CHAPTER TWOThe Duke had left them and Princess Louise talked excitedly for a long while about such a surprising offer and of what had been planned for her daughter.
Now Valona knew what she must do.
She waited until her mother had gone upstairs and then she slipped out of the house and ran over to one of the other houses at Hampton Court where she was welcomed as a frequent visitor.
Sir Mortimer Melgrave was a distinguished elderly diplomat who had served Great Britain well.
He had ended up as British Ambassador to Spain after serving in many different European Capitals where he was always spoken of as being ‘the perfect diplomat.’
He was now getting on for eighty.
The Queen had presented him with one of the very best of the Grace and Favour houses – it was a particularly pleasant on
