A Royal Winter Page #7

not the real you.

You need to show her

who you are.

Don't give up.

Neither should you.

I guess I should pack.

And I have a speech

to memorize.

Has to be perfect

on the big day and all that.

Right, right, of course.

I'll let you go.

If you need anything...

I'll call.

You too.

Bye.

Felix? It's Maggie.

Is Adrian coaching the kids

today? What time?

No, no, it's not for me,

but I have a favor to ask

A big one.

[knocking]

Begging your pardon,

Your Majesty.

Yes.

You have a visitor.

I do?

There's nothing

scheduled until...

Ms. Marks.

I'm so sorry to intrude,

Your Majesty.

Did my son bring you?

No, he has no idea I'm here.

I brought myself.

Don't blame Felix.

It's really important,

or I never would've barged in

on you like this.

I'm leaving tomorrow.

You'll never see me again

and neither will Adrian,

but there's something

I must tell you.

Then you better come in.

[piano]

Lavender's blue,

dilly, dilly

Lavender's green

When you are king,

dilly, dilly

Who will be queen

When you are grown,

dilly, dilly

How will you know

Your own true heart,

dilly dilly

Will tell you so

[piano]

Call up your men,

dilly, dilly

Set them to work

Some to the plow,

dilly, dilly

Some to the fork

Some to make hay,

dilly, dilly

Some to cut corn

While you and I,

dilly, dilly

Keep ourselves warm

[piano]

You'll be a man,

dilly, dilly

Young as you are

Without a fear,

dilly, dilly

You will go far

Lavender's green,

dilly, dilly

Lavender's blue

The heart that finds love

Will be the heart

that is true

Yes, guys,

that was beautiful, really.

Really good work.

I'm very proud.

Um...

I'm going to let you in

on a secret.

I asked Madame here

to teach you that song

because it's very special to me.

You see, my dad

used to sing it to me

when I was a little boy, so...

thank you for making an old man

very happy.

It was great.

Weren't they good?

What are you doing here?

That was quite something.

I remember your father

singing it to you.

So this is where you come

on your outings to town.

You--

This was all your idea?

Yes. Why did you

bring her here?

Oh, he didn't.

He drove me here,

but it wasn't his idea.

It was your friend Maggie's.

She arrived

at the palace uninvited.

She burst into my office

and demanded to be seen.

Then she told me

I didn't know my own son.

She was adamant that there was

something I ought to see,

something that might convince me

he wasn't just a dilettante

gallivanting about town,

that he was a serious man,

ready to be a leader.

- Maggie told you all this?

- Yes.

She felt she owed it to you

before she left for America.

She's still leaving then?

Yes.

[sighs]

But...

I've had an idea.

We should invite the children

to sing at your coronation,

that very song.

It would be a beautiful tribute

to your father's memory.

You're serious?

Invite the children?

Yes.

Oh, for heaven sake,

let's just invite everybody.

Everybody?

Everybody.

Yes, yes!

[Adrian laughing]

[knocking]

HENRIK:
Special delivery.

From the palace.

Invitations to the coronation.

- Thank you.

- For the first time in history,

the royal coronation has been

opened to all our citizens.

Good night, miss.

We're invited to the coronation?

Wow. Maybe it worked.

You should go.

I can't. You go.

Oh, I'm definitely going.

I'm not cutting

my vacation short.

Wow.

It's beautiful!

Gold lettering?

Oh, you should definitely go.

It's the chance of a lifetime.

When's the next time you'll be

invited to a royal coronation?

Can't you get your dad to pull

some old-boy networking strings

and have them wait an extra day?

I can't.

Oh, sweetie, I'm so sorry.

Of course I wanna go

see him become king,

but I'm scared.

Of what?

That if I go,

I'll want to stay.

Would that be so bad?

My real life isn't here.

It's at home.

This is a vacation,

a fantasy.

Your life is

whatever you make it.

[knocking]

No need to put that on yet.

You've still got hours

before anyone shows up.

Couldn't sleep.

Neither could I.

She was right, you know.

You're going to make

a wonderful king.

I'm so...

very, very proud of you.

I'm sorry it took a complete

stranger to make me see.

Not a stranger.

Of course.

Forgive a foolish mother

her choice of words.

It's all right.

Oh, make sure to have breakfast.

These things can go on forever.

DESK CLERK:
Here you go.

You enjoyed your stay?

MAGGIE:
I did. Thank you.

I'm sorry to see you go, miss.

I'm sorry, too.

Thank you for everything.

Happy to be of service.

Let's get you

to your car then.

Car! Oh, my goodness.

I've been so all over the place,

I forgot to call a taxi.

I wouldn't exactly

call it a taxi, miss.

What's going on?

Someone wants a word.

I don't think I can.

Please.

Adrian, I--

Your Majesty.

Good morning, Miss Marks.

I know you're in a hurry.

Well, um, just my plane--

Oh, I'll have them hold

the plane if necessary.

Oh, thank you.

First of all, I came to

thank you for yesterday.

The children,

my son's work

at his foundation,

it really opened my eyes.

I'm glad, very glad.

And Adrian...

misses you.

He's really...

suffering without you.

I miss him, too.

I have a confession to make,

a rather embarrassing one.

Our family has sizable

business dealings in America.

A few days ago,

I instructed my chief of staff

to retain the firm

Brockton & Pierce

to represent us in three

very lucrative negotiations.

You--

I convinced them to offer you

the job you wanted.

To get rid of me?

Yes, as I am most ashamed

to admit.

Oh, you have to understand

they were delighted to have you.

You greatly impressed them,

so it wasn't a difficult push.

but it was wrong.

I thought

I was protecting my son.

But really I was

protecting myself.

So...

I'm going to make up for it.

What did he say?

It wasn't Adrian.

It was the queen.

- She offered me a job.

- What?

She wants to expand

Adrian's children's foundation,

not just here,

but all over Europe,

try to get other royal families

to participate.

And you'd be...

Its legal counsel.

Use my negotiation skills

to forge new partnerships.

So you'd get

to work with kids,

and you'd actually

be helping people?

This is so awesome.

That sure beats all-nighters

at Brockton & Pierce.

I gotta think about this.

It's all happening too fast.

My flight leaves in two hours.

- Shall I call for that taxi?

- Yes, please.

[bell tolling]

And part of that pledge,

perhaps its most

important part,

is to make your concerns my own

and to listen to you,

all of you,

which is why it was so important

for me to have you here

because it is only through

the support and goodwill

of the people,

each and every citizen--

yes, even the members

of our ubiquitous press--

[laughter]

that monarchy has any place

at all in a modern government.

As someone very special to me

recently told me...

I'm more of a doer

than a talker.

So it is with a humble heart

and doors open to all

that I ask you

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