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King William XVII to Join National Service Program
"I want to give back to the nation who gave to me," says Hutorian Monarch
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
October 5, 5700


Her Imperial Majesty with His Majesty, King William XVII Steuart-Carmichael of Hutori this summer in Kaliburg

His Majesty, King William XVII, 21, who has lived as a ward of Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Carolina for the last seven years, reached his age of majority last year. He moved to Kalistan on a full time basis following the passage of his Grandmother, Queen Arianna of Hutori, after having spent much of his life in Ananto before then. While he remained at Cliff House with the Empress, he spent his time shadowing both Her Highness, Princess of the Empire Nicolette Ananto-Collins when she was regent and then the Empress, watching and learning. He also attended and graduated from Kaliburg Wilson Highschool two years ago and has been since studying Political science part time at Kaliburg Imperial University when he was not working with Her Imperial Majesty.

Now, rather than returning to Hutori, the King has volunteered to serve in the Kalistani National Service Program for three years, and then will return home to take his throne. "Kalistan and the Empress' family took me in when I had lost my parents and my Grandmother," said His Majesty, the King. "While I have been a ward of the Empress, she and the Princess Nicolette welcomed me as a member of their family as one of their own. They treated me like a son and like a little brother. And all true Kalistanis go through National Service, so I have volunteered to give back to the nation who adopted me, welcomed me and treated me as if I was truly wanted here."

The King is not the first Hutorian noble to volunteer for Kalistani National Service. His Majesty's own aunt Princess Natasha Steuart-Carmichael, who served for a long time as the Hutorian Director of Lexington Game Studios in Kaliburg, also served in the NSP while she was still decades ago. King William holds the title Viscount of Raven's Head, in Green County as a personal hereditary title, and Her Imperial Majesty has aggrandized the estate from 1000 Acres to 1750 acres, now including the small nearby village of Rookport on the coast as a gift to the King when he graduated from High school.

"We see His Majesty the King as our younger brother, though he is not so little as he used to be," said Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress last spring. "He had grown into a very intelligent young man, has good conservative sensibilities about him, understands, we believe the importance of a strong National Sovereign and National Unity, and is conservative and correct. When he finally returns home, he will make a marvelous king for his people, and will set his country on a solid and stable course. We are quite proud of him and his educational successes, and hope to help facilitate many more in the near future."

The King has agreed to serve only three years in the National Service. "I was informed that I was in no way obligated, and I insisted," said the King. "It is important that I also gain some independence. Living with the Empress is good: She has kept me safe, well and learning all the time. I would also like the opportunity to meet common people and do the thing people my age are doing, and if I do not join the Service now, it will soon be too late for me to do any service: I am already delaying return to Hutori longer than I should. But I want to do this to say thank you to my adopted sister and this country which raised me and in many ways formed my views on the world, my role in it, and my relationship to common people as a monarch. So I will do three years of National Service, learn a trade, and return then to my country with a grounding that monarchs outside of Kalistan cannot possibly understand."

The King will muster in in just over a week, and then will serve for the next three years. He may opt to leave at any time, but both the Empress and the Chancellor of the Empire have praised his decision and have extolled it as an example of selflessness and altruism for Kalistanis to follow. "His Majesty, the King of Hutori opting to do national service in Kalistan is an example for all people to follow," said the Empress. "We Kalistanis are all required to serve our nation, either in the NSP or in the regular Forces. The King's decision to voluntarily do something we are all required to do by law marks him as a true Kalistani, even if his passport does not reflect that word explicitly, and demonstrates an unbreakable bond between our two nations, on a personal and cultural level. We all appreciate his decision from the bottom of our heart."

@TheRepublic