And they lived happily ever after.

Jokes. We totally didn’t. It took us awhile to get to that happily ever after. There were a couple of bumps along the way, namely, a girl called Allegra, my soon-to-be sister-in-law, who is actually one of my closest friends now. I know, hell has frozen over and all that jazz. No, it actually took her bestie Rachele sleeping with her boyfriend to come over to Camp Simpson. Lolly said that was karma working her magic, and she’s probably right.

The king and queen, well, they did take a little bit of convincing, when Luca first introduced us. They are old school royal. You know, thou shalt not marry a commoner for you will shame the family name. Yeah, that kind of old school. But, I eventually won them over with my charm and pure awesomeness. Okay, Luca told them he was going to be with me and if they said no he would give up his title. That was some kind of soap opera saga there, but once they got to know me, and saw that I was someone who genuinely loved their son, I was finally accepted. May have also been my homemade Scottish shortbread I made for the king that tipped it over the edge. He loves the stuff.

As for my parents, you can just imagine how excited they are that I am dating a prince. That is some great bragging rights they have amongst their friends now.

Lolly and Alistair just got married in Glencoe, in a barn. No, really, he moved all the sheep out and Lolly and I turned it into the most beautiful wedding reception Glencoe has ever seen. Of course, the day was not traditional at all; Lolly wore a stunning blush pink wedding dress, her hair matched, she wore rainbow wellies underneath her wedding dress, because, well, she was having a wedding on a farm and it was muddy from all the summer rain. The bridesmaids wore different colored dresses in a pastel, to make a rainbow. I chose violet, we too had wellies on under our dresses. The bouquets were made of flowers picked from the fields by the locals, the food was provided by the pub and all the men wore their finest kilts. Even Luca. We got him a special one made up, and I can tell you he went traditional, nothing on underneath it, which led to some crazy shenanigans in one of the fields later that night. Thankfully, Glencoe was shut down to the paparazzi, because the things we did behind bales of hay, it would be a royal scandal for sure, but totally worth it.

And as for Rob, well, that was pretty funny. I wanted to show Luca my life in Africa, plus, I wanted to reconnect with my old team and see what the foundation could do in regards to well-needed resources. The day finally arrived and Luca and I were greeted like royalty. All the kids were out in their finest, singing and dancing. It was magical. We made our way down the line, and the shocked look on Rob’s face when he saw who he was waiting to greet, it made the whole 24-hour journey worthwhile. His face paled and he looked extremely uncomfortable. Luca was a couple of paces behind me when I made it to where Rob was.

“You look fantastic, Lilly.” Rob looks me over with hunger.

“I know. Great sex will do that for you,” I lean in and whisper to him, because I’m on a royal function.

“You’re with him?” Rob shakes his head at Luca.

“Yep, sure am. I’m going to be a princess.” Rob’s eyes bug out. “You being a dick was the best thing that ever happened to me. Because it led me to Luca.” Rob splutters over my words. “Fate had other plans.” I give him my most gracious royal smile. “Good luck with things.” And with that, I move on to the next person. I was a little nervous when it became Luca’s turn to greet Rob. I watch over my shoulder as they shook hands firmly in that macho way boys do. Luca says something to Rob and then moves on to the next person.

I eventually found out what Luca told him. “Thanks for messing up, because I found someone who gives me the best blow jobs in the world.” It was totally crude, but kind of epically awesome at the same time.

And here we are, one year on from when we first met, a couple of days before Christmas and what a difference a year makes. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to fall for the hot naked stranger in my cottage, and for him to turn out to be a prince or the love of my life. I think I went and won the fairy tale lottery there. I’m also helping more underprivileged people in the world by distributing millions of dollars of well-needed aid to the right people. My heart is bursting; I am ridiculously happy. I think I have finally got it all.