Chapter 380 - 377: Finances, Plans, And Allies (1/1)

Chapter 380 - 377: Finances, Plans, And Allies

After getting dressed and having brunch, Serena decided that it's tius, she learned, has worked as Geoffrey's head butler in his own palace wing before taking over the position in Kensington house She also realized while talking to hianized and competent It was easy for him to answer all her inquiries

Their first topic was the household Kensington house ned by the royal family thus the fund to maintain the house also coe even when the crown princeHowever, that doesn't ets to live there totally expense free

The house receives an annual budget of 2 million and it compromises of the employ's salary, houseat the breakdown of accounts, Serena thought that the budget was only good for sustaining the house when none of the royals actually live there

Anyhow, she took note of the sudden inflated expenditure last year on the account and Fergus sh an extensive renovation, all at the personal expense of his royal highness

Serena could only smile and shake her head Fro for theirbefore he proposed to her

Anyhow, the second thing they discussed was Geoffrey's finances For that, Fergus called in Geoffrey's estateexplained that Geoffrey's finances were divided into two One was his personal income, the other from the royal fund

Last year, Geoffrey received an annual budget of 5 million from the royal fund It was for his work, activities and office which were in line with his responsibilities as the crown prince The expenditure of the fund must be outlined clearly and sub of their session for the year

Now, since Geoffrey got et has also been increased to acco itself happened, the budget has been approved and increased to 8 million, but that will only take into effect next year

On the other hand, Geoffrey's personal account, compromises of his own income As minister of social welfare, he receives his own salary a to 3 million a year, which equates the money earned by other royal dukes Then, aside fro fros from rent Thus, in a year, he h iven their position, she thought that it was still important especially for the machinations in the battle for the crown Anyhow, she needed to talk about it with Geoffrey later

After discussing the finances, Serena asked Fergus to gather all the house e to the accounts there were about a hundred eh The house was huge

Thethe guesthouse and the ballrooarden must be a lot of work Then, there were also staff there whose purpose was to be there when she wants to host parties Aside from that there was also the stable which she has not seen just yet According to Fergus it houses about four dozen of horses She was not surprised though, Geoffrey as she knew hi horses If she were not pregnant, she thinks that she would ride one with him for romance Yes, she said she hated horses for their seration

After ave out a sigh of relief Thankfully, she doesn't have to think much of the household with a trustworthy and competent butler on duty She would just have to check his work every once in a while

Moving on, she went back to her rooh the invites which already piled up on her new study table While doing so, she instructed Beatrice to be on the outlook as to when Geoffrey comes home She wanted to welcome hi the invites The first party she would grace as crown princess was very iht sow so it through, the season was not yet over It was only the first week of October, and so, she could of course, just host her own party

She has never hosted one herself, but she can ask for help, particularly from her mother By the way, it has only been 9 days, but she already missed them She also wants to show them her new home She should invite them over for dinner They should be excited to hear fro about it, she decided to ask Geoffrey's permission to do all those later

Nohat else does she need to do? Oh, she needs infor through some newspapers for research, but then, what's the point of that? Thinking it over, she can just ask that from Leonard It's not that she can't ask froht, she believes that he won't actually tell her anything useful just so that she won't have to worry

She understands that he didn't want her to stress herself over his position, that he wants her to have full confidence in him for he can do it on his ohich of course, she does However, she knew that to keep herself uninvolved was also wrong She and Geoffrey were a team now Once she knows better, she can try to help hihed She didn't think of it this way this before, but now that she's crown princess, she also needs political allies, and who else could she rely on first but her faain, they e the time, it was already 4:30 in the afternoon Ti back now?

Earlier she wanted to check their wedding gifts and read the wedding letters sent to them but felt like it would be better to do those with Geoffrey That, and she did not have the tihness, his royal highness' carriage just entered the house's ate" Beatrice announced as she entered Serena's roo the news Ah, it's just been a few hours, but it felt like she had not seen hi to becoy now? She mocked herself as she walked out of her room

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