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𝚃𝚘 𝙷st. 𝙽𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝙼𝚌𝙽𝚎𝚒𝚕, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚡 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚡 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙻𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢.
Hst. Nancy McNeil
𝚃𝚘 𝙼𝚛 𝙳𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚞𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 $𝟻𝟶,𝟶𝟶𝟶 𝚞𝚙𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚌𝙽𝚎𝚒𝚕.
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𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐴𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑎 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑎
- 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 1919
𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑎, 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.
𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑑𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝐷𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒.
𝑆𝑜, 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒.
𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝, 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑚, 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒.
- 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 1919, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦
"Miss Aurelia, Miss Aurelia!" Gloria, the servant, bursts into the princess's room, waking her up, holding a cake with one pink candle placed in the centre.
Gloria had been like a second mother to Aurelia, after her mother's assassination.
"Hello Gloria." The elegant, young woman yawns opening her eyes to the massive cake in front of her. "Oh, Gloria, you shouldn't have!" She smiles
"Anything for you Miss Aurelia. Your Father has set out a breakfast banquet for you downstairs before you leave for your special day."
Aurelia immediately places her white, poofy dressing gown over her petit figure and runs down the spiral stairs, her slippers clacking onto the marble floor. In her dainty hands held her diary, with a feather pen strapped to it.
Gloria walked behind her, holding the cake, trying to catch up with the energetic girl.
"Miss Aurelia, can you please wait?" Gloria asks and she finally caught up to the heir.
Her elderly Father greets his daughter with a warm embrace, interrupted kindly by Gloria, who presents the cake. "Good morning King Luciano, where should I put Miss Aurelia's cake? I've just picked it up from the bakery before waking her up"
Aurelia beams, writing down in her diary as her father leaves with Gloria.
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-𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 1919
𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦,
𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑚, 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚. 𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑔𝑜, 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝, 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑎𝑡.
𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦, 𝐴𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑎.
