Party Princesses: Trouble in Paradise?

(Year 229) Ever since they started socializing on their own. the Mazaloom community has loved the two eccentric Luxe-Hamper sisters. And when the public loves anything royal, the gossip magazines will never be far away. They would not miss a detail when reporting from the party princesses' café meetings or night club events.

Party princesses: Aleccandra and Hortenzia. Photo from their late teens.

Their full names are Princess Aleccandra Peladine and Princess Hortenzia Ann. Their father was HRH Prince Barris, son of the 1st reinstated Monarch of Mazaloom after the long break following the Year 118 revolution. Being King Tybe's granddaughters, they often attended events at the Chateau Peak in Del Sol Valley. And here is their family tree.

Penny Pizzazz celebrating 25 Years

(Year 229) Model and Actress Penny Pizzazz (50) celebrates that she has been working in showbiz for 25 years! She started out modeling in San Myshuno at 22, but her first real gig came 3 years later. Later she landed a few commercials and even got a minor role in the popular TV-series "Silly Wives". Recently she surprised everyone at the set at Plumbob Studios during a take for the mentionewd series. Penny pulled out a guitar and sang a short song composed by herself.

Colleagues admitted that Penny might do better in modeling and acting than as a singer, but the stunt still shows that Penny holds many talents.

Old-Duke is dead - Wedding downscaled

(Year 229, Brindleton Bay) House de Cavalier reports the death of Old-Duke Aquess (82)! His full name was Aquess Benedict de Cavalier, and he was the 3rd Duke de Cavalier, residing Chateau Cavalier most of his life.

Aquess married the Hon. Claudine Roxenfox and they had 3 children. When he stepped down due to poor health 2 years ago, he and Old-Duchess Claudine moved to Hindquarter Manor near by.

He led a successful Military career, and aged 62 he was awarded the "High Order of Warriors". When retiring he took up writing. Fiction  combined with local history became his brand, despites never really breaking through it gave him great pleasure. He easily got involved with various sides of community, like being Patron of Brindleton Horticultural Society (Y182-189).

Old-Duke Aquess leaves behind the widowed Old-Duchess Claudine, 3 children and 1 grandchild.

His oldest son, Charlopold Demitris, took over the dukedom already, after several requests the Royal Chamber finally accepted to make an exception to the rigid rule following the peerage's letter of patent.

Building a Royal Estate - The outdoors (Bonus)

The series where I built and equipped my first royal estate ever, was officially closed a week ago, and due to lag and a much too big household for regular playing, I skipped the already planned basements. But - there is a garden, and despite being a small outdoor area, I thought I ought to make those outdoors more or less representable. If not for anything else than the esthetics when seen from the neighbors like Judith Ward and Thorne Bailey. The royal household resides on 3rd floor, so just walking out into the garden and back in will take them more than one hour (that's why I planned for a large 3rd floor terrace). So I can't see them using the garden very often, but for some occasions - or photo sessions - it might get useful.

It's only the minimum of what I think a formal garden should contain, but this might be adjusted later. Let's have a quick look at the current situation: