What the World Saw
Copyright© 2026 by Marc Nobbs
Part 5: Social Media Posts from Kayla’s Tourist Day in London (Part 1)
Companion to A Healing Love, Chapter 4: Just Let Me Pretend
Kayla’s Twitter 9:29 a.m.
@KaylaV: Sightseeing today! First I need coffee. Then I’m going to see if the Queen is home. 👑
Selected replies
@UKGossipDaily: Enjoy London, Kayla! If the Royal Standard flag is flying above Buckingham Palace, she’s home! (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @UKGossipDaily Ooh, good to know! I’ll be looking out for it! Thank you! 💛
@LondonFilmFan: @KaylaV: She’s probably at Sandringham. January is a bad month for royal house calls. (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@RollTideRach: @KaylaV: Take her some sweet tea and she’ll let you in. (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @RollTideRach Finally, someone with a sensible diplomatic strategy.
@PrettyBoysProse: @KaylaV Who is taking you sightseeing? 👀
SophieB97: @KaylaV Hope you get some sunshine for your sightseeing today! It’s meant to rain later! ☁️ (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @SophieB97 Oh no! I brought an umbrella just in case! ☔🤞
@DixieDarlin:_04 @KaylaV coffee before castles, a woman of priorities (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @DixieDarlin_04 Always!
@bamafan_Ricky: @KaylaV tell her Alabama says hi (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @BamaFanRicky will do 😂
@BamaBelle92: @KaylaV It is 3:30 AM in Alabama and I am just going to sleep after re-watching your Shard performance on loop. Have the best day!! (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @BamaBelle92 Go to sleep, girl!! 😂 But thank you so much! Sweet dreams!
@CountryBoy5858z: @KaylaV Don’t drink that English tea, get yourself a proper coffee! Have fun! 🤠 (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @CountryBoy5858z There’s a fancy coffee machine in my room. I’ve already had two!
Kayla’s Twitter 11:25 a.m.
@KaylaV: Today is going to be a real good day. I can feel it.:)
Selected replies
@SweetheartSarah: @KaylaV This is such a happy tweet ❤️ (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@CelluloidQueen: @KaylaV WE KNOW WHY.
@MovieMadMeg: @KaylaV Did you just meet a man in the hotel lobby???
@NashvilleNina: @KaylaV Timing of this tweet is doing a LOT of work.
@NashvilleNightOwl: @KaylaV okay so. we need to talk about some photos that just surfaced on tumblr
@FanCamRepublic: “today is going to be a real good day” AFTER those photos??? interesting timing
@NashVegasGirl: KaylaV A good day because of the tall guy in the nice coat who met you in the lobby??? 👀☕ WE SEE THE TUMBLR POSTS KAYLA!
@HeartbreakKid99: @KaylaV KAYLA WHO IS HE?! Please tell me this is the guy you were staring at last night during ‘You Made Me’. I need the lore! 😭
@DixieDarlin:_04 @KaylaV kayla WHO IS HE. we are begging you
@countryboy5858z: @dixiedarlin_04 she’s not gonna answer that one y’all lol (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@truckBT_tim: @KaylaV the vaguest happiest tweet I’ve ever seen, she KNOWS what she’s doing (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @truckBT_tim I have no idea what you mean 🙂
@sweetteasundays: @KaylaV SHE REPLIED TO THAT ONE AND NOT THE “WHO IS HE” ONES. NOTED. FILED AWAY. THANK YOU. (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@johnlathamdefensesquad: @KaylaV the silence on the actual question is louder than any answer would’ve been
@CountryBoy5858z: Have a good day, Miss Kayla. Ignore the noise. (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
Kayla’s Twitter 11:39 a.m.
@KaylaV: Hyde Park is beautiful, but my English tour guide walks too fast and apparently stopping to take a photo of every squirrel is “not efficient.”
Selected replies
@ALCountryGirl: @KaylaV We have squirrels in Alabama too, Kayla 😂 (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @ALCountryGirl Not London squirrels. They have accents.
@HanksGhost: @KaylaV take ALL the squirrel photos you want girl, don’t let him rush you (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@PrettyBoysProse: @KaylaV Is your English tour guide tall, dark: haired and unfairly attractive?
@LondonGirl94: @KaylaV Oh he’s a “tour guide” now? 😂 Keep taking photos of the squirrels, Kayla! Make him wait!
@AnimalLover_TN: @KaylaV Wait, do they have different squirrels in England?! You have to post the pictures! 🐿️📸 (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @AnimalLover_TN Grey squirrels everywhere and they are SO brave! They walk right up to you! 🥺🐿️
@DixieHeartbeat: @KaylaV Tell Mr. Efficient to slow his roll! You’re on vacation! Enjoy the park, sweetie! 🌳💕 (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @DixieHeartbeat That’s what I told him! I’m currently staging a protest on a park bench until he buys me a pretzel. 🥨😤
@NashvilleSleuth: @KaylaV The pivot from “heartbreaking acoustic ballad at midnight” to “staging a protest for a pretzel with my majestic British tour guide” in under 12 hours is why I stan. (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@CelluloidQueen: @KaylaV SHE SAID “MY ENGLISH TOUR GUIDE.”
