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When they reached Marksman’s home less than a half hour later, Navan turned Lady Annalise over to the maid who had assisted her mistress earlier. “I will be in the chambers at the end of the hall if her ladyship requires anything.” 

“Yes, my lord.” 

He turned to find Lord Graham still in the open door. “I did not realize you remained,” Beaufort said as he looked once more at the sleeping Annalise. 

“Are you proposing soon?” Graham asked. 

Navan nudged his friend from the room. “I am still considering the possibility.” 

“Marksman will not approve,” Graham suggested with a grin. “Especially as you would be taking his sister so far away from him.” 

“At the moment Marksman does not have a say in the matter. It will be Lady Annalise’s choice. If necessary, we will go to Scotland or Jersey to marry. Marksman gave up his rights to have a say in his sister’s life when he permitted Theodora to drag him around as if he was an obedient puppy.” 

So what do you know of Jersey? I have used both Jersey and Guernsey in several tales, one still waiting to be published.

Jersey is officially called the Bailiwick of Jersey,^[ and it is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. It is considered to have British Crown Dependency, and it not a sovereign state it its own right. It does, however, have its own laws and governmental institutions. It is located off the coast of northwest France and is the largest of the Channel Islands. It sets some 14 miles off the Normandy’s Cotentin Peninsula.

The “Baliwick” consists of Jersey and several uninhabited islands: Les Écréhus, Les Pierres de Lecq, Les Minquiers, and Les Dirouilles. [Les Écréhous & Les Dirouilles, Jersey]

Originally, Jersey was considered to be a part of the Duchy of Normandy, but Normandy was lost in war in the 13th Century, and the ducal title was surrendered to France. However, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it was never a part of the kingdom which became Great Britain. With its close proximity to France, Jersey was invaded several times during the Napoleonic Wars and the Anglo-French Wars. Even Germany occupied it for five years during the Second World War. The island was liberated on 9 May 1945, which is now celebrated as the island’s national day.

St Helier is the capital of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. It is the most populous of the twelve parishes of Jersey, with a population of 35,822, over one-third of the island’s total population. The town of St Helier is the largest settlement and only town of Jersey.

Jersey has it own parliament, financial institutions, judicial system, laws of government. The Bailiff is the civil head, president of the states and head of the judiciary; the lieutenant governor represents the head of state, the British monarch; and the chief minister is the head of government. Jersey’s defence and international representation – as well as certain policy areas, such as nationality law – are the responsibility of the UK government, but Jersey still has a separate international identity.

“The island has a large financial services industry, which generates 40% of its GVA.British cultural influence on the island is evident in its use of English as the main language and the pound sterling as its primary currency. Additional British cultural similarities include: driving on the left, access to British television, newspapers and other media, a school curriculum following that of England, and the popularity of British sports, including football and cricket. The island also has a strong Norman-French culture, such as its historic dialect of the Norman language, Jèrriais, being one of only two places in Normandy with government status for the language (the other being Guernsey), as well as the use of standard French in legal matters and officially in use as a government language, strong cultural ties to mainland Normandy as a part of the Normandy region, and place names with French or Norman origins. The island has very close cultural links with its neighbouring islands in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and they share a good-natured rivalry.”[Quayle, T. (1815). A general view of the agriculture and present state of the islands on the coast of Normandy. London: Board of Agriculture. p. 48.]

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