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Originally Posted by HRH Kerry
Maybe she would have been guided down the right path (whatever that might have been) had Albert lived longer. I just don't understand how she under the advisement and counsel of her grandmother (along with her husband) were trying to mold the empire into Victoria's "English" Prussia. That was the goal when it all boils down to it. Am I the only one to see the absurdity in this? Did she not fear her life? The court was bent on absolutism. I understand that the times were changing but to be that close in proximity Bismark and taking him on in what seemed like a war against the world! Reading this book I was afraid of what he was capable. I am very surprised that Vicky lived to be Kaiserin no matter how brief the period was.
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No you're not the only one to see the absurdity of this. I often wondered when reading if Vicky had really expected the Germans to respond, 'No, we didn't know we Germans were so backwards and inferior, thank you for letting us know.' I think Alix and Minnie were very successful at having an impact in their new country because the countries were at a very open period to new ideas and cultures and the ladies didnt' make a point of despising the culture of their new country.
I also think that Vicky and Fritz would have been better off if they had taken Minnie and Sasha's approach and hidden their true tendencies so long as the old Kaiser was alive. Sasha and Minnie were much better at hiding their absolutist tendencies in the court of liberal Alexander II and as a result neither suffered the loss of power, popularity or esteem that Vicky and Fritz did.