[It takes all his self control not to snort-laugh at that.]

Ah, not quite. That would be a prince. I’m a noble that serves above the rank of Viscount, but below Marquess.

I govern a humble bit of land in the countryside, and my family serves the Queen as it has done for generations. She’s had me investigate this and that on occasion, but I fear that most of my duties lay with an endless battle with paperwork, and aren’t terribly exciting.