03-13-2009, 11:33 PM
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Heir Presumptive
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: a city on the Great Silk Road, Kazakhstan
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An interesting discussion about Grand Duke Michael and his wife...
I have stumbled upon the discussion about Grand Duke Michael and his wife Nathalie.
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Sarai on March 15, 2004, 05:59:16 PM
... [snipped] It is unfortunate that this couple had to live at a time when divorce was so looked down upon. The authors write, "The uncompromising views of the Dowager Empress, for example, were shared with no less absolute conviction in England by her sister Queen Alexandra, as well as by her daughter-in-law the Empress Alexandra. Their doors were closed firmly in the face of any divorcee, as were those of hostesses, royal or otherwise, who continued to believe, and would go on so believing for half a century more, that divorce was a disgrace which condemned both guilty and innocent parties to the shadows" (pg. 34). [my bolding and snipped] ...
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Reference:
Crawford Rosemary and Donald, "Michael and Natasha"
http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=61.0
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