53. Meg and I went down to the beach in front of the castle. Chilly day, but the sun was bright. We stood on the rocks, looking out at the sea. Amid all the silky islands of seaweed we saw something. A head. A pair of soulful eyes. Look! Seal! The he...
52. We didnt want to wait. We both wanted to start a family straightaway. We were working crazy hours, our jobs were demanding, the timing wasnt ideal, but too bad. This had always been our main priority. We worried about the stress of our daily live...
51. Our staff sensed the friction, read the press, and thus there was frequent bickering around the office. Sides were taken. Team Cambridge versus Team Sussex. Rivalry, jealousy, competing agendasit all poisoned the atmosphere. It didnt help that ev...
50. Willy and Kate invited us for tea. To clear the air. June 2018. We walked over one late afternoon. I saw Megs eyes widen as we entered their front door, walked past their front sitting room, down their hallway, into their study. Wow, Meg said sev...
49. Our honeymoon was a closely guarded secret. We left London in a car disguised as a removals van, the windows covered with cardboard, and went to the Mediterranean for ten days. Glorious to be away, on the sea, in the sun. But we were also sick. T...
48. I stood at the altar, smoothed the front of my Household Cavalry uniform, watched Meg floating towards me. Id worked hard to choose the right music for her procession, and ultimately Id landed on Handels Eternal Source of Light Divine. Now, as th...
47. On the eve of the wedding I stayed at Coworth Park Hotel. A private cottage. Several mates sat with me and had drinks. One commented that I seemed a bit distracted. Yes, well. Theres been a lot going on. I didnt want to say too much. The business...
46. The next day Meg had a text from Kate. There was a problem with the dresses for the bridesmaids, apparently. They needed altering. The dresses were French couture, hand-sewn from measurements only. So it wasnt a big shock that they might need alt...
45. Meg had spent months trying to soothe her father. There was always something new that hed read about himself, something derogatory hed taken to heart. His pride was constantly wounded. Every day there was another humiliating photo in the papers....
44. Though the press was mostly laying off Meg, mostly staying focused on the approaching wedding, the harm was already done. After eighteen months of trashing her, theyd riled up all the trolls, who were now crawling out of their cellars and lairs....
