Cay Garcia was given only a few hours to pack up her belongings and leave Riyadh for good. She had dared to confront her employer, a young Saudi princess, about the treatment of her staff. In this book, she shares the intrigues of Riyadh's expat community and exposes the nasty underbelly of the extravagant lives of Saudi Arabian royalty. This candid and vivid account of her time in the service of the princess is part travelogue, part romance and part exposé.
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Cay Garcia. Behind Palace Walls
Dedication
PROLOGUE
Decisions
Imagination soars
Preparations
The journey
The arrival
Home from home
Protocol
The palace
The princess
The medical
Second day at work
Buying laptops and cell phones
Day three
First visit to Tamimi’s
Friday off
Cats
Meeting Serge
Heading out with the princess
First visit to Doctor Friendly
A shopping spree with Lilly
Prayer times
Wet compound
I knew it was coming
Farm visit
Desert Christmas
Week three
Mona
Curiouser and curiouser
Desert dinner
On a roll
Friday
Lockdown
The following day . .
Room inspections
The DQ
Royal wedding
Candlelight dinner and Serge
Family lunch
Buying happiness
Wednesday night dinners
Christmas Eve
Christmas dinner with the royal family
Second visit to Doctor Friendly
Dreaded confrontation
Psychiatric evaluation
Punishment time again
Another showdown
Witchcraft
The devil’s business
Last night
The final goodbye
Epilogue
Glossary
About the book
About the author
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CAY GARCIA
Behind Palace Walls
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My phone is never far from my side.
Two days later, the phone shrills – and the number is foreign. I take a deep breath and answer. The conversation goes extremely well. I have been warned to address the princess by another name, one that she has provided, as she wishes to hide the fact that she is royalty. I play along.
