"Of course he did," he sighs, "You could have been His Majesty King George V himself and at that age I'd have been more concerned about whether I was getting the respect I thought I deserved than anything else."

George rolls his eyes. He knows why he was like that, of course. It doesn't make him any happier with the man he was.

"And I'm not a viscount, for the record. I would've been, but I was taken before I could inherit the title. Even if I wanted it I have less than no claim now."