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    In the aftermath of the leaked video, after Wilhelm has denied his involvement and returned home for the holidays, Simon has the most unexpected encounter on a local bus: the First Son of the United States. Prince Henry's fiancé.

    Once they get to talking, Simon realizes they have more in common than he could've ever imagined.

    Here are five times an unlikely friendship between a Swede and an American shake the public eye and [almost, practically] topple the monarchy.

    And here are four times Simon is sure he and Wilhelm will be okay.

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    08 Mar 2024

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    Alex Gabriel Claremont-Diaz, a human rights lawyer, had just won his high-profile case. Everything was going well until he woke up the next morning, in a timeline not of his own, in 19th-century England, where he found himself as the spouse of the future King, Prince Henry.

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    05 Mar 2024

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    “Lallybroch may no longer be yer husband’s land in name, but ye’ll always have a place here, Claire. Ye’ll always belong wi’ us.”

    Claire smiled at her tearfully. “Thank you, Jenny.”

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    Right before Culloden, Jamie makes Claire promise she will be a mother to Fergus. With the deed of sasine in hand and that promise in her heart, Claire heads back to Lallybroch. There’s just one thing…she didn’t tell Jamie she was pregnant. Now, she is faced with the prospect of never getting to tell him, of having to raise their child without him. She is also faced with the dangerous reality of her high risk pregnancy. But Jamie made a promise: whatever happens, she’d never be alone again. And even without him, Claire can feel him keeping his promise through the love and comfort of his family, helping her bring their child into the world and raising her in his memory.

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    My take on “Jamie doesn’t send Claire back through the stones.” I wanted to somehow prove that even if Jamie had died at Culloden like he’d planned, Claire still would have been happier raising her child with Jamie’s family in the past than she ever would have been in the future with Frank.

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    16 Feb 2024

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    Henry watches Alex, the man he adores and loves so ardently, and the moment is palpable, delicate, and yet too large for even the sky to contain.

    He watches Alex, and in that moment, he wants to be his husband, the ache and urge of it almost unbearable.

    “Daddy!” Nena takes Henry’s hands, and he looks down at her, the angel who had saved him, and he smiles at her, quiet with emotion, letting her lead him into place.

    He would follow her, follow Alex, anywhere.

     

    (Henry, Alex, and their daughter, and the first years of coming home, forever.)

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    13 Feb 2024

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    “She truly is your daughter, Alex,” Henry sighs, defeated.

    “Fuck off, sweetheart,” he laughs, a soundbite of the sun. Henry forces himself not to physically react, the term of endearment sweet and menacingly familiar coming from Alex’s lips. It’s been years. “You know they’re useful.”

    “Ah yes, eyelashes, truly a formidable instrument in managing international relations.”

    Alex grins, and Henry is too late to catch the slightest downward lilt on the corner of his mouth, “Worked on you once, didn’t it?”

    Oh, did that ache.

     

    (Much had happened since the time Henry had told Alex to leave. Alex had passed the bar, gotten married, had the most beautiful daughter. And Henry, well. He stayed right where he was.)

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    26 Jan 2024