LIFE IN THE FAIRY KINGDOM
The Queen could have had several properties to her name but her ancestors did not see the point. Her main Palace is the seat of government and is roughly centrally placed in the realm. The royal family saw the need for a holiday home but nothing beyond that. It is customary for the heir to the throne to live within the Palace with the monarch. In the very bad old days, this was because the rulers didn’t dare trust their heirs so kept them close to hand on the basis if the Palace went up so did the likely plotter or the person any other plotters wanted to benefit by their actions. Eileen has not queried or argued with this. While not wanting the throne and easily able to prove that, there are advantages to her in living in the Palace. She can keep a closer eye on what’s going on at Court. And the Palace is the very last word in comfort and luxury, something even Eileen likes.
The Queen’s favourite room is the study, despite it being her main place of work. She loves being surrounded by her favourite pieces of furniture, portraits and has a marvellous view out of the picture windows at one end of the room. She has a wonderfully comfortable chair, the desk is mahogany and centuries old and she can cut herself off from the rest of the Palace in this room. There are times she is glad to cut herself off from the Council! The decoration is stylish, was chosen by the Queen and has not been altered since her succession. Each monarch gets to choose how they want their study to be and it is traditional they stick with what they initially chose. Food is often served to Her Majesty in here.
The Queen has portraits scattered all over the Palace but keeps her favourites in a small room off her study. She often spends time in this mini-gallery at the beginning and end of each day, feeling taking in art is good for the soul. The only reasons she doesn’t go in here is she’s either away at her coastal resort or there’s too much going on in the Kingdom meaning she’s spending every waking moment with her Council. It is no coincidence her mood worsens when that happens! Occasionally she will invite the chosen few to visit her mini-gallery. L’Evallier has had the honour of visiting three times, Melanbury has visited once, and the Queen thoroughly enjoyed this as if anyone is going to appreciate art at her level, it will be these two.
There are priceless works of art, jewellery and other wonders scattered throughout the Palace but in the many centuries of its existence nothing’s been stolen. The Palace has a strong claim to being the only building anywhere that can defend itself against theft as whenever someone did try to steal, the Palace itself sent out traps to ensnare the culprit before they could flee. Many moons ago and in a particularly trying week for all living in the Palace, the building itself managed to trap and kill five would-be thieves in a week. It’s just a pity the Palace’s magic wasn’t extended so it would be capable of refuting anything thrown at it by another magical being in a huff. The Queen believes in making a place feel homely. There are very few beings that thinks ensuring there’s enough gold objects for everyone to admire is enough there!
The Queen’s favourite room is the study, despite it being her main place of work. She loves being surrounded by her favourite pieces of furniture, portraits and has a marvellous view out of the picture windows at one end of the room. She has a wonderfully comfortable chair, the desk is mahogany and centuries old and she can cut herself off from the rest of the Palace in this room. There are times she is glad to cut herself off from the Council! The decoration is stylish, was chosen by the Queen and has not been altered since her succession. Each monarch gets to choose how they want their study to be and it is traditional they stick with what they initially chose. Food is often served to Her Majesty in here.
The Queen has portraits scattered all over the Palace but keeps her favourites in a small room off her study. She often spends time in this mini-gallery at the beginning and end of each day, feeling taking in art is good for the soul. The only reasons she doesn’t go in here is she’s either away at her coastal resort or there’s too much going on in the Kingdom meaning she’s spending every waking moment with her Council. It is no coincidence her mood worsens when that happens! Occasionally she will invite the chosen few to visit her mini-gallery. L’Evallier has had the honour of visiting three times, Melanbury has visited once, and the Queen thoroughly enjoyed this as if anyone is going to appreciate art at her level, it will be these two.
There are priceless works of art, jewellery and other wonders scattered throughout the Palace but in the many centuries of its existence nothing’s been stolen. The Palace has a strong claim to being the only building anywhere that can defend itself against theft as whenever someone did try to steal, the Palace itself sent out traps to ensnare the culprit before they could flee. Many moons ago and in a particularly trying week for all living in the Palace, the building itself managed to trap and kill five would-be thieves in a week. It’s just a pity the Palace’s magic wasn’t extended so it would be capable of refuting anything thrown at it by another magical being in a huff. The Queen believes in making a place feel homely. There are very few beings that thinks ensuring there’s enough gold objects for everyone to admire is enough there!