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They sipped tea and nibbled French macaroons and met a real Sheikha and her daughter. It turns out that Mariam Al Thani missed her pet terribly, ever since the skittish canine ran off and lost her way.

“She was very gracious and so, so grateful,” Biekx recalled of her young hostess, who offered to pay all costs. “It was surreal, and something out of a movie or storybook.

“We were very calm and cool and casual while we were meeting with the Sheikha and her daughter. But when Christie and I got back to the car, we screamed like little school girls: ‘Oh my God!'”

The next day, a refrigerated truck pulled up to Biekx’s apartment compound with a three-tier chocolate cake brushed with edible gold leaf.

“It was the best cake I ever had in my life,” Biekx said with a laugh. “I ate it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”

She also shared it with co-workers who donated to the cause. Meanwhile, Biekx and Cornejo plan to donate all the GoFundMe money to the Second Chance Rescue in Doha, which helped their royal pal.

For now, Luna/Leslie still lives in Biekx’s two-bedroom apartment, given that the dog has pins in her leg and needs more rest before heading home. So perhaps Biekx has one more royal visit in her future, maybe around Christmastime.

It was surreal, and something out of a movie or storybook

Either way, the storybook ending could come in the form of an actual storybook.

“Miriam is an English literature student and loves, loves, loves writing,” Biekx said. “And one day Christine and I said out loud, ‘Leslie and Boom. That would be a great book title.’ Christine confessed that she always wanted to write a children’s book. I finished her sentence and said, so do I.”

So they figure an English/Arabic children’s book called Leslie and Boom, recounting the improbable story of how two royal dogs were separated and eventually reunited — with a royal ordeal in between — might do well.

All thanks to the friendly spirit of two strangers and one determined dog.

“The nice thing is,” Biekx said about the furry friend she will be sad to see go, “she’s gone from really shy dog to a dog that is much more approachable.

“It has worked out great.”