@BamaBelle92: @KaylaV She also said he walks quickly. This is not a legal confession. (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@TNtornado: @KaylaV Tumblr will have his walking speed calculated by lunchtime.
@bamafan_ricky: @KaylaV “MY english tour guide” MY???
@peachykeenmagnolia: @KaylaV there it is. THERE it is. she said MY.
@KaylaV: @peachykeenmagnolia it’s a figure of speech y’all 🙄😂
@nashvillenightowl: @peachykeenmagnolia okay we’ve gone from theory to full blown confirmation in under 3 hours
@dixiedarlin_04: @KaylaV “it’s a figure of speech” LMAOOO nobody believes you Kayla
@fancam_republic: @KaylaV english tour guide ... blurry lobby hug guy ... coincidence? I think NOT
@countryboy5858z: @KaylaV my girl is having the time of her life dodging every single one of your questions and I respect it (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@sweetteasundays: @KaylaV squirrel diplomacy incident of 2014, never forget (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
Kayla’s Twitter 12:09 p.m.
@KaylaV: Her Majesty isn’t home, but I bought her a postcard so she can see what the place looks like. #BuckinghamPalace
Selected replies
@dixiedarlin_04: @KaylaV a postcard to the queen from the queen of country music, love that for her (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@peachykeenmagnolia: @KaylaV that coat is doing SO much work I need to know where it’s from (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @peachykeenmagnolia found it in a shop near the hotel, might’ve bought it on impulse. It’s cold in this country! 😂
@bamafan_ricky: @KaylaV she looks so happy, this trip is doing her good (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@nashvillenightowl: @KaylaV “so she can see what the place looks like” kayla you’re standing IN FRONT of it, the queen knows what her own house looks like
@KaylaV: @nashvillenightowl let a girl have her joke 😭
@TBTailgate_tim: @KaylaV the boots with that outfit, she never misses (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@sweetteasundays: @KaylaV she looks like she’s glowing, London’s good for her (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@BritishHistoryGirl: @KaylaV I suspect she already owns a few photographs. (★ Favorited by @KaylaV)
@KaylaV: @BritishHistoryGirl: You can never have too many. That’s what my photographer keeps telling me.
@FrameByFrame: @KaylaV “My photographer.” New designation for the English tour guide.
@CountryBoy5858z: @KaylaV: You’re blending right in! Have you tried the fish and chips yet?
@KaylaV: @CountryBoy5858z: That is on the agenda for lunchtime! And a Pint too! 🐟🍟
@SouthernStarLit: @KaylaV She is looking at him instead of the lens again.
@PrettyBoysProse: @KaylaV Turn the camera around, photographer.
Kayla’s Instagram 12:11 p.m.
The same image of Kayla at Buckingham Palace: Kayla Valentine smiles for a photograph outside Buckingham Palace, wearing a tan shearling coat over a white top, denim shorts, black tights and white cowboy boots. The palace and its gates stand behind her in the morning sunshine.
KaylaV: Her Majesty isn’t home, but I bought her a postcard so she can see what the place looks like. #BuckinghamPalace#
32,918 Likes
Selected replies
Mamabearalabama: my daughter wants that exact coat now, thank you very much Kayla 😂
truckbedtailgate_tim: proper princess vibes at the actual palace
SouthernBelleStyle: Our Alabama girl taking over London! ❤️ Where is that coat from?!
KaylaV: @SouthernBelleStyle Thank you! 🧥 The coat is Burberry! ✨
HuntsvilleHoney: 🖤 the boots travel well!
Nashvillenightowl: she looks happier in this photo than she has in months, so glad to see it
KaylaFanpage: She is literally the cutest human being on the planet. I hope you’re having the best time!
KaylaV: @KaylaFanpage I’m having a wonderful trip! Thanks for the love!
Hankwilliamsghost: buying the queen a postcard is the most Kayla thing I’ve ever heard
celluloidqueen: YOUR TOUR GUIDE HAS A FACE AND WE HAVE SEEN FOURTEEN PIXELS OF IT.
prettyboysandprose: Please ask your tour guide to step in front of the camera.
bamasweetheart: Or perhaps let Kayla decide whether she wants to show him?
londonfilmfan: Her Majesty is usually at Sandringham in January, but I’m sure she’ll be devastated she missed you.
Rolltiderach: An Alabama girl outside Buckingham Palace. Look at you! ❤️
southernstarlight: She is looking slightly to the right of the lens. Whoever took this made her smile before pressing the button.
tennesseetornado: Tumblr has now begun analysing the direction of her pupils.
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