Chapter 544 The King's Trip

October 1920, Sydney Palace.

As the summer of Australasia approaches, the climate becomes suitable for travel.

Arthur, who had not traveled with his family for a long time, decided to take his family out for a trip.

As for the destination, there is no exact address yet, so he will just inspect the country.

Arthur's mother, Princess Louise, rejected Arthur's invitation. But this is normal. Princess Louise is already over 60 years old and can't bear the long-term bumps. It's better for her to stay in the palace to enjoy her old age.

In this way, the only candidates for the trip are Arthur, Queen Mary, William, Anna, Peter and George.

Among Arthur's four children, William and Anna were born in September 1909 and are now 11 years old.

Peter was born in 1915 and is only five years old now, which is the age of naughty.

The youngest George is only over one year old now. Although he no longer needs breastfeeding, he is still taken care of by a wet nurse to avoid any accidents.

It is worth mentioning that Arthur's two sisters had married many years ago. However, they still exchanged letters every once in a while, after all, their countries were unwilling to give up Australasia as a relative.

Because this trip was with family, the safety and comfort of the trip were the most important, and the time consumption became an unimportant factor.

Arthur underestimated the curiosity of the little guys about airplanes. When asking the little guys what kind of travel method they wanted to use to travel, the answer they got was undoubtedly airplanes.

Obviously, the current airplanes are not worth Arthur's personal risk, and naturally he would not allow these little guys to take airplanes.

Compared with airplanes, current trains are still very reliable. Although the power of Australasia's trains has been improved round after round, the speed is still far less than that of later trains.

Slow speed is a disadvantage, but safety will also be greatly improved.

This is not like the traffic environment of cars, where there is a risk of rear-end collisions. The train is running on a railway, and there is no need to change direction, just increase or reduce power.

Of course, this trip is definitely not just taking a train. Although the main purpose is to go out and play, it is also an opportunity for the royal family to show their faces. Arthur's purpose is naturally to travel all over Australasia and make the royal family closer to the people.

At the same time, it is also to let the little guys really experience the current development of Australasia.

A prince who only lives in the capital and the palace, even if he has learned a lot from school, is destined to not be able to apply it better in real life.

This principle also applies to governments of various countries. A monarch who understands the suffering of the people is a wise monarch.

In Sydney Palace, Kent Butler is directing the servants to prepare items for the trip. Not only are there various kinds of thin and thick clothes, but also different living utensils are carried according to the preferences of each royal family member.

The scale of this trip is very large, with more than 200 servants and chefs alone.

In addition to the guards and guards responsible for safety, the total number of people traveling is more than 700, which is almost the limit of Arthur's special train.

"How is the preparation?" Arthur walked over like a stroll, looking at the very busy Kent Butler and servants, and asked.

"It's almost ready, Your Majesty. There are 27 maids, 131 servants, 11 cooks, 27 doctors, 9 tailors, 4 translators, 117 royal guards, 455 royal guards, and 11 intelligence liaisons, a total of more than 700 people. Your Majesty, do you have anything else to modify?" Butler Kent nodded and reported the scale of the travel personnel with a very clear mind.

"Not yet, Butler Kent. Do you need to bring so many guards when traveling? It seems unnecessary if you are just in Australasia." Arthur asked with a little surprise.

I have to sigh at the luxury of the European royal life. The travel of the Australasia royal family is simply outrageously luxurious.

There are only 6 royal family members on this trip, but there are nearly 200 service personnel and more than 500 security personnel.

This is just the personnel who followed the trip, and there are more people serving the royal family in various places. Conservatively estimated, at least thousands of people contributed to the royal family's trip.

"It can't be reduced any further, Your Majesty. The Royal Guards and the Imperial Guards protect your station and itinerary respectively. The size of more than 500 people is already the result of streamlining. The size of the servants can't be reduced any further. In order to ensure the quality of life of you, Her Majesty the Queen, and several princes and princesses, these servants are very necessary." Butler Kent shook his head and rejected Arthur's proposal to reduce the number of people traveling.

In Butler Kent's opinion, this list of people traveling is not exaggerated at all, and it is even a bit low-grade for the dignity of the Australasian royal family.

Out of protection for Arthur and other members of the royal family, Butler Kent only hopes that the number of accompanying security personnel is as large as possible. How could he reduce the size of the security personnel?

After Butler Kent refused, Arthur said no more.

To be honest, over the years, in Arthur's heart, Butler Kent is no longer an ordinary butler.

Not to mention that Butler Kent is an old man who has served Arthur's family since the time of old Duke Arthur. Just the hard work and dedication of Butler Kent in the 20 years since Arthur came to Australia are enough for Arthur to treat Butler Kent as a family member.

Of course, Arthur's emphasis on Kent's housekeeper is definitely not just talk.

Kent's housekeeper and his two sons all hold high positions in Australasia. The eldest son is Kent's prime minister, and the second son Hunter is the minister of royal affairs in Australasia. They are both very important cabinet members.

Moreover, Kent's housekeeper has the title of knight, and Kent's prime minister is a baron. Even Hunter, who has no title for the time being, is on Arthur's list of the next wave of knights.

And if it goes as expected, after Kent's prime minister retires, Hunter should succeed Kent and continue to serve as the palace's housekeeper.

Don't underestimate the position of the palace's housekeeper. Although he is just a servant of the royal family, he is the most trusted person in the entire royal family.

It is no exaggeration to say that the difficulty of becoming a palace housekeeper is far greater than that of becoming a cabinet prime minister.

The prime minister of Australasia is selected every four years. As long as he is loyal to the royal family and has certain abilities, Arthur will not interfere too much.

But the housekeeper of the palace is different. As the representative of the palace's external relations, the palace butler symbolizes Arthur and the entire royal family, so the selection is very important.

In this regard, Australasia is the same as other European monarchies.

In other words, the palace butler is actually hereditary.

Each palace butler is basically trained from childhood, and most of them are descendants of the previous butler.

It is precisely because the descendants of the butler and the descendants of the monarch are trained together from childhood that they can establish a relatively deep relationship and tacit understanding, which is also the real reason why the monarch and the butler can trust each other.

Unless the palace butler does something that is considered taboo by the monarch, the butler's choice is generally not easily replaced.

The previous traditions of the European royal family are basically like this. The butler and the monarch are hereditary together, and the butler's family is loyal to the monarch's family for generations.

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