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Originally Posted by Zonk
I also felt very sorry for Queen Ena and found myself not liking Alfonso. Let's see...you were warned that she could have been a carrier (check), you professed to love her (check), the first sign of things going wrong (birth of sick children) you checked out. Not a nice guy IMO. And before anyone says anything...yes I know Alfonso was a man of his times and one of his main duties is to provide heirs, etc. I get it. My problem is that (and I know this is going to drive Elspeth wild!) if you must cheat on your wife...be discreet. I hate when people 1) break their marriage vows and 2) then treat someone they are supposed to care about like garbage. But that' my rant for the day.
Next up...the six daughters of George III.
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*goes wild*
I have to agree that Alfonso doesn't seem like the world's pleasantest person.
Not sure I entirely agree about Maud having an easy life; it sounds as though she wasn't all that robust, and she had to go and live in a climate that didn't suit her health, plus she was constantly homesick (and having been through that myself, I know how debilitating it can be, although I do realise it isn't as bad as facing wars and revolutions and getting murdered).
I'd have liked to see her stretch a point and include Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden in her list; she's also a granddaughter of Victoria who was married to a crown prince in the expectation of becoming a Queen Consort one day, and her experiences while she was alive would have been interesting, and might also have helped give some more detail to the Queen Maud sections.