“It’s an act of diplomatic war,” his mother, President Ellen Claremont, said without looking up from the stack of damage reports. Her voice was steel wrapped in velvet. She was in her third year of a tight re-election campaign, and her opponent, Senator Richards, was already using the image as a fundraiser. “A royal rumble,” he’d crooned on Fox News. “Is this the respect the First Son shows our closest ally?”
Alex stared at the screen for a long time. Then he typed back: “What are we doing, Henry?” Red- White Royal Blue
The headline the next morning, splashed across every tabloid on both sides of the Atlantic, read: “It’s an act of diplomatic war,” his mother,