Summary

As the section starts, Josephine and the girls have joined Shirley and Gary at her home on Mustique Island. It was luxurious and beautiful way to spend the Christmas holiday. Shirley finally told Jo everything about her background and her true identity. She admitted to be an illegitimate daughter of Queen Elizabeth who posed as her bodyguard from time to time in order to be in her presence without calling question to her identity. She was raised away from the palace, but was able to see her mother from time to time. When she was sent to boarding school, she rebelled and became rather wild and suddenly found herself pregnant with Gary. The father left and Shirley returned to London. She then asked to see her mother and the arrangement was made for Shirley to pose as a bodyguard. Gary was able to...