That's right. Victoria, Alexandra and Dagmar did love their children very much, almost to the point of smothering them by not wanting any to leave the family home. Beatrice was lucky in that she stubbornly stuck to her love of Henry and defied Victoria about marriage even if the married couple had to live with the Queen after their marriage.
For some reason, out of love, fear, devotion Victoria couldn't defy Alexandra. For her to be bitter and a hypochondriac in her later years isn't unusual. I'm sure she had many regrets and mourned the life she could have had.
For some reason, out of love, fear, devotion Victoria couldn't defy Alexandra. For her to be bitter and a hypochondriac in her later years isn't unusual. I'm sure she had many regrets and mourned the life she could have had.