April 23, Sixteenth Year of the Reign of Algernon, Palace at Amber

[kitchen_maid]

Even by the standards one expects for a Royal Event, this one must be considered especially Grand. There are a number of reasons for this. The Court has just come through the relatively somber season of Lent. The Princess Royal turned a year old last month, the Queen is twenty today, the King and Queen's second anniversary is in four days. So there is rather a lot to celebrate.

The King has also suggested that all the stops be pulled out for this one, and people who pay close attention, or who are in the very inner-most of inner circles, suspect or know why. Because while this is the first proper Royal Event in a good two months, it is also quite likely to be the last for another six.

It's hard to throw a proper Royal Event, after all, without the Queen. (At least, the King thinks it is, and his opinion carries rather a lot of weight.) And given the news that has just been announced, Her Majesty's social schedule will soon scale back very sharply, indeed.

After all, one does not take risks with the health of the woman who is likely carrying the heir to the throne of Ambergeldar.

Which adds one more item to list of things to celebrate. And so tonight, there is cheering and laughing and dancing and good food and wine, and there is an Ordinary Queen with a positively radiant smile, and a King who cannot take his eyes off his wife.

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He was just as surprised at everyone else, when Perry stood up and announced to the quiet, waiting hall, of his wife Amy's expecting condition. Though the surprise quickly gave way to joy, as everyone began whispering excitedly and a few cheers broke out. Wellard grinned, and stepped away from some of the admirals he had been speaking to before, in order to find a clear line of sight to Amy for a congradulatory wave.

The problem was, most everyone else was moving and milling about, with the orchestra starting up a joyous fanfare, and Wellard had to sidestep from being shoved hard against two men speaking (relatively) quietly to each other. He still nearly bumped into them, close enough to catch a few snippets of conversation.

" -we'll have to bring in the dragon for this."
"Are you sure, I thought-"

A dragon? Wellard turned to look at the speakers, but a crowd of people moving to clear the floor of the grand hall for dancing crowded against them, and he lost sight of the pair of men.

Oh well- he can ask Amy about that later.