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St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Sweating sickness continues to spread rapidly through England, the city of Windenburg has been particularly effected and the city streets appear foreign as a quiet has set over the city. Everyone has been keeping indoors and St Bartholomew’s Hospital is overflowing with patients. Though the hospital was recently updated thanks to generous donations from the King and the church, the mysterious sickness is proving difficult to quell.

Royal’s Visit To Luisante National Park

The royal visit to France continues with the royals visiting Luisante National Park. During their stay in France the Royal family is staying at the guests apartments in Versailles. King Louis has just finished extensive renovations to the palace and it’s rumoured the guest apartments are awash with gold, from the gold flecked walls to the solid gold beds and decor. The French royal families own apartments are substantially less grand, the King clearly wants to display his Kingdoms vast wealth to guests.

Perhaps this is part of the reason King Avery is happy for his son to marry into the family.

The day at the park was spent with the Kings discussing the proposed ‘Treaty Of the Deux’ which will be signed upon Crown Prince Williams marriage to one of King Louis daughters. So far not much is known about the treaty though there will likely be an aspect that will untie the two countries military forces. Should any country seek to attack either France or England they will have the mighty forces of both countries to contend with.

Queen Margaret and Queen Josephine were seen deep in discussion on a stroll in the beautiful park while the sun was setting. Though we don't know what the Queens were discussing exactly, Queen Margaret is widely known in England as one of the largest patrons of artwork in the country so it can be assumed she was curious about Frances own efforts in the preserving of artwork.

Current De Lune Family Tree 

The Royal family has released the first paintings commissioned by the King that the new offical court painter Sir Thomas Lawrence has finished. The painter has been given the title of Principal Painter in Ordinary, and will be exclusively painting the royal family both at court and when the family visit other courts. Sir Thomas has been given a rather generous fixed salary, and will surely be living the life of a noblemen with his knew role. 

The paintings released today are meant to show the members of the court pictured doing activities they enjoy. It is suspected that the Kings Royal Advisor Duke Jacob Gilbert of Oxfordshire may have chosen this subject so that the kingdom can get to know the royal family better.

The first painting features her Royal Highness Queen Margaret De Lune of  Windenburg standing in her garden. The Queen is known for her green thumb and it is said one of the favourite places of courtiers is her rose garden. As it’s one of the most beautiful parts of the palace. 

The second painting features His Royal Highness King Avery De Lune of Windenburg, standing in the royal library. The library has one of the largest collections of books on all topics in the country and the King spends a great deal of time in the library, versing himself on as many subjects as possible. This could be the reason for the Kings infamous wit.

The third painting features Her Royal Highness Princess Avis De Lune of Windenburg, practicing music on her piano, which was a gift to the Princess from the French Queen. Princess Avis has been learning to play the piano since the young age of three, and it is apparently the activity she most enjoys learning from her tutors.

The final painting is of his Royal Highness Crown Prince William De Lune of Windenburg, standing in front of his horse, the aptly named ‘lightning’.The horse was a gift from his father and the Prince is known to spend hours almost daily hunting with the prized steed. The Prince will no doubt have to begin to spend less time galavanting into the forest, and more time learning to be King now that he is 16. His age also brings the promise of a possible betrothal soon, the court is rife with gossip on which young lady the prince may be matched with. Surely it will be a Princess from a country the King hopes to align with?

The offical royal crest of the De Lune family has had an update! This crest was officiated today by his royal Highness King Avery De Lune.

The crest now symbolises the victories of the De Lunes of the past and perhaps is a view to what the King values as a ruler. The  rampant lion which previously sat on the top of the crest has now been given pride of place at the centre. The lion was originally added to the De Lune family crest by King Avery’s Great Grandfather, Duke Avery of Windenburg (of whom he shares a name) who helped conquer back English lands from the vicious vikings.

 He was regarded as a warrior and knight of the highest renowned and it’s rumoured that much of the population of the newly reconquered England wanted to crown him immediately. The De Lune family however didn't ascend to the thrown until King Avery’s Grandfather, King William the III (of whom the Crown Prince shares his name) used his cunning at appealing to popular political sentiments to aid him in disposing the unpopular King Fulke the VI. It is said King William was so clever he did this without spilling a drop of blood or without any war. It is likely him King Avery is honouring with the owls present in the crest. The Fleur De lis are of course, a reference to the French heritage of the De Lunes.