epilogue Ellie moved to England a month latter. She moved into a spacious row house in an upscale residential section. She set up a private practice in London that specialized in grief and family counseling. All three Windsor men attended a dinner in her honor, and Charles threw the weight of The Prince's Trust behind her efforts to open a free clinic for troubled teens. Harry and William pitched in, in helping to get the place ready, and all of them were there when the red ribbon was cut. As the years went by, William and Ellie's romance flourished. .:. Upon his graduation, William surprised Ellie with a romantic tour of Southeast Asia; a welcome break from her many duties with the clinic and her work with a state sponsored program for teens. The couple, now a public item, was in Kuala Lumpur when Will's life came to a halt yet again. As they were heading to their hotel, a speeding motorist struck their car; Ellie was killed instantly. William suffered a broken arm and a few serious cuts. But in a week he made the journey home with Ellie. On the plane ride home, her pulled the black box, containing the engagement ring he had hoped to give her, out of his bag. He cried as he prepared her eulogy. Her funeral was private. He didn't want her to ever be exploited the way his mother was. At his request, and with the understanding and consent of his uncle, Ellie was laid to rest on the same island as his mother. The night before her funeral, he went, by himself, to the chapel were her coffin rested. He lifted the lid, with the help of a guard, and he put his engagement ring on her finger. He bent down and kissed her cool check one last time. He held her hand and told her for the last time, how much her loved her. Before closing the coffin, he placed a single white lily in her hands. "So my mother will recognize you when you get to heaven," he whispered. "I now have two angels." With that, he closed the lid and sat next to her coffin, talking to her the rest of the evening. Around two a.m., the guard asked him if he should call a car for him. Will responded, by telling him that he had no plans on leaving. He was not going to let her stay there all alone. So he stayed by her side, till she was laid to rest. In his eulogy he spoke of her delicate splendor, something he said, reminded him of the woman he called mummy. He cried as he delivered the eulogy, but he didn't care, he didn't even make an effort to wipe the tears away. He lauded her for her ever-present desire to help those in trouble with nowhere else to turn, so similar to his mother's good deeds. The last part of his eulogy brought everyone to tears: "You are my heart, the best that I am, and the best that is in the world. You are beauty. With your passing, the world has lost all of its beauty." .:. William went back to school and received his training in psychiatry. He continued to help everyone who came to the clinic. He never married, and never had children. At his lavish 50th birthday party, put on by his brother and his cousins Zara and Peter, a reporter asked him why he never married or had children. He replied simply, "I'm married to my work, and that's enough". He did eventually become King, and it was under his reign that the monarchy was restructured. He restructured England to make it "the people's England". The monarchy became less formal and many of the palaces that he spent his youth in were turned into State museums and historical sites. Upon his death, the world mourned the way they did for his mother. But, there was no state funeral. No elaborate horse-drawn carriage ride through London; the funeral wasn't even televised. Upon his requests contained in his will, his funeral was family, and selected friends only. He was laid to rest in between his mother and Ellie. William, like his mother and Ellie, was laid to rest in an unmarked grave. In his will he wrote that though he lived his life as a prince and King, he always desired animosity…if nothing else, death brought him that. back |