The Life of Victoria

4.4

11 December 2017 

The royal twins christening was going to be the first ever christening that was broadcasted in BBC only. There was a very high demand on the ceremony and the people wanted to see where and most importantly who will be in attendance.

As they are twins of different genders, Henry will be wearing a navy blue suit with blue tie whereas Tori will be wearing a beige dress with pink wooly coat accompanied by a pale pink fascinator and white accessories. Typically, the mother of the babe would be wearing cream or white tones during the christening but then again, Tori is not the average parent.

Tori and Henry spent the past month trying to figure out the guest list. The invitations itself were shared across early November and similar to a Royal Wedding, the guest list will be shown on the day itself. The Christening will be held at the Royal Chapel in St. James Palace.

Waking up that morning, Tori and Henry went through the guest list once again confirming those who RSVP'ed and those who aren't coming together with their Private Secretary Lindsay Howard.

"The Royal Family will be in attendance, together with the Cavill Family, Middleton Family, Parker-Bowles and Spencer Family. The Godparents of Lord Arthur and Lady Mary have RSVP'ed as well." Lindsay listed down.

"We have shared the list of Godparents accordingly, For the Lord Arthur: Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Ms Alice Weatherby, Mr. Eddie Redmayne, Mr. Nick Cavill, Ms. Natalie Dormer, and Mr. Ben Affleck. For the Lady Mary: Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Mr. Peter Phillips, Mrs. Alexandra Knatchbull, Mr Piers Cavill, Ms. Elena Goulding and Ms. Amy Adams. Each will bring their own plus ones to the ceremony."

"We were informed this morning from his private secretary that Prince Harry has requested for his fiancé, Ms. Meghan Markle to attend the ceremony, how would you like to go about this Ma'am?" Lindsay asked her boss.

"This morning? The christening is happening in a few hours, and he wants to include his fiancé that we didn't even know about?" Victoria asked flabbergasted.

"Calm down love, is there space inside the venue for Meghan?" Henry asked Lindsay.

"It will be a tight squeeze, but I think there's a space for her." Lindsay answered.

"Fine let her attend the Christening, but I don't want her to be included in any of our family photos. She may be a fiancé but they're not married yet." Tori huffed. "He should've told us that she was coming last month, better yet, should have told us he was engaged when he got engaged."

The three of them discussed more about the ceremony, how the flow will be like and other little things that needs to be decided.

That afternoon, Tori and Henry dressed the twins in their christening gowns, with Arthur wearing the replica that previous babies have worn recently, while Mary wore the replica of the replica.

They decided for the family to depart together to head inside the chapel. Victoria wasn't necessarily happy about this since Meghan will be going inside with them, but she took a deep breathe and just let it be.

Victoria held Arthur while Henry held Mary, the pair had Charles and Camilla in front of them while William, Catherine, George, Charlotte, Harry and Meghan followed behind them. Victoria and Henry decided to follow the Danish and Swedish practice of having the little ones there during the ceremony as well.

As they reached the ground floor, Charlotte asked Tori a question.

"Aunty Tori, do you think later I can play with Mary and Arthur?" Charlotte asked.