Publisher's Synopsis
In the year 2160, a young British monarch, King William-Charles I, executes a plan begun since the reign of Queen Victoria to create a family-friendly monarchy. The king's bold action was to begin with the royal duty annual calender followed since the reign of Queen Elizabeth II that included 315 days. William-Charles would revise that traditional royal calender down to 180 days a year in order to neither place the Crown nor State obligations first or second to his family. Thus, to allow for an annual calender that would permit William-Charles to serve not only as the King of the Realm, but as a husband and father, too. However, the quest to develop a family friendly monarchy while ensuring that his devotion to the People of the Commonwealth was no less than his father's before him, due to a reduced annual calender, came with potential consequences. Therefore, it was that deep desire for a family friendly monarchy that drove the king's devotion to the guiding hands of St. George, the patron saint of England. For those individuals who have truly believed that saints have, indeed, influenced decisions of the living and have altered or designed the future, "St. George and The Crown of St. Edward" may prove to validate such convictions. After all, no human can truly bring a monarch unconditional trust in regards to deep personal feelings or distress, for there will always be that fear of confidential betrayal. No, only prayer can open the mind to the actual burdens and personal sufferings of a king or queen. To the few that have fallen into a predetermined lifestyle with little hope or support to alter their circumstances, can one presume that only a divinity, like a saint, has probably intervened at times of grief, disappointment and doom. Regardless of severe family crisis, betrayals, executions, revolts, physical assaults on their person, and conspiracy the British Monarchy has prevailed since the reign of Edward the Confessor in 1042. St. George as the patron saint of England was so declared along with that of "protector" of the royal family by the fourteenth century. The history of British royal families has had many twists and turns. Yet, it remains active to this day. As humans, what has occurred in regards to the various reigning kings and queens throughout the history of England may be observed as "fate." Yet, changes to the monarchy at key moments of British history may have proven to have been for the best in the overall analysis. St. George's hand could have been the catalyst for the making or the breaking of a particular monarch. Of course, that can never be determined. But now, His Majesty King William-Charles I will move forward towards the establishment of a family friendly monarchy along with the guiding hand of St. George. The question remains, however: Will William-Charles be guided to succeed or be used to move the family-friendly monarchy agenda forward even at the risk of losing his crown?
