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15th of April, 2011


'Might you consider that your Sundays best, Mister Greenfax?'
sneered a grumpy Owen Wrexham from behind decades old thin wire glasses, meanwhile shifting incessantly between a warm smile towards Princess Alice only to return glares with Rich Greenfax, prospective Guardian of the Commonwealth. 'Would the Princess Alice have me dress to a higher standard?' Greenfax queried with a warm smile.

Without hesitating Alice looked down at the Guardian to be, heightening her pale white nose far in to the air, 'A Protestant, such as Mister Greenfax, might lack knowledge of faith to consider what his Sundays best is at all'. An aching moment of disquiet overcame the Cannie diplomatic party, Rich Greenfax straightened his tie with his mouth agape while Mister Wrexham covered his mouth in utter surprise as a Protestant himself. 'Please gentlemen, compose yourselves. So long as we reside in Engellex, the Queen is our religion!' Princess Alice announced with a hearty giggle.

The climate returned then to its stale zone of quiet comfort as Misters Greenfax and Wrexham internally endured their despisal for Alice and her Oceanic Saints of Cantigny. This queer Oceanic religion rarely pervaded the distinguished culture divide between Engellex and Cantigny, causing Owen Wrexham, a resident of Dulwich for years now, to feel greatly disenfranchised from his home country. Alice beamed for opportunities to express her religious views, often provoking fellow Cannies with less than politically correct defiance. She knew her place in Engellex however, in Dulwich and Hammersmith specifically, where there would in fact be no room at all for Oceanic quackery.

'While in the Union' Wrexham demeaned to Greenfax again, 'Great Engellex and its Lords will speak unto as a Mother does its child, and like it or not, we are to always recall our station here if there is opportunity for retort'. Alice, the Commonwealth definition of culture, suavely nodded in concurrence with the Cannie Ambassador, 'I expect no less than the gentlemen I have come to know and respect, Mister Greenfax'. Amongst these male black on black morning coats, Princess Alice drew attention to her youth and exuberance as expedited by an ash scarlet petticoat accompanied by a warm cream finish. In Vesper their attire might seem rare, yet not entirely out of place, Engellexic traditions survived naturally in the Imperial obsessed Colony.

Entirely preoccupied by their manners, the Cannie extension of Commonwealth diplomacy had lost themselves in the backdrop of their Motherland. To the most recent Chancellery, access to Dulwich had been graciously denied for their republican disposition and deficiency in manners, so their arrival in Great Engellex now created quite a stir in Oceania. Whether as a square unit or sorely divided, they could each only return to Cantigny in one of two fashions: as Rebels or Conformists; for one did not simply visit the Motherland anymore without receiving a public moniker. Felix Ilchester, who would visit the Engellexic Capital in a week to come, was aware that Alice and Owen were 'sure things, finely shined shoe ins', though reservations existed regarding Rich Greenfax - his choice for Guardian for the Commonwealth. Mister Greenfax would have to make a lasting impression as an individual, as well as an extension of Ilchester's broad expeditionary defence policies.
 

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Queen Charlotte was feeling particularly confident as she arrived within the White Drawing Room for the engagement with the government delegation from the Commonwealth of Cantigny. She was thirty-three years of age, a power in her own right as Sovereign of Great Engellex, the head of a dying imperial power, and a natural reformer who did not believe reform translated to the dismantling of historic tradition. The Queen was well aware of the great success Felix Ilchester had had with the election that took place in Cantigny - it had been the talk of the Court and the halls of the Northern Department and was even creeping into the political back rooms of Parliament. The Queen knew she lacked the knowledge of an experienced monarch, and she was conscious that this would be easily understood, despite her excellence with suave social graces.

She had talked the matter over with her uncle, the Grand Duke of Wantage, that morning. With him she shared her innermost thoughts; the Grand Duke understood her as almost no one else did, and therefore was well acquainted with the aristocratic conservative who existed beneath the warm façade of a reformist. “I have inevitably summoned them to Dulwich to scrutinise their appointment,” She told him. “Well, you will do exactly that, your Majesty.” The Grand Duke had replied, almost reminding her. “I fear it will be a trying interview, I am not well acquainted with the matters of my southern realm, much to my great disappointment. I do want to fulfil what is expected of me, fully and dutifully, but I fear they will not lend me their patience, Uncle.” The Grand Duke smiled. “Is this the great Queen speaking - the woman who brings reform to the laws that govern the suffrage of this Union, and who has stood against immense political tide of folly. Oh, come, Charlotte.”

The Queen was thinking of this as she arrived inside the room for their meeting. It was true that Charlotte was not the most learned in Cannie, or colonial matters and Charlotte was convinced that she herself would leave an impression in history, of her choosing. What did it matter if there was a case of inexperience? It was the strength of a Sovereign that Great Engellex, Cantigny, and her other realms needed - and the Queen would deliver on that. The Queen had put on Court dress which she did so to amplify her position of power in a world of miniskirts and bikinis to her new ministers, and in any case the etiquette of the occasion demanded it.

