gems, but I have no idea why this particular disguise is the way to go.

I'm not sure how happily this can end, as the coronet itself has already been broken, so there is clear evidence of it having been tampered with. I fear that Bertie is going to have to have a little chat with his mother about this. Clearly it's going badly so far.

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Wales Family (minus Georgie)