Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its own happiness.
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by imaginentertain
"And that's when Henry knows: He doesn't ever want to go back."
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"This is very formal," she says eventually. "Sending a request for an audience with your grandmother."
"Yes, well, this needs to be done formally," Henry says, "it needs to be done right."
And in that moment Henry sees his mother stiffen a little beside him and he knows she's realised. She's put the pieces together. If he's not here to ask for permission to marry then—
Henry takes a deep breath, rolls his shoulders back to lift him up to full height, and draws on all the courage he can muster. "I have come to inform you that I wish to abdicate," he says, just as he'd written and rehearsed, "and I would therefore like to petition Parliament as soon as possible."
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Title is from Alexander Hamilton's letter on foreign policy. Because what else could I use?
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Book canon compliant.
Words: 11971, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Shaan Srivastava, Beatrice Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Catherine Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, Queen Mary (Red White & Royal Blue), Philip Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
Additional Tags: Book canon compliant, mostly fluff but canon angst, with boys deeply in love, and knowing they're forever, Henry wants to abdicate, and that's like a whole thing over here, our politics really are something, in which Jen makes subtle references to old TV shows and weird TV channels
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August 29, 2023 at 12:55PM
