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There will be another story that brings us up to date, as regards Christmas 20015.

Rory you have so much to be rightly proud of. A Noble heritage, loving family, friends, lovers and a special gift for conveying it all in beautiful writing that brings it all to life.

And thank you for posting the medals. They are indeed stunning!

The evening of Christmas Eve was approaching fast and my father has asked me to meet him in his study, so i went off wondering what i had done. I knocked on my Fathers study door and heard him say 'Come in' i opened the door and he was sitting at his desk, he invited me to sit opposite,

'Tell me my boy, who are these young men wandering around with cameras whom i have never seen before or, been introduced to?'I have met your friends who are eating Christmas dinner in the east wing dining room, but who are all the others?

Well, i should have guessed my father would eventually find out, he rarely missed anything or anyone on the Estate, so I told him everything about the entire campaign, with, at the end of it a memorable film for the Estate, for the Princes family, and for the University archive for future generations. he listened in silence then said 'But why didn't you tell us?' i said i wanted him not to be self conscious around the cameras and he smiled, 'do you really think i would be if i had known?' i blushed, 'No of course not father i am sorry' he rose and walked towards me,

'Don't be Rory it is a wonderful idea and your mother will be very happy, is it all under control?' so i told him everything, who was at the lodge, how it was all going to be edited and so on. we talked for an hour. There is something else my boy' I steeled my self, he opened the draw in his desk and brought out a exquisite box, 'I want you to have this, your old enough' i took hold of the box and opened it, it was

The Stuart Knights Cross, worn on a ribbon the colours of our coat of arms, red yellow and white, the medal itself looks like a Maltese Cross with lions in between and is in white and gold enamel and the inscription just says 'Stuart Memento 1389.' i just looked at my father, in astonishment, 'There are going to be a lot of people here tonight with many decorations and orders, all of your brothers have this Knights Cross so now have you, and i want you to do me a personal favour' i waited as he pulled a bigger box from his desk, one i recognized instantly, my grandfather had, in the early 20's, gone to Garrard's the Royal Jewelers and ordered a copy of the Order of The Garter, because we had 14 Kings and Queens in our Stuart heritage he though we should have a facsimile, only he ordered this one to be studded with diamonds throughout, it had cost a fortune, but had remained a family treasure ever since, he opened the box and the jewel encrusted Breast Star glittered in the study lights,

'I want you to honour your grandfather and our family by wearing this one your right Brest tonight at dinner.' I was speechless, it would be the most glamours decoration at the whole event, 'furthermore, i want you to wear my dress watch' again i was speechless, his dress watch was given to him by the Sultan of Brunei for services to his armed forces, it to was studded with diamonds, with black diamonds snaking around the center of the band, Made by Schoenberg and Sons, he handed me both boxes,

'But why father. i don't understand?' 'Rory, you will be the only one of my sons without any decorations, i have chosen you, to honour us Stuarts by wearing The Order of The Garter, because of your dedication in immortalizing our estate forever, and combined with my diamond dress watch, you, will make every man and woman there tonight green with envy, what do you say?' I could just imagine it, my best Prince Charlie dress kilt outfit with the Stuart Knights Cross around my neck, the diamond encrusted Order of The Garter on my right Brest and my fathers diamond studded dress watch on my right lace covered wrist, i would be blindingly glittering in the dozens of lit candles. i just hugged my father and was quite tearful, ' don't cry my boy, you have been instrumental in setting up everything we have achieved up to now, and in the Spring we get a holiday to Japan, your mothers dream, so thank you, now go off and get dressed, and be ready to astound everybody!'

I dashed out and went to my bedroom, Tam asked what were in the boxes and i said 'wait and see' we both wore dress clothes Tam wore a beautifully tailored black dinner suit with a Star on his breast, it looked like a starburst, i dressed myself in my silver buttoned Prince Charlie kilt outfit, strapped my Grandfathers Dirk to my waist including my Basket Hillted Sword, placed my Sgian Dubh 'black knife' in my sock, placed the lace Jabot around my neck and cuffs, adjusted my sporran so it was centered, and asked Tam to turn around and close his eyes, 'Why, what are you going to do?' and he sounded a little nervous, ' nothing to you Tam you silly sod, i am going to put something on me and i want to surprise you OK?' Tam nodded, i walked over to the mirror and clipped on the Knights Cross around my neck, pinned on The Order of The Garter and slipped on my fathers dress watch, i asked Tam to turn around, he did and his mouth fell open, 'Rory what is all that, you look like a Christmas decoration!' i scowled at him, 'don't be bloody cheeky Tam' and i explained each piece of jewelry and their meaning and he said, ' the guests are going to be amazed' and i said that was the point, so we waited for Hamish to bang the gong to announce to all the guests , wherever they were, mostly in the drawing room, to come to the dining room as dinner  was about to be served,

