title: The New Royal Family: Celebrating the Arrival of Prince George of Cambridge
author:  Ian Lloyd 
description: Ian Lloyd has been a professional writer and photographer for nearly two decades, producing illustrated articles for Britain's leading newspapers and magazines, as well as syndicating material to over 30 countries. During this period he has photographed every member of the Royal Family as well as iconic figures from Nelson Mandela and Elizabeth Taylor to the Dalai Lama. He is the author of <i>William: The People's Prince</i> (Pavilion), <i>William &amp; Catherine: The Royal Wedding Album</i> (Carlton), <i>An Invitation to the Royal Wedding</i> (Carlton), and <i>A Year in the Life of a Duchess</i> (Carlton). He lives in Oxford.
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  **The Gift**
  
   **Julie Garwood**
  
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  **Prologue**
  
  England, 1802
  
  It was only a matter of time before the wedding guests killed one another.
  
  Baron Oliver Lawrence had taken every precaution, of course, for it was his
  castle King George had chosen for the ceremony. He was acting as host until
  the king of England arrived, a duty he embraced with as much joy as he would a
  three-day flogging; but the order had come from the king himself, and
  Lawrence, ever loyal and obedient, had immediately complied. Both the
  Winchester family and the St. James rebels had protested his selection most
  vehemently. Their noise was all for naught, however, for the king was
  determined to have his way. Baron Lawrence understood the reason behind the
  decree. Unfortunately, he was the only man in England still on speaking terms
  with both the bride's and the groom's families.
  
  The baron wouldn't be able to boast about that fact much longer. He believed
  his time on the sweet earth 