{"id":14169,"date":"2014-12-11T22:21:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T22:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=14169"},"modified":"2014-12-11T22:23:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T22:23:05","slug":"duke-duchess-franchise-king-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/duke-duchess-franchise-king-reunion","title":{"rendered":"The Duke, The Duchess And The Franchise King\u00ae: A Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/triple-crown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/triple-crown.png\" alt=\"packages\" width=\"336\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had to wait a lot longer than I thought I would.<\/p>\n<p>I know that\u00a0<strong>The Duke<\/strong> and <strong>The Duchess<\/strong> are busy people.<\/p>\n<p><em>But, I am too<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Keep going&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Royalty<\/h2>\n<p>I know that\u00a0<strong>The Duke<\/strong> and <strong>The Duchess<\/strong> are Royalty.<\/p>\n<p>But, so am I.<\/p>\n<p>I know that <strong>The Duchess<\/strong> is pregnant-so she&#8217;s especially tired these days.<\/p>\n<p>But still.<\/p>\n<p>I really needed to jet up to NYC to see them. After all, they&#8217;re <em>family<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dukes, Duchesses, <a title=\"king\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/resources-for-franchise-buyers\"><strong>Kings<\/strong><\/a>, Princes, Princesses, Queens-there just aren&#8217;t that many of us around anymore. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s so darn important for us to get together when we&#8217;re on the same continent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/triple-crown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-11099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/triple-crown.png\" alt=\"packages\" width=\"336\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>A Royal Monday<\/h2>\n<p>Monday was one of those days. The three of us actually <em>were<\/em> on the same continent.<\/p>\n<p><em>That&#8217;s why I made sure I was at the Cavs-Nets game Monday night at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I had to shake hands and put my arms around my cousins. (ONLY\u00a0<em>Royalty is allowed to do that<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>After all, we hadn&#8217;t seen each other for a while. (<em>Not since the Royal Wedding, and that was a hoot!<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>So, we got to spend some time together. We had dinner before the game, and then we made the rounds&#8230;meeting <strong>Jay-Z<\/strong> and <strong>Beyonce<\/strong>, <strong>Lebron<\/strong>, <strong>The Mayor<\/strong>. It was fun, but it went way to fast.<\/p>\n<p>Right before we had to say our goodbyes, <strong>we paused for the cameras<\/strong>-there were lots of them, and after our picture was snapped, we promised each other that we wouldn&#8217;t be strangers anymore. (<em>They know how busy I am<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, The Duke and The Duchess are great people. They&#8217;re great parents, too.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to send them a nice gift when their next bundle of Royal joy is born in about 4 months.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;ll fly to London and deliver it personally this time.<\/p>\n<p>I just need to free up my schedule a bit when my 2nd cousin is born.<\/p>\n<p>I hope it&#8217;s a girl!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Duke, The Duchess And The Franchise King\u00ae: A Reunion<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>I suppose you want to see the picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joel-with-the-Duke-and-Duchess.png-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joel-with-the-Duke-and-Duchess.png-1-620x317.png\" alt=\"duke duchess the franchise king\" width=\"620\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joel-with-the-Duke-and-Duchess.png-1-620x317.png 620w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joel-with-the-Duke-and-Duchess.png-1-320x164.png 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Joel-with-the-Duke-and-Duchess.png-1.png 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Duke, The Duchess, And The Franchise King\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Picture courtesy of Spencer Rzepka<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had to wait a lot longer than I thought I would. 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