It was on the news the next day. The Prince of England and his mystery lover now identified as the Princess of Italy. I shook my head after reading the column and looked at Jasper who brought it to me.

"Well it could have been worse right?" I asked looking up at him

"More badly than you look?" he asked

"Hey!" I frowned at him "that's not very nice"

I had stayed awake all night reading some of Edward's emails to cover more grounds. I knew I looked bad but it was rude to point it out.

"Yeah well, just telling it straight" Jasper shrugged

"I know why you're grumpy" I said to him in a teasing manner then proceeded to sing song "you need some Alice loving"

"We are not talking about this Principessa" he said pinching his nose and turning his back on me "get ready, King Carlisle has arranged for you to work with Her Majesty. It's six in the morning be down in half an hour"

"Fine, just so you know, I could have her hear within three hours. You just have to ask" I said seriously

"I'd like that" he stopped at the door a beat. As soon as he left, I got up to clean up after sending Alice a text that I needed her. I put on a brown knee length gown and a white blazer

I met Esme at the throne room where we discussed our business for the day. We started with the daily newspapers, reading through them. Esme smiled as she read the part about Edward and I but otherwise didn't comment on it. Then we sorted through letters from the public. The ones that seemed important were passed on to Esme for appropriate responses which was written by her lady-in-waiting and sealed for delivery. Truth is I was wondering why Esme wanted me here; most of these were official British document. I was almost tempted to ask…Almost. We went on visits to present awards to people who had won prizes then Esme and I had a private early lunch at 11:20am

"Oh Bella Dear, we are hosting a garden party tonight, about 18000 people are expected" she said looking at me "would you mind working with my kitchen staff, just decide the refreshments?"

"Sure" I said smiling at her though I really wished I could see Edward right about now. She looked at her watch and "it's a bit past noon, the gathering is by four"

"Okay"

"Your brother and Edward are supervising the tent pitching" she added as an afterthought. I blushed a bit before smiling at her. She left me after lunch and I went back to Buckingham Palace for the preparations.