Tam and i waited ten minutes until we knew that most of the guests would be seated and we saunted down the staircase and peeked into the room, it was an uplifting sight, the entire room was a joy to behold, Now all the five branch Candelabra were joined together with the silver chains and the gold cutlery was in evidence, Two Pipers started the nights merriment so we emerged and entered the packed dining room, it went silent almost instantly, i could see the flashes from the diamonds bounce of peoples faces as i passed, and people narrowed their eyes at the brilliant flashes off the gems, we reached our seats and sat down, my mother and father beamed at us, my father wore his maroon crushed velvet cloak with ermine collar, a huge roundel with the family Coat of Arms and Motto one the left side and with gold chains across his shoulders tied with white silk ribbon, and Huge silver wire tassels hanging down the front, and equally stunning was my mother in her 240 pelt Ermine stole, and she wore her diamond and emerald suite of jewels she was gorgeous, everyone else just stared in amazement, father was right i did out shine everyone there. Even Tam's fathers two breast Stars and the Order of The Rising Sun around his neck could not compare with th Order of The Garter, i gazed around the room, my siblings were smiling and giving me the thumbs up, i was so proud, and i could see Reggie in the corner, his best camera trained on me,

The Dinner started with Hamish pulling away the Princes chair as he stood up to speak, ' I can't tell you all how wonderful our stay here has been, but before i go any further i would like Lord Rory to come here!' everybody looked at me, including Tam, i stood up and walked around the table, with Reggie filming the entire thing, i stood before the Prince, 'Lord Rory, my wife had told her father, a Government Minister in our Government in Japan, of your deed when you thought our only Son was in danger, you were prepared to defend him from two attackers, not knowing that they were his bodyguards, and as he is a Prince of the Blood, i had received this before we left Japan, he turned and one of the Japanese security men approached with a red box and a roll of parchment tied with a red silk ribbon, he bowed to the Prince and handed the items over to him. '

It is with great pleasure to announce that you have been awarded the 褒章 hōshō, The Japanese Medal of Honour with the Red Ribbon, to signify that you were prepared to risk your life for a Prince of The Blood, (The Medal central disc surrounded by a silver ring of on the obverse; only the colours of the ribbon differ, Red signified an act of courage,) I was completely at a loss for words, everyone stood up as the Prince pinned the Medal to my chest, he handed me the parchment and whispered, 'it is written in our language ask my son to translate it for you' and he shook my hand and all the room burst into applause, i walked back to my seat in a daze, Tam looked equally astonished. 'Did you know about this?' Tam shook his head, i blushed very deeply, i was literally one of the most decorated men in the room besides The Prince and Hamish and my father, and believe me there were quite some medals on display, we all sat down and the Prince continued his speech, i unrolled the parchment the writing was exquisite but unintelligible, Tam smiled and read out each word for me in English, it basically said that it was awarded for attempting to save a life of  a Prince of the Blood from potential attackers,

The speeches ended with my father welcoming the Royal Guests to our home and he hoped that they would return in the future, everyone clapped and the feasting began. I was still in a daze many of my siblings came to congratulate me, i saw Reggie point to the camera and give me the thumbs up so he had caught it all on film, i later found out that Cedric, who was watching the whole proceedings from the Hunting Lodge had burst into tears when i was awarded the medal,

The meal ended and we all retired to the drawing room where extra chairs and couches had been added to accommodate the sixty odd guests, i was so happy, The Prince approached me, 'Are you wearing The Order of The Garter to honour someone?' and i told him about my grandfather, ( you wear Decorations on the right breast to honour dead relatives) The Prince smiled, 'You must wear it when you come to us in the Spring, it is marvelous, the Princess is very envious.' he smiled at me and walked away, i asked my father if i could go and greet Jon and the other Villages at the events hall, and he said, 'go on boy, go and show off!' i asked Tam to ask his father so he could join me, he did and got permission, a security guard went to follow us but the Prince called him back, so he was happy in the knowledge that Tam was safe with me, our people and our Estate.

We walked into the main hall and over two hundred people who were dancing stopped and turned to look at us both, Jon came up accompanied by Bobo the Labrador, which made Tam nervous, Jon said 'Rory, what is that?'  pointing to the medal, i told him, and he reached up and hugged me, which didn't endear him to Tam, we chatted with a lot of Villages for an hour then returned to the drawing room, it was getting late and the crowed had thinned out somewhat, i saw my parents talking to Tam's and we went over and joined them, my father asked about the so-called attack and i explained the confusion, and we all had a lovely time, we took our leave and Tam and I retired to our room.

I was tired out with all that had gone on that day, Tam helped me to remove the Decorations and they were boxed up and we undressed and headed for the shower, 'Sorry Tam, i am too tired to make love tonight, do you mind?' Tam smiled and kissed me, 'Put your hands on my shoulders My Lord' i grinned and did as he asked, and for a change, Tam washed me from head to foot, and my hard cock at least twice, he toweled me dry, and led me to the bed and tucked me in, 'I will sleep in my bed tonight to give you some rest', I looked at him, 'do you think i could possibly sleep if you weren't lying on me, get in here right now!' Tam climbed him beside me, i wrapped my arms around him, he adjusted his position took hold of his cock and placed it between my legs, as usual, then wrapped his hand around my cock, and rested his head on my shoulder and i felt his hard cock jump at my entrance, 'Tam?' Tam looked up, just go easy OK i don't want to be bowlegged on my Birthday, Tam guided his mushroom head into me and slowly made love to me for a good fifteen minutes, we came together and settled down and we fell into a glorious sleep with my mind awash with the evenings events, what would the morrow bring.