25. The Soldier

A call on William's personal phone connects him to a woman whose husband, a former soldier William once served alongside, is being detained abroad under murky circumstances. The Foreign Office is handling it through correct channels at Foreign Office speed. William must navigate the gap between what the constitutional framework permits and what the situation requires, without crossing lines that cannot be uncrossed. What follows sets the Washington visit in motion, and plants seeds that a backbench politician named Julian Carver will eventually use.

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