Let me see…it says here, "push the red button," to record and a red light will come on. I don't see a red light! Oh, there it is.
Greetings, my darling family and friends. If you are watching this, it means that I am no longer with you, or that I accidentally left this tape out in the open or perhaps someone who wants my fortune stole it to see who he needs to take care of in order to…anyway…
First of all, I would like to express my feelings towards my closest friend, Charlotte. I never told you this, but you were like a daughter to me and I wish you every bit of happiness. You helped me through some tough times and if I didn't have you by my side when I was queen, I don't think I could have survived for as long as I did. You are a true friend and I want you to be happy. To assist you in your happiness, I have decided to give you the sum of twenty thousand dollars, my collection of stamps and my nephew's phone number; I saw how you looked at him during the 2007 Independence Day Ball. Make a man out of him, darling. I'll be watching you.
Now, Mia, I know we didn't get to spend as much time as we'd have liked together, but I feel that every minute we did spend together was a blessing. I'm terribly sorry I ignored you for fifteen years, but it was for the best. I didn't want your mother to be the queen of my country and neither did she. Don't get me wrong though, she was a lovely lady and I eventually came to like her, it's just that she was simply not royal material. Enough about her, do you know what the happiest day of my life was? It was the day that you decided to stop making the same mistake as me. Instead of marrying Andrew, you stood up for yourself and fought all the way through to prove a point and I was so proud of you for it. To you I leave my diary, my entire wardrobe, and my jewellery box, which comes complete with most of my jewels and the golden pendant that I received from Joseph on our twentieth anniversary. I know how much you adore it, so I thought why not give it to you. Take very special care of it or I'll have to smack you when the time comes for you to join me up here, which hopefully won't be soon.
Joseph, Joseph, Joseph. Where do I begin? You were my one true love, my reason for living. Without you, I probably would have died unhappy. We must have known each other for at least sixty years. Gosh, that's a long time. Do you remember when we were younger and we used to take long walks by the lake and that one night we didn't come back? Everyone was so worried, they thought I'd been kidnapped, hahaha. That was…hmm.
I'm sorry, where was I? Oh yes. To you, dear, I leave everything I haven't mentioned and that includes my underwear; I know how much you like to look at it. Also, I feel I must tell you this secret, which I've kept from you for a very long time. Pierre was not Rupert's son, he was yours. I'm sorry I never told you. I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't do it. It didn't seem right. Pierre wanted to be king more than anything, but after he found out that he wasn't eligible, he left forever and joined the church.
I didn't tell him that you were his father, I thought I'd leave that up to you. I so very much want you two to get to know each other. Please do it for me? I am so sorry, Joseph.
Pierre, if you're watching this, I just want you to know that even though we grew apart, I never stopped loving you. Please think about re-joining the family, I know they'll welcome you with warm and happy arms. Please fulfil my wish; I just want you to be happy, as I want all of you to be.
That's all I have to say except I hope you all have long, fulfilling lives and Joseph, I shall see you soon. Goodbye, I love you all.
Most likely a one-shot. R&R.
