[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

"Westminster Abbey already decorated?"

"Have all the wedding invitations been distributed?"

"There are also coins that will be scattered to the people during the parade, as well as subsequent bounties and food distribution in various places, all must be prepared in advance."

"In addition, remember to remind William to reply to the kings who sent blessings, and the grand dukes... Even if he doesn't have time to do these, he has to remind Sir Francis Walsingham to write them."

In the crowded Whitehall Palace, Queen Juana led a group of stewards and head maids, arranging the wedding ceremony of the Duke of Richmond and the Duke of York.

"Are there enough rooms in Whitehall Palace? If not, let some little nobles who only participate in the follow-up celebrations temporarily make do in Hampton Palace." Considering the distance between William III's palaces and Westminster The distance from the church, and William III rarely used Henry VIII’s favorite Hampton Court Palace outside of holidays, so Queen Juana asked the guests to be divided into grades and grades, and only some important diplomatic envoys and ministers The nobles live in Whitehall Palace, which is closest to the king.

As for the smaller St. James's Palace...

Queen Juana didn't want irrelevant people to disturb her son and daughter-in-law.

"Everything you asked has been arranged, but the foreign ministers of Italy and Hungary will be slower." Johanna, who was in charge of reporting the situation to Queen Juana, was also busy these days without touching the ground.

Since William III married Queen Juana, it was the first wedding of a bigwig in the court.

After all, Edward Tudor and Jane Tudor's marriage lasted only a few hours, and it was impossible to even tell everyone, let alone hold a wedding.

"There are probably so many important things! If there is anything I didn't think of, you can report it to me or Johanna directly." Queen Juana briefly explained the key points of the wedding, and then asked the manager who kept recording the requirements and The maids are down to work.

"How time flies, how time flies. In a blink of an eye, I will hold a wedding ceremony for my two sons." Queen Juana, who had a rare breath, returned to the bedroom, asked Johanna to pour her a glass of mint water, and lit the Indoor fire.

"I still remember how Alexander and Guillaume were born." Queen Juana looked at the burning fire, as if she saw her youth through the flames: "I came to England when I was 12 and married William when I was 14. Alexander I was just the Princess of Wales when I was born, and Guillaume was born on the sea route to my Belgian succession."

"But in a blink of an eye, I have become a mother of three children, and I have to arrange a wedding ceremony for two sons." Queen Juana held a steaming teacup, and she sighed with Johanna: "You said I should be glad that I am lucky Seeing that the two sons are getting married, should I be worried that I will have to face the problem of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law so early?"

Because Henry VIII changed three wives in the last 16 years of his life, and William III's biological mother died early, and Anne of Cleves, who really got along with Queen Juana, was in charge of linking England and Shimar A shrewd person in the Karl Alliance, Queen Juana has never suffered a big loss in the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so naturally she doesn't know how to deal with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Except for the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which has a queen mother, most countries in Europe acquiesce that the queen is the first lady in the country, but whether it can exercise the power of the first lady is quite interesting.

Margaret Beaufort, the royal mistress of France and the mother of Henry VII, are both uncrowned queens of the country.

Even sometimes, the queen has to stand behind them in public.

Although with William III's physical condition, Queen Juana can still stay as the first lady for 30 to [-] years, but after William III abdicates or dies, how can she protect her status?

You must know that no matter which country it is, it is extremely repellent to outsiders, not to mention that Mary Stuart is the Queen of Scots, and Princess Margot's mother has a tendency to take power.

Johanna felt that Queen Juana just liked to think too much, and she also passed on this bad habit to the Duke of Richmond.

But she also knew that Queen Juana could not be blamed for this. After all, Navarre was close to the Kingdom of Aragon, which was as obsessed with the "Salik Code" as France, and Enrique II made his only daughter the crown prince. In addition to the fact that Navarra did have a precedent for the queen to succeed to the throne, it was only after three or four years of quarrels that this matter was very difficult to facilitate.

However, even with her father's support, Queen Juana could not escape the control of her uncle and Spain.

In order to annex Navarra, which was sandwiched between the two countries, Queen Juana was forced to marry by the Duke of Montmorency and Charles V several times before she got engaged to William III, and was even forced to marry by Montmorency once. The Duke of the West was bound to the wedding venue, and was forced to marry with his head pressed, so that the young and stubborn queen prince had to let his confidant secretly hide two documents signed by her, and then sent a letter to his father who was driven to the front line overnight. She asked for help, showing that the marriage was a scam against her own and her father's wishes, and was able to escape from the hands of the King of France.

Otherwise, Queen Juana would have married the Duke of Lich-Cleves-Berg, the younger brother of Anne of Cleves, before marrying William, and then joined forces with France and Schmalkar to fight against Charles V. A chess piece of the world, ushering in the fate of her kingdom being divided.

Johanna has always felt sorry for Queen Juana.

As the crown prince caught between two countries and religions, if she showed even the slightest bit of weakness, she would be eaten alive.

Although after marrying William III, Juana also slightly relaxed her tense nerves, unlike when she was a child, she had to hide a knife under her pillow to barely fall asleep with Johanna's company.However, the psychological trauma left by her childhood still brought an unimaginable stress response to Queen Juana.

And once someone touched Queen Juana's sensitive nerves, she would kill her with all her strength.

Thinking of this, Johanna held Queen Juana's hands regardless of her status, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, you also know that Queen Mary and Princess Margot are rare and good children. The former is the one you watched growing up. Your good girl, while the latter is still a child, you have time enough to teach her to be a respectable lady. The Juana I know was first Queen of Belgium and Countess of Flanders, and then Queen of England. "

"When did you need to be so wary of two little girls less than half your age? That's not something you would do."

Queen Juana took a deep breath, then held Johanna's hand slightly tremblingly, and forced a smile: "Yes! What's wrong with me?"