The Ambassador Ch 3

Transcription of the Late Show, hosted by Galan Skyward

Skyward: My next guest has entranced people of all castes; her revolutionary use of social media helps us get to know her and the world around us. I am privileged to have as my guest: Lady America Singer!

America comes out wearing a short light blue dress and dark blue blazer.

Audience: *applauds*

America: Hi! How are you?

Skyward: I am fantastic! And I know that you are good.

America: Better than good.

Skyward: Well, obviously! Let's talk about what you've been doing. Tell the audience what you've been doing.

America: Well, when I was in Italy I got to meet all of these different people from all over the country, and I realized that I can't say the same for Illea. I was either in Angeles or I was in Carolina, so I decided to go on a little tour of the country. So, I've been going to different cities and just picking up whoever I wanted to have dinner with.

Skyward: And then you take a picture with them and post it on social media. And these people have been from almost every caste.

America: Yes, I haven't gotten a One yet, but we're working on it.

Audience: *laughs*

Skyward: Let's talk about social media because obviously you have connected with people through that.

America: Yeah. One of the privileges that they have in Italy that we don't have here is that they have such easy access to people through social media, so since I haven't seen the country I realized that others haven't either, so it seemed natural that I would help them see at least a little of it.

Skyward: Which is what you did in Italy as well.

America: Yes.

Skyward: So, let's talk about Italy. You've talked before about the tour that you took and the pictures from that, but let's talk about some of the others. There are pictures on there of you all going out to clubs during what would have been past curfew for us, there are pictures and videos of you in what seems to be pretty precarious positions.

America: Drunken precarious positions. There's a difference. And Italy has a lot less taboos than we do. There it's more scandalous to cut spaghetti with a knife than to be drunk or sleep next to a man. They don't think it's indecent to walk in on someone when they're changing or touch them. Here we're very wary of people getting too close to us, but there it's perfectly normal. Which has led to some pictures that here are viewed as scandalous and over there are viewed as perfectly normal.

Skyward: Yes! Your pictures often seem to point out the differences in cultures. But, there's a couple that I want to talk about, and it's this one.

The screen shows a couple in bed wrapped around each other. The woman is Lady America and the man is the Prince of Italy. She is laying on her side snuggled up to his bare chest and he has his arms around her.

Skyward: So, this was taken by Princess Nicoletta, but then uploaded to your social media accounts. Can you fill in the crowd as to who that man is.

America: That's Prince Benedict, Nicoletta's twin brother. He helps her with some of the diplomatic relations of the country, but will not inherit the throne. The throne will go to his sister.

Skyward: And you all are…?

America: Dating.

Audience: *cheers*

Skyward: Wow! So, you went from a prince to another prince.

America: Well when you put it that way it sounds so bad. Listen, we had each other on the ropes for a long time before we ever started dating.

Skyward: So, explain to us what happened because the other picture I have is…well. Should we just show it?

America: I think I know what it is. Go for it.

The screen shows a picture of a corner in a dark club, where a couple (Lady America and Prince Benedict) are entangled again. Lady America is backed up against the wall and has her legs wrapped around him. Prince Benedict seems to be whispering something in America's ear and her head is against his shoulder.

Skyward: *smiles* What is going on here?

America: I think you know good and well what is going on in that picture, Mr. Skyward.

Audience: *laughs* *someone in the audience wolf-whistles*

Skyward: So, knowing that these pictures started showing up on various social medias, all of them the Royal Family's, tell us how this relationship came to be.

America: Okay, well, first of all, there's something you need to know about Ben: he's highly annoying. I got off the plane, and he had one of those mini confetti canons and he popped it as soon as I got off the plane. And that, ladies and gentlemen, was the moment I knew I was going to marry him.

Audience: *laughs and cheers*

America: Obviously, I'm kidding, but I did know that the trip was going to be very interesting. So, the rest of the trip it was like a battle of the wits and apparently everyone saw that we were going to get together, except us. And we both had our reservations. I thought it was too soon to be going after someone new, even though it had been two months already and I would have been okay with getting into a relationship, and he thought I was still a heart broken puppy. He actually called the trip my "Post-Selection beginning life crisis".

Skyward: So, Prince Maxon kind of separated you all for a while.

America: In a sense, yeah. He did. But not for long.

Skyward: So, what happened that it changed both of your minds?

America: Um. Liquor, probably.

Audience: *laughs*

America: No, seriously. That picture was the first time anything happened. We were drunk, dancing, and ended up with the picture of us in the club, and then the next morning brought the other picture.

Skyward: And I'm assuming that Italy doesn't have the same laws that we do.

America: Oh, no. No. That wouldn't ever happen in Italy. Birth control is relatively easy to get your hands on, no matter your economic situation, so they don't really have any need for those kind of laws. And many Italians believe that the government doesn't have any right to intercede on something so personal. What you do with your body is what you do with your body there, and no one can try to stop that.

Skyward: I see. So, your relationship with him has no bounds that you all would have here.

America: Exactly.

Skyward: So, considering that you have dated two princes in two different countries. What do you think is the biggest difference?

America: Um. I would probably say that the biggest difference is the freedom like we were talking about. With Maxon, he took care of me and my family and gave us the security that we needed at the time, but it came with restrictions. You had to stand up straight and you couldn't wear pants and you couldn't leave the palace. With Ben, none of those restriction apply. No one in Italy really cares about those type of things. If you want to wear pants, wear pants for God's sake. If you want to go for a night out on the town, they'll grab the door for you.

Skyward: That's fantastic. So, when will you see him again?

America: He's supposed to come in a week and spend a couple days here and then we'll go back to Italy.

Skyward: Well, thank you very much for coming to talk to us. I appreciate it.

America: Thank you for having me!

"Clara?" I called.

The small brown haired woman that Ben hired as my manager bounced forward with eager energy.

"I've already talked to the Prince about sending out some more appropriate photos of you two. He says they'll be up tomorrow so that they don't look quite as much like a counterattack," she said in Italian.

"Good. Thank you." I replied in the same language. "Do me another favor?"

"Of course."

"Send Kriss a flower bouquet or something. I knew I smelled a trap the second I got in here."