*contains affiliate links* Victoria, Princess Royal was born on 21 November 1840 as the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. She married the future Frederick III, German Emperor at the age of 17 and went on to have eight children with him. Tragically, his reign would last just 99 days as [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the Crown Princess of Prussia – Windsor Castle, 18 December 1861 Queen Victoria’s husband had died on 14 December 1861 Bless you for your beautiful letter of Sunday received yesterday! Oh! My poor child indeed, ‘Why may the earth not swallow us up?’ Why not? How am I alive after witnessing [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the Empress Frederick – Windsor Castle, 6 December 1891 Since yesterday the great event of Eddy’s engagement with May Teck has taken place. People here are delighted and certainly she is a dear, good and clever girl, very carefully brought up, unselfish and unfrivolous in her tastes. She will be a [read more]
Read part four here. As he had done earlier, Wilhelm ordered that no one should leave the palace. Even as Victoria went out to cut roses to lay on her husband’s body, she was forced back inside. Wilhelm searched his mother’s rooms for her papers, but he found none. He took over arranging for his [read more]
Read part three here. It was now a waiting game before Friedrich and Victoria could ascend the throne. Friedrich’s father had been in bad health since the beginning of 1885, suffering little strokes. However, in January 1887, Friedrich himself began having persistent hoarseness, which was first thought to be a cold but by the spring, [read more]
Balmoral – 18 November 1874 Accept my warmest and most loving good wishes for many, many happy returns on your dear birthday, and for many, many more in health and happiness, and growing yearly in wisdom, unselfishness, humbleness and trust in God’s love and mercy in all things. Your position is, as every Royal person’s [read more]
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