Drabbles: Three Queens (G)
Title: Three Queens
Author: cruisedirector
Rating: G
Summary: Elizabeth deals with her mother-in-law, Lionel's wife, and her daughter's wedding.
Word Count: 300
Note: The first is for miss_morland, who asked for a drabble about Bertie's mother. I started writing the last the day William married Catherine, but it wasn't celebratory enough.
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Elizabeth fidgeted as Bertie introduced Lionel to Queen Mary. Being presented to Her Majesty was considered a great honor, and the Queen Mother gave Lionel a gracious greeting.
But when Lionel asked whether she had enjoyed the King's Christmas broadcast, she replied, "My husband always gave very fine speeches." Bertie knew to school his features to indifference, though Lionel couldn't hide his surprise.
"She would never acknowledge that Bertie had trouble speaking," Elizabeth whispered to Lionel, "Royal children must be perfect. Like Bertie's poor youngest brother."
Elizabeth loved Lionel for stepping closer to Bertie, like a wolf protecting a pup.
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"She'd make a fine Queen," Elizabeth said once the door to the Logue home had closed.
"Do you think so?" Apparently Bertie had been too focused on Lionel's reaction to have formed an opinion of Myrtle Logue.
"Did you see how quickly she pounced after he introduced you? 'Will Their Majesties be staying for dinner?' She hates being kept in the dark as much as I do." Elizabeth chuckled. "We should invite them to the Palace for dinner."
"I'm sure she'd like that." With the two women there, Elizabeth thought, Bertie and Lionel both might have reason to be frightened.
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"I'm surprised His Majesty is so nervous," Lionel admitted. "A wedding is a happy occasion, and he'll only be speaking in front of family."
"The King has to say something nice about the Hun," joked Elizabeth. Her feelings about Lieutenant Mountbatten were hardly a secret. "To tell the truth, I think he's more worried about going to pieces when he has to give away his little girl."
Elizabeth had been concerned about summoning Lionel while he was still in mourning for Myrtle, but Lionel seemed happy to help with the celebration. Now, though, he looked teary. "Deep breaths," he prescribed.
Author: cruisedirector
Rating: G
Summary: Elizabeth deals with her mother-in-law, Lionel's wife, and her daughter's wedding.
Word Count: 300
Note: The first is for miss_morland, who asked for a drabble about Bertie's mother. I started writing the last the day William married Catherine, but it wasn't celebratory enough.
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Elizabeth fidgeted as Bertie introduced Lionel to Queen Mary. Being presented to Her Majesty was considered a great honor, and the Queen Mother gave Lionel a gracious greeting.
But when Lionel asked whether she had enjoyed the King's Christmas broadcast, she replied, "My husband always gave very fine speeches." Bertie knew to school his features to indifference, though Lionel couldn't hide his surprise.
"She would never acknowledge that Bertie had trouble speaking," Elizabeth whispered to Lionel, "Royal children must be perfect. Like Bertie's poor youngest brother."
Elizabeth loved Lionel for stepping closer to Bertie, like a wolf protecting a pup.
~~~
"She'd make a fine Queen," Elizabeth said once the door to the Logue home had closed.
"Do you think so?" Apparently Bertie had been too focused on Lionel's reaction to have formed an opinion of Myrtle Logue.
"Did you see how quickly she pounced after he introduced you? 'Will Their Majesties be staying for dinner?' She hates being kept in the dark as much as I do." Elizabeth chuckled. "We should invite them to the Palace for dinner."
"I'm sure she'd like that." With the two women there, Elizabeth thought, Bertie and Lionel both might have reason to be frightened.
~~~
"I'm surprised His Majesty is so nervous," Lionel admitted. "A wedding is a happy occasion, and he'll only be speaking in front of family."
"The King has to say something nice about the Hun," joked Elizabeth. Her feelings about Lieutenant Mountbatten were hardly a secret. "To tell the truth, I think he's more worried about going to pieces when he has to give away his little girl."
Elizabeth had been concerned about summoning Lionel while he was still in mourning for Myrtle, but Lionel seemed happy to help with the celebration. Now, though, he looked teary. "Deep breaths," he prescribed.