My Royal Seal

As I took some view from the window of my room in our summer vacation palace in Los Angeles where I temporarily reside as part of the tradition of the royal family wedding, I saw two birds flying together in the fresh morning sky. I did remember a lot on the second person in our list of sponsors, the Crown Prince of Ayatulla, Prince Reuz McCabe IV and the eldest brother of my husband to be because his official royalty seal is a bird, an Eagle.

From my latest event away from our kingdom representing the royal family in the National Junior Legislator's League,  I was given by the Queen Mother a three day official rest from royalty duties and responsibilities which I spend studying the Kingdom of Ayatulla because I was impressed by how Prince Raphael described their growing arts and architecture. It was quite different from ours because we focused a lot on exporting of our military products including on the production of preserved foods that are patronized in the international market.

I am reading the book, The Royal Families of the United Kingdom of Aseana and Their Kingdom when my secretary arrived.

"Your Majesty the King and Queen are asking you to drop by the King's Palace. I was told by the secretary of His Majesty The King that they will be assigning you to be the official in-charge on the Annual Offering Week." He uttered. So I did visit my parents.

"The Crown Prince is arriving!"

"My son, being the heir to my throne and soon to be the head of this kingdom, I was thinking to let you head the preparation for the up-coming Annual Offering Week." My father told me.

"It is a must that you now start participating and taking in command of these Royal Events my dear. This would gave you with experience while you're still young." My mother added.

"Yes father, I will handle this event. Can I make the celebration more festive this year? As part of the Annual Offering Week, is it okay if I invite the prince and princesses of the other kingdoms of the country to witness the said gathering?" I asked.

"My dear son your suggestion is so brilliant but I am afraid, can you not have the celebration in line with the traditional way before inviting them to witness such?" My mother suggested. We were in the middle of our discussion when,

"The Queen Mother is arriving."

"I visited my dear grandson in his palace but I was told he is here so I better decide to come here." My grandmother said.

"Your arrival is just on time Your Majesty. We are discussing for the Annual Offering Week which will be handled by The Crown Prince." My father answered.

"Oh, the Annual Offering Week? I almost forget it. I agree with your decision, my grandson should experience heading activities like this in the kingdom. I still remember the time of The Great King, during this celebration, he invited the Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom of Aseana because he believed that the Offering Week would not just served as a thanksgiving ceremony but a festivity where we could showcase our different talents, products and culture to the neighbouring kingdoms." She explained.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince's suggestion was to invite the Prince and Princesses of those kingdoms but I am afraid he is still young to accommodate such number of royal delegations." My mother mentioned.

"That's the reason why I love my Grandson a lot because his will and deeds is just similar to The Great King and his bravery is like his father's. He will be assisted by the different Ministries of the kingdom so don't worry. I will keep a look with him. We will be handling this event now with him as the head. You focused on the issues of the kingdom." My grand mother told my parents.

"Yes your Majesty!" they answered.

After a thorough preparation, the event came.

"Open the Grand Gate!" Then the visitors started to arrive.

"The Princesses of the Kingdom of Oz, Princes Anne and Princess Grace!", "The Crown Princess of the Kingdom of Shuck, Her Highness Princess Beatrixe!", "The Prince of the Kingdom of Treiz, Prince Troy III!".

I was standing on the terrace of the Grand Palace while watching the arrival of the visitors as assisted by the servers assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I can see the different royalty flags as they came to the Grand Gate.

I don't know what I feel inside while looking at the carriages arriving, I feel nervous but excited. Yes, I was excited to see who was the one sent by the Kingdom of Ayatulla.

"The Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Esshire, His Majesty Prince Antonov XIV!" "The Prince of the Kingdom of Cex, Prince Anton IV!" "The Princess of the Kingdom of Orex, Princess Katherine!"

When I saw two Royal Carriages with the same flags entering the grand gate, I focused my sight and was happy to see the delegation from the Kingdom of Ayatulla. I don't know why I was hoping that it should be Prince Raphael.

"The Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Ayatulla, His Majesty Prince Reuz IV!" I don't know what to feel when I heard that it's not him then "The Prince of the Kingdom of Ayatulla, Prince Raphael III!" I was shocked with the names called after him,

"The Regent of the Principality of Asturiaz, His Highness Rocky IV" "The Duchess of the Government of Akazia, Her Highness Ma. Catherine" "The Emir of the United Kingdom of the Eastern Lands, His Majesty Emir Shurev IV" "The Grand King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Tleste, His Majesty King George XVIII and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth" "The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom of Sour, Her Majesty Queen Charyfe" "The Grand King of the United Kingdom of Vasilica, King Francis X"

"Why are these heads of different countries arrived? Did we sent invitations to them?" I asked from my secretary.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother and the King agreed to invite them because they wanted to officially declared you as the Crown Prince of the Kingdom." He answered.

