lashinka2002
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Lady Marmalade said:No kidding lashinka2002...I was thinking the same thing...
No wonder he seems so grumpy all the time...
Lady Marmalade said:No kidding lashinka2002...I was thinking the same thing...
Lady Marmalade said:I heard the same thing, Warren. It was astounding to see this extended family torn apart by divided loyalties during WWII.
iowabelle said:But this particular family was always divided, even before the war. For one thing, Philip was the "late-in-life" child, much younger than his sisters.
Princess Alice had her mental issues and sent Philip away to Germany and England. I was reading in Majesty magazine that she never sent him birthday or Christmas cards when he was young.
Prince Andrew left his wife and lived with a mistress in Monaco.
No wonder that Philip has had some difficulty expressing feelings for his children; he never really had a stable home life that he could draw from.
Warren said:More recommended reading from Warren:
"Crowns in Conflict - The Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy 1910-1918" by Theo Aronson. This book details the personal relationships between the reigning monarchs and families in the leadup to WWI and how they were torn apart during the war;
"War and the Royal Houses of Europe in the Twentieth Century" by Anthony Devere-Summers, which covers the relationships and fate of the Monarchies during both World Wars;
"An Uncommon Woman The Empress Frederick" by Hannah Pakula, which is possibly the definitive biography of Vicky. Be shocked at her treatment by her son after the Emperor Frederick died and she was placed under virtual house arrest; be intrigued at how she managed to smuggle her private papers to Britain to stop the new Kaiser geting his hands on them. And much more!
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michelleq said:If you watch Charles and Diana's Wedding, during the processional, you can see Sophie giving Phillip a little wave when he passes her.
Lady Marmalade said:Thank you Warren. I'll look them up online.
I'ts not just that they were German.They were members of the Nazi party (I think ss officers too?). Which would needless to say not go over in England so soon after ww2mybags said:Yes, sadly that is true. The wedding took place in 1947 just after World War II and Germans were still very unpopular in England.
scooter said:I'ts not just that they were German.They were members of the Nazi party (I think ss officers too?). Which would needless to say not go over in England so soon after ww2
Marengo said:Berthold of Baden certainly was not a Nazi. I believe Phillip of Hesse-Kassel (Sophie's first husband) was a staunch Nazi, her second husband was not. I am not to sure about Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langeburg but if he had been a staunch Nazi I am sure he would never been invited for the 1953 coronation.
kerry said:Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langeburg was part of the Nazi Party according to the book ROYALS AND THE REICH.
kerry said:Yeah, I know. It was the thing to do and for the most part, most of the party members hadn't a clue what it all really meant.
HRH Princess Friederike of Hanover, daughter of Prince Philip's sister Sophie and her 2nd husband Prince Georg of Hanover, was born in 1954 and married Jerry Cyr (b 1951) in Vancouver in 1979.Lord of Cowley said:Jo of Palatine: I am also interested in the Princess who married Jerry Cyr of Vancouver. Does anyone know anything about them?