In addition, Barron and his friends also met Prince William, but what's interesting is that he was not seen with his girlfriend Catherine today.
There have always been different girls around Prince William, but Catherine is considered his relatively stable girlfriend.
But there are always various true and false reports about their relationship in the media. When Barron asked about it, William Island just said that Kate was still in school and did not come this year.
They had mentioned before that Prince William would soon graduate from school and would start his internship.
Before he went to HSBC for an internship, he planned to choose a place to "experience" himself.
At that time, he also told Barron that he wanted to do an internship at Chatsworth Manor. Well, Barron gave him a choice, and he finally decided to go to the town near the manor and "work" in the butcher shop belonging to the manor farm...
They also talked about this matter. William will leave for Derbyshire at the end of this month.
"Your Highness the Duke..."
Just now, Countess Bute came over and took her cousin Bonnie to the ladies' place, leaving Barron alone to have a brief chat with a few nobles before the dinner began.
It's nothing more than art auctions and charity events...
Besides that, there is the upcoming British general election...
Just past April 5th, the Prime Minister went to Buckingham Palace in the morning and asked Queen Elizabeth II for permission to dissolve Parliament and officially announced that parliamentary elections will be held on May 5th.
In fact, the Prime Minister had originally planned to visit the Queen on April 4, but the original plan was postponed by a day due to the death of Pope John Paul II.
According to British law, the prime minister can set the general election date on any day within five years after the last general election, but the general election date must be announced one month in advance.
According to the results of a just-released opinion poll, the Conservative Party is gradually narrowing the gap with the Labour Party led by the current Prime Minister.
For example, the headline of the Times this morning was - "Rising Conservative poll ratings make Labour uneasy", and the editorial also pointed out that "the prime minister should be worried about the upcoming general election."
According to polls published by the Financial Times and the Independent, the Conservative Party's support rate is 39%, while the Labour Party's support rate is only 34%.
In polls conducted by three other newspapers, although the Labour Party is still in the lead, the gap between the Conservatives and the Labour Party has narrowed to only 2 to 3 percentage points.
Since most British constituencies are concentrated in cities, which are the strongholds of the Labour Party, many people believe that if the Conservative Party wants to win, it must lead the Labour Party by more than 10 percentage points in the polls.
What people are talking about more is that if the Labour Party wins again in this election, Blair will become the first Labour Prime Minister in history to be re-elected three times.
…
When Barron walked to the door of the hall, he met Miss Ella.
Subconsciously, I looked in Bonnie's direction, but she didn't notice me.
So Barron went to the balcony on the second floor with Miss Ella, which was a relatively quiet place.
"You seem to have lost a lot of weight, Miss Ella."
Ella now did look a little thinner than when Barron saw her a few months ago.
"I'm fine, it's just about what happened before, I need some time to calm down."
Speaking of which, Gabrielle Windsor was originally born into the royal family. Although she is now considered a concubine, but because of this, her understanding of many things will be deeper than ordinary people.
Just like what happened in the suburban villa of the Hall family before, even though Gabriel had just "woke up" at that time and didn't know what happened at that time...
But after that, everyone present at the time, including her, was investigated and questioned.
If Gabriel still didn't know what had happened by that time, he would be very stupid.
Even if we cannot be sure, we can still make some guesses.
That's why she said this to Barron at this time.
"That has nothing to do with you. You are innocent, Ella. Don't think too much about it."
Facing Barron's gentle voice, Gabriel moved closer to Barron, rested his head on his shoulder, and said softly:
"Barron, hug me, okay?"
Her voice sounded very soft, and at this moment Barron could smell the faint fragrance of the girl coming from his ear...
Finally, he put his arms around Gabrielle's slender waist and held her in his arms.
What happened next was very natural...
Miss Ella raised her head slightly and closed her eyes.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, showing the girl's nervousness at the moment.
Barron lowered his head and kissed her...
…
In fact, Barron did not spend too much time with Gabriel Windsor on the balcony, and he soon returned to the hall.
After all, this is a royal dinner. Well, hiding and being intimate with Miss Ella is exciting, but it would be a bit embarrassing if someone accidentally saw it.
Besides, Bonnie is still here, so Barron naturally can't do anything too risky.
As he walked down the stairs into the hall, he ran into Countess Chris of Bute.
"Where's Bonnie?"
Barron asked casually when he saw her.
"She's looking for you..."
"?"
Seeing Barron's puzzled expression, the Countess rolled her eyes at him and said:
"Don't you even wipe the lipstick off your lips when you cheat?"
Barron subconsciously wanted to reach out and wipe his mouth when he heard this, but suddenly he remembered that he had already packed everything up before coming down...
Seeing his performance, the Countess had an expression of "I knew it would be like this" on her face...
"Wait for me to deal with you."
Barron's words made the Countess look expectant...
…
"Your Highness, I have to say that your operation on the Northern Natural Gas Company is indeed brilliant. By the way, it should be called United Energy Group now."
"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Blankfein, but these are nothing more than a show of skill in front of an amateur in front of Goldman Sachs..."
Barron glanced at the time. It was two o'clock in the afternoon, which should be nine o'clock in the morning in New York. It seemed that the other party called him as soon as he got to work...
As the CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein's call was definitely not just for meaningless compliments.
That seems to be the case, Lloyd continued:
"But Your Highness, I think that both United Energy Group and Kolo Oil Company have great prospects, but at present they are just a framework at best. If they want to develop stably, they need more supplements..."
"you mean...?"
After hearing what Lloyd Blankfein said and thinking about the recent news, Barron also thought of something...
"I wonder if you are interested in Unocal?"
really!
Founded in 1890, Unocal Corporation is an established oil company with a history of over 100 years.
Currently, based on reserves, it ranks ninth among American oil and gas giants; based on operating income, Unocal is the seventh largest oil company in the United States.
Unocal has oil and gas exploration assets and projects in Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh and other places in Asia.
However, since the beginning of this year, news has been reported that due to poor management and other reasons leading to years of losses, Unocal has begun to file for bankruptcy and put it up for sale.