Lord Liverpool did not immediately respond; he merely gazed silently at Conroy.
"Your Excellency." Conroy spoke again, deliberately slowing his speech as if aware of his previous harsh tone: "We are all doing what's best for Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"Are we?" Earl of Liverpool's tone was indifferent: "Then allow me to remind you, Sir John Conroy, Her Royal Highness the Princess has turned eighteen today."
Conroy's eyelid twitched slightly.
Earl of Liverpool continued: "Legally, Her Royal Highness the Princess now possesses full autonomy. You, I, even the Duchess of Kent, can only act while respecting her wishes. And the list you presented tonight, if I may be frank, is less a consultant's advice and more a resurgence of certain old habits."
Arthur saw Conroy's expression suddenly freeze, his usually impeccable rhetoric suddenly lost its effect, leaving the Kensington Palace Chief Steward a bit at a loss.
