The formal notice arrived on a Tuesday, delivered not through the household's internal correspondence channels but through the duchy's official administrative office, which meant it was not a message. It was a declaration.
The Dowager Duchess Gwendolyn had filed a formal petition with the King's administrative review office, requesting an official examination of the Blackwood estate's marriage contract on the grounds that the current consort had caused demonstrable disruption to the household's functional stability, created division among senior staff, and exercised authority in ways that exceeded the contractual parameters of the consort's defined role.
