March 23rd Incident

The March 23rd Incident, alternatively known as the March Crisis was a brief diplomatic incident between the governments of Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Prologue

Prior to the incident, the queen had been an avid model, having beginning her career in said industry at the age of 14 though this was short-lived.

Upon graduating from the University of Lisbon, with the help of her then billionaire romantic interest, Isabella was able to further her career, signing herself to IMG Models. Remarkably, despite her short stature, she made headlines as the first fashion model of royal status and was naturally featured on various photoshoots. In 2016, she was made ambassador for Burberry, a British luxury brand and later in 2017, shortly before her coronation, she represented her home country as the ambassador for Sacoor Brothers, a Portuguese luxury brand.

Incident

Following her coronation as queen, publishing of the March 2017 cover for the British Vogue magazine, which featured the new queen suggestively posing in a black Boux Avenue lingerie set with only half of her body being covered with a matching robe garnered public outcry from the Portuguese citizens. Interpreting it as a public attempt of "slander" against their monarch, a nationwide petition was reportedly launched to hold the magazine company accountable while the magazine cover itself was banned by the Portuguese Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Resolution

For a period of three months, both governments unsuccessfully attempted to reach a common agreement. Reportedly, while the Portuguese government wished to rightfully hold the magazine company accountable for releasing a sensuous image of their queen, the then former Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Shulman formally testified that she had been in close contact with the queen prior to the publishing, and the publishing itself was given full consent by Isabella herself, as it was the neccessary requirement. This claim was later repeated and confirmed by Isabella herself.

Eventually, the ban was lifted by the Portuguese ministry while the magazine company agreed to pay a disclosed amount of compensation and an issuing of public apology.

Reportedly, despite the complications, the brand that produced the lingerie set worn by Isabella in the photoshoot gained much profiting revenues from the issue itself when the aforementioned lingerie was massively purchased in the span of a week, generating an estimated income of £5,000 pounds.