House of Windsor

Part 10

Dear Diary,

3 days ago was April Fools Day but we were so busy, we hardly got time for pranks and jokes! Today William took me to Waterstones on Brompton Road just around the corner from the palace. William loves books and so does Kate. Kate couldn't come as she had a dentist appointment.

Besides it would let Wills and I spend some time together. When we set foot in the shop, the amazing smell of coffee and latte came swiftly to my nose. I always have a strange feeling about Waterstones. It is glorious when it's cold day like it was today, it was raining. William and I dashed into the shop from the protected car and as soon as we entered, heat filled us.

There is always a warmth about the place. There is always a smell of coffee from the Costa Coffee at the back and nice comfy seats, you know luxuries if you've found a book to bury your nose in.

William and I walked out with two bags each, filled to the brim with books. On my list of purchases there was:

Bag 1:

1. Jackie Style by Pamela Clarke Keogh

2. The assassination of JFK, Minute by Minute by Jonathan Mayo

3. Profiles in courage by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

4. Kate by Sean Smith

5. The Everything Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis book by Kathleen Tracy

6. The secret diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell

Bag 2:

1. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah

2. Jackie: The Clothes of Camelot by Jay Mulvaney

3. My secret diary by Jacqueline Wilson

4. A vintage Christmas by Ali Harris

5. The book thief by Markus Zusak

6. Things I wish my mother had told me by Lucia van der Post

7. New York Jackie by Bridget Watson Payne

When we left, we climbed into the car and we set off again to the palace. Kate and I put my books away on my bookshelves and we settled in for a quiet night. William and Kate watched some TV while I got my Maori lesson with Maria. 

Kei te whiwhi tino ngāwari inaianei Maori e ahau ake pinepine e korero ana ahau i te reira. Maria Ko te kaiako tino pai, me ahau rite tino e ahau ki te haere ki Ahitereiria i teie nei! 

This is Maori. I'm still practising. I'll write down the translation:

Maori is getting really easy now that I'm speaking it more often. Maria is a really good teacher and I am really prepared to visit Australia now! 

Night night!