The delegation, the Surrogate Monarch and Princess Royal, the Guardian of the Commonwealth, and the Minister of the Queen were shown into the White Drawing Room where the Queen was waiting for them. Charlotte chose to reserve the White Drawing Room for matters of great importance, and she hoped that that would be conveyed to them. “Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, Alexandra Alice Rydell, Her Grace, the Duchess of Hammersmith and Vesper. Sir Rich Greenfax. His Excellency, Owen Wrexham.” They all entered the room and made their courtesy to the Queen.

“You know, of course, why I have sent for you?”
 

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With timed bows and a tasteful curtsy, the colonial party compassionately chirped "Your Majesty" in unison, shuffling to positions that placed Greenfax and Wrexham on either side and several steps behind the Princess Royal.

"Ma'am" she said with another curtsy, "Your loyal servants Sir Richard Greenfax of Adelaide, and His Excellency Owen Wrexham of Vesper. Selections for Felix Ilchester's Chancellery, as the Guardian of the Commonwealth and Ambassador to the Union of Great Engellex & Crown, respectively."

Wrexham and Greenfax made their own subtle head bows at mention of their names, a moment of exuberance that was over just as soon as it began. Ambassador Wrexham was certain then that they were performing to standard, though Rich Greenfax stood hesitant to assess exactly how they were being received.

"We are cognizant of the honors bestowed upon us today," Wrexham began, "and would like to showcase our gratitude with these State Gifts."

From Wrexham, a large antiquated map of Cantigny, at that time New Engellex, that had been commissioned for the King of Great Engellex in 1757 but never delivered. Its contents displayed cities and bodies of water that were no more, and large parts of painted ocean and mainland faded by centuries of aging. Hailing to his military background, Greenfax presented a battle sabre belonging to a Colonial Officer who commanded monarchist forces at the Battle of Hampden in 1821, subsequently ending the last serious republican revolution in Cantigny. Alice, delivering last, gifted the Queen keys to the Chateau on Alice Island, the Chateau de Chancilier in Vesper, and finally a formal invitation from the Commonwealth's finest seamstresses to have dresses and gowns designed and presented during the Queen's first visit to Cantigny, if such an event were to occur.

"At your command, Ma'am, we have been summoned to provide candid answers to any and all queries to the best of our knowledge" Owen Wrexham said with his hands clasped behind his back, making an unpracticed attempt to stand at parade rest.
 

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The Queen bowed her head in gratitude to the gifts that she had received, before placing them upon a table for a later detailed inspection. The ministers could be forgiven to believe the Queen had broken with protocol, as would seem she was without a gift to bring to them, but, as they and all would come to learn, Charlotte was far more practical than indulgent, and had something rather different to present to them.

"I am grieved… I should be, with many words," replied Charlotte firmly. "I am filled with the greatest hope having been obliged to part with the former Chancellery of the Commonwealth. The former Chancellor served me less than what is respected from the time of my accession." She looked determinedly at the three as though implying they could not fail to understand her expectations of the new Chancellery. She was the Queen, as she knew so well how to be and although people often agree to the fact of the matter with her age, rendering her an almost child, they would most certainly become overawed by her regality when engaged with matters of state.

She declared that it would be her earnest endeavour, as Queen of Cantigny and Great Engellex, to serve with the new Chancellery with all the power at her command. Her raised chin and resolute posture suggested that she had absolute confidence in finding cooperation with the leading political party, and that she had in fact great confidence in Felix Ilchester as Chancellor as well as the people he has selected as ministers. She was wishing with all her energy that they had the good sensibility to work greatly with Great Engellex, and produce something fruitful of this new change in politics in Vesper.

"The late Chancellor of the Commonwealth did not enjoy the endorsement of the Crown, or the Government in Dulwich," she said. "It was disapproved, much of what they did, to the relationship we once enjoyed."

She knew they would find it very difficult to talk to such an imperious Sovereign who had so definitely decided on her political position throughout her realms, but Charlotte was to get down to the purpose of their visit. "I hope, the policy of the honourable Sir Ilchester, and the Chancellery, would not be to insist of the continued dissolution of the imperial relationship between the two greatest realms. The former Chancellor certainly believed the circumstances of to-day made this a reasonable course of action. We, I should not wish that, and it is asked of you to give me your assurance that the Chancellery of Felix Ilchester will not do so." Charlotte certainly thought the strongest point of the matter was deserving of immediate attention before all ceremonial and political formalities, this was not to be an exception.
 

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Charlotte, as imagined by Mister Greenfax, was utterly and essentially regal and in flawless form. State portraits nor countless television documentaries had captured the bounding pulse of youth beneath her projected visage of dignified conservatism, where to so many the Queen was merely a concept of supreme power -- an eternity of ascendant tenacity emanated like a supernova in human form.