"It was unexpected. All the heads of the six allied countries are here." I whispered.

After the Grand Banquet and the visitors are on their respective places to rest for the event the following day, I asked my secretary to have a tour on the places assigned for the Prince and Princesses. It was a coincident that Prince Raphael wished to see me.

"Oh your majesty, is their anything I could help you? Are you not comfortable with the place we gave you?" I asked.

"No your majesty, I was just amazed with your kingdom. Its foundations and its sceneries. I never thought that your palace was this big." He answered while looking around.

"If you want to see the whole kingdom I could invite you for a walked your Majesty" I asked.

"Sure, I would just asked permission from our Crown Prince." He answered.

After few minutes, he came out from their place with his brother. I bow my head a little as a show of respect,

"Your Majesty I hope you enjoy your stay with our dear kingdom" I uttered.

"Absolutely your Majesty, I never thought that the Kingdom of Baltimore is this big, this rich, this organized and most of all this hospitality" I just smiled as a reply.

We then have a walked going to the Grand Palace' Executive Terrace. This was the highest terrace of the palaces in the kingdom where you could see the executive center of our kingdom, the Westbledon.

"I can see different flags waved on the different buildings in this compound your majesty." Raphael asked.

"Your Majesty, those where the official flags and the official residences of Westbledon, it is a closed place walled near our grand palace. Those served as official residences of the royalties of this Kingdom." My secretary answered.

"It means that you're not living on the same palace together?" Prince Reuz asked.

"Yes your Majesty, the one with the Yellow Flag in the east called the Executive Palace where Her Majesty Queen Mother resides. The one with striped Blue and Yellow in the west is called the King's Palace where His Majesty King and Her Majesty Queen stayed. And the one with Yellow, Blue and Red flag was called the Golden Palace where his Majesty, the crown prince stayed." My secretary then answered. I can see on the faces of the two brothers how they are amazed.

"Then what is this palace called, who stayed in here?" Prince Reuz asked referring to the Grand Palace.

"This is called the Grand Palace of the Kingdom of Baltimore your Majesty. It was the official office of His Majesty the King. This palace was built as the official residence of the head of this kingdom since 1880. But the tradition changed when the Great King passed away five years ago. Her Majesty Queen Mother decided to leave this palace and asked to stay in the Executive Palace which was vacant for years." I answered.

"And why is it that your majesty's flag was waved in here" Prince Raphael asked.

"Because it was the Crown Prince's Event your Majesty. And it was his official declaration as the Crown Prince of our Kingdom" My secretary immediately replied.

"Have you already seen your official seal as the Crown Prince your Majesty?" Prince Reuz asked.

"Yes my official seal was the one which I will be unveiling tomorrow. It was a Dragon wearing a crown." I answered while showing my ring where a replica was placed. I asked why my secretary turned his back at me when I showed the ring.

"Your Majesty, no one is allowed to see the Crown Prince' Seal when it was not yet unveiled." He answered.

"What about you your majesty, being the Crown Prince of Ayatullah, what was your seal?" I asked to Prince Reuz.

"Mine is an Eagle with his wings opened your majesty, because according to my father, I should fly with my kingdom to the unending universe." He replied while showing his shoulder where the replica was placed.

"Oh amazing!" I replied with a smile.

"What about yours your majesty, why is it that it was a dragon?" Prince Raphael asked.

"Your majesty, it was a dragon because the kingdom believes that his majesty is as strong as a dragon and as braved as a dragon that he could protect, defend our kingdom and influence others to respect the Kingdom of Baltimore. It was also the birth sign of his Majesty in the Aseanian Calendar." My secretary answered.

I was about to invite the two princes for a tea in my palace when,

"Your majesty sorry for disrupting you but Her Majesty The Queen Mother is asking for your presence in the Grand Palace' Royal Court Room." A Queen Mother's servant said.

"Oh yes your Majesty, it was time for you to meet the Heads of the Six Allied Countries with the King and Queen. I apologize for my negligence on time your majesty." My secretary seconded.

"Sorry for this, but I have to go." I told the two princes.

"Accompany the Princes of the Kingdom of Ayatullah to their place." I directed two of the servants.

I know they were amazed with my kingdom and that makes me happy. I don't understand but I feel satisfied with the conversations that we had.