"A messenger, my lady" Elizabeth, Katherine's servant, said "Came with a letter from the Pope"

"Let me see it" Katherine said, taking the big letter out of Elizabeth's hands. It took her a moment for her to read it. But, after she did, she smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.

"What is it, my lady?" Elizabeth asked "Good news?"

"Very" Katherine said "The Pope has just told me that he considers my marriage to still be valid and that both of my precious daughters are legitimate heirs to the English throne"

"How wonderful, my lady!" Elizabeth exclaimed "Such joyous news indeed!"

"Well, as you know, Cordelia was never declared to be a bastard" Katherine said "Why that was not so, I'll never understand. But, I am grateful"

"It was nice to see Princess Cordelia again, my lady" Elizabeth said "Do you think that she'll come again?"

Katherine thought for a moment. "Yes" she said, with a nod "I think that she will"

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Cordelia was almost fuming as she arrived back at the castle. How could Henry have done such a stupid thing? Declare one daughter princess but not the other? And they were twins for God's sake!

But, Cordelia made sure to keep her temper in check as she got herself ready for dinner with her father. There was no need to spoil a perfectly wonderful evening alone with Henry. But, she knew that she would have to work – secretly, of course – on two things: getting Mary and Katherine reunited and getting Mary back to court.

Cordelia put on a happy face as she walked into the castle and into her chambers. She wanted to make sure that Henry didn't see her upset because then he would ask what was wrong and she didn't want to lie to him. Firstly, because he was her father. Secondly, because even though she was a good liar, she just wasn't in the mood.

"His Majesty is looking forward to dinner with you, Princess" her lady-in-waiting, Olivia, said "I've heard that he's planned a very nice meal for tonight"

"I'm sure that he has" Cordelia replied "Tell me, Olivia. Have you seen the Princess Elizabeth?"

"Yes, my lady" Olivia replied "She is very beautiful. A little angel"

Cordelia smiled. Though she could tell that she and Anne weren't going to get along, she was hoping to be able to get along with her new sister.

"Have you not seen her, my lady?"

"No" Cordelia said, shaking her head "I'm afraid not. I'd feel very out of place if I went to see her alone. I don't really know the Queen yet, after all"

"I understand"

Cordelia smiled. "I'm glad we're friends, Olivia"

Olivia smiled. She was happy that Cordelia considered her a friend. "I'm glad we're friends too, my lady"

"Enough of this 'my lady' business" Cordelia said, turning to her "Please. Call me Cordelia. And, if anyone tells you differently, have them come to me"

Olivia smiled even more. "Thank you, Cordelia"

Cordelia smiled. "Alright" she said, looking at herself in the mirror "Great job, Olivia! I'm off to dinner"

"Have fun, Cordelia" Olivia said, as Cordelia left the room. She smiled.

She had never been friends with a royal before. Especially, a princess.

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"Sweetheart" Henry said, as Cordelia walked into the room "I'm glad to see that we didn't have to send a search party out to find you"

Cordelia smiled. "Did you really expect me to let those guards follow me?"

Henry laughed as he hugged his daughter and kissed her on the forehead. "Come" he said "I had the cook prepare one of your favorite meals"

Cordelia smiled as a huge ham was brought into the room, with cooked apples sitting around it. "Wow" she said "This looks amazing!"

Henry smiled as one of the attendants pulled out their chairs and they sat down. "How was your ride today?"

"Very refreshing" Cordelia said, as plates of food were put in front of them "I enjoyed it very much"

"You know, it wasn't very nice of you to run away from those guards" Henry said, jokingly "Especially when you knew that they were only doing what I ordered"

"Father, Aunt Margaret let me do that all the time" Cordelia said "I have done many things that you might be surprised about"

"Really?" Henry said, putting a piece of ham in his mouth "Tell me"

"Well" Cordelia said "I've learned how to use bows and arrows, swords, guns. I can speak many languages. I've watched over the courts in Portugal…"

"Watched over the Portuguese courts?"

"Yes" Cordelia replied, with a nod "They even asked me to take over after Aunt Margaret died"

"They asked you to stay?" Henry said "And rule?"

Cordelia nodded. "But, I know that I would have felt out of place" she said "But, I am still part of their court. They're still going to come to me for advice if they need to"

Henry was shocked. He definitely wasn't expecting this. "How wonderful, sweetheart" he said "I'm very proud of you"

Cordelia watched as he took a sip of wine. "Father, I want to help out here, in England"

Henry almost choked on his wine. "Excuse me?"

"Can I help out here?" Cordelia asked "Sit in on parliament. Help make decisions. Do some political stuff along with doing fun stuff"

Henry stared at her.

"After all, if I am to be Queen someday" she said "Shouldn't I have some experience with the English kingdom?"

"I will consider it" Henry said

Cordelia smiled as they turned back to their meal.

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As she walked down the halls, back to her chambers, Cordelia heard Elizabeth crying. Curious as to seeing her sister for the first time – and also confused as to why no one was attending her – Cordelia headed into the Queen's chambers.

No one was there but the cradle with the crying Elizabeth inside. Cordelia calmly and quietly walked over to the cradle and looked down at her sister. She definitely saw the family resemblance, but she could also see some of her stepmother in the baby's features as well. What Cordelia was really wondering was who Elizabeth got the faint appearance of red hair from.

"Shh…it's ok, Elizabeth" Cordelia said, picking the baby up "I'm sure that your mother just stepped out for a moment. She'll be back soon."

But, Elizabeth continued to cry. Cordelia started bouncing her arms up and down a little bit. Elizabeth seemed to calm down once this started.

"You are very pretty, Princess Elizabeth" Cordelia said, in a soothing voice "You know that? Everyone in our family is pretty. Your father is very, very handsome. Your sister, Mary, is very pretty too. And, everyone loves you very, very much. So, what are you crying for?"

Elizabeth stopped crying after a few moments.

"See?" Cordelia said, putting the baby back into the cradle "You have nothing to be sad about"

Just then, she heard a door close. She quickly ran out of the room, not wanting Anne to catch her in there with Elizabeth. She hid in one of the alcoves outside Anne's chambers as Anne walked by. She breathed a sigh of relief when Anne shut the door behind her and quickly made her way to her own chambers.

Well, I just couldn't resist doing a scene like that between Cordelia and Elizabeth after seeing the one between Mary and Elizabeth in the show.

Also, because Henry still considers Cordelia a princess (she is one, after all) she still has a chance at getting the throne. Just wanted to clear that up for people. :)

Anyways, hope that you liked this chapter!!

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