As Guardian of the Commonwealth he would personally oversee what the 'Empire' viewed as a Colonial Armed Force, subsidiary to the forces of Great Engellex and Queen Charlotte herself. In his heart and mind Rich Greenfax possessed reservations that would never grace the tip of his tongue as well as compliments and oaths unto the crown had, and might continue to. Amongst the promises Felix Ilchester would make as Chancellor, would be an entirely new pledge of allegiance to not only Commonwealth, but to Queen and Chancellor, a neo-nostalgic patriotism
curvaceously laced in velvet and unquestionably prejudiced points of view. Engellexic Lords & Ladies were without question the highest form of being in God's preeminently White Europe, though it was only now that ladies such as Princess Alice and well received male figures such as Chancellor Ilchester were achieving similar status in Cantigny, if only through blatant imitation of Engellex.

"Her Majesties Colonial Navy shall rise higher and stretch wider then ever before with your calling, Ma'am" Mister Greenfax said, evoking the hydra their naval cooperation would seek to emulate. "Her Majesties Colonial Army will march toe in line through cities across the globe, hoisting your banner, Ma'am." He meant to imply through very few words that his and the Chancellor's intention was to stimulate their common military with a new wave of manpower, treasure, and imperial propaganda as no generation had ever conceived.

Attending dinner parties in Dulwich proper would be so much easier now Mister Wrexham thought, breathing heavily between every verbal commitment made by Greenfax in entirely surprising form. He did feel quite compelled to address the previous Chancellery, which he himself had been apart as a preceding and now ensuing envoy, "The rightfully impeached-Chancellor Eustache Bertrand shall be recalled only as an utter disgrace to Commonwealth & Queen".

His personality wreaked of voice-worn phrases and persisting drudgery, which the Princess Royal particularly despised and admired simultaneously. Owen Wrexham could so naturally interweave Commonwealth interests with Engellexic manners that he had prevented a complete breakdown in relations throughout the last administration, and would likely promote the ravenous swerving of contemporary conquerors in Felix or Charlotte. "As Lord Greenfax so eludes: the imperial relationship is a case of vigorous rejuvenation, the true spire of Felix Ilchester's Chancellery in Vesper" he affirmed.
 

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Charlotte’s fears were rapidly disappearing because she was so enthusiastic about everything that was being proclaimed by the new Ministers of the Chancellery of the Commonwealth, and that the Queen could not help knowing that this was to be a period of most success in achieving many held goals between her two realms. She was certainly glad she had brought this summons about, for she now knew the areas of policy which a great deal could flourish from, that which most interested her was on imperial defence, as it was anticipated by her that it also keenly interested them. However, Charlotte would remain stubborn, not to betray her feelings so easily to these new Ministers, but she will be simple in her directions.

She wanted to race through many points of interest which had so been neglected under the last administration, with the assembly of both Cabinets at her heels, of course, she would be informed that it was unconstitutional she thought, but that she would politely explain that she as Sovereign knew best. What engaged Charlotte now was to put away such thoughts and focus on the interview entirely, it was such a clever thought however, she thought to herself before smiling to the Guardian of the Commonwealth.

The time for her function as the executive of Great Engellex was now, though, and the ceremonial obligations of her duty as Sovereign of the two realms would be somehow pushed to the side, although she would not concede any degree of her regal demeanour in doing so. A convention must be established between Great Engellex and Cantigny on the notion of security cooperation, especially in the areas of military developments of the Implaric Oceanic Territory. There had been an occasion where this would simply be out of the question to conceive of. To suggest the reach of Great Engellex continues unchanged and, certainly, undisputed is scandalous as well as gravely dangerous to public perception and opinion of our international partners. Therefore, it must be conceded that the Commonwealth has a far greater position to fill in Europe than it has ever thought to do so in its history. That is not to suggest, and would be entirely wrong to perceive that as a retreat of Engellex from the Oceanic theatre. The interests of Engellex are to see the Commonwealth assume a position that cannot be rivalled by her regional neighbours, that interest you will agree is fully within the interest of Cantigny.

There is plenty within the political situation of Dulwich to assist us in this endeavour. Trouble, trouble, trouble, the words of her Southern Secretary ringed within her ears. Trouble, and far more intense within Preuti-Borussia than has been within my far-flung dominions than seen since the conclusion of The War. I am thankful that the rapport between my two realms has overcome great obstacles, the policies pursued by the previous Chancellery of Vesper left much to be desired between us, nonetheless, confidence remains, and it now remains strong. The Queen’s face hardened, and she sat down, inclining them to do also. I am inclined to admire a transition of the Commonwealth of Cantigny into a respectable power that can command the Implaric Oceanic Territory.

Because of this it is imperative that arrangements be made between my ministers to see to my visiting of Vesper. I intend to hold a Council of State for the purpose of engaging with my ministers and Lord Commissioners of the realms at Vesper before the summers pass.
 
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