[MR] Secrecy

[Rosine]

> ill make sure to keep that in mind and schedule that into the very
> laid back days that attendance at an event tends to be.
>
> logan

   With respect, Your Majesty, it shouldn't be a job for You or Her Majesty
to be hassling with. Your day is busy enough as it is and we know that.
   Back in the day... (when I was young, spry, useful and a Lady in
Waiting), one of us 'staff" type folks was usually designated to ensure that
after the Royals and the court herald had worked out Their list of court
business, one of us would make a circuit of the event-goers to find either
the B&B or the Significant Other of the awardees to make sure that the
person would be in court and that their friends/family would know there was
a reason for it - usually just a "Hi, Their Majesties wanted to make sure
that ____ was going to be in court, and I believe that it would be A Good
Thing if their friends were there too...". It usually took me no more than
30 minutes, tops, and wasn't anything more for the Royals to worry about
than "Did the list get taken care of?"
    "Yes, Your Majesty, except ____ won't be here, so I told the herald that
You'd probably want to set aside that scroll."
    "Good. Thanks." (Or, "No, leave it in and get someone to accept it for
them since we won't have another chance to do it.").
    In the case of a polling Order, the Principal usually made a phone call
(nowadays probably an email) to the B&B or another local member of the Order
to do the same thing in advance if the Royals let them know Their intentions
after a polling. Again, not something that should be the duty of the Royals
beyond checking to see if it's done. And as a long-time promissary clerk, it
lightened my load to not waste a scroll blank on someone who wasn't going to
be there. It also gave us a chance to double-check the spelling of a name
and to, nowadays, get the modern name for the records.
   I think it was one of those things that us "every-other reign" attendants
got used to, then so many of us moved away to be kingdom officers or B&Bs or
other things that the word didn't get passed down to the next 'set' of
attendants. It really shouldn't be a problem for You - it should be a
standard duty for Your staff and/or the Principals of the Order to take care
of in Your name. That's just one of the things, like setting up court
furniture or High Table, that we who serve should be doing to enhance this
Game.

In service,
Rosine