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Another Princess of Wales – Similar Lives?

on February 2, 2010 – 4:26 pm

Princess of WalesAlexandra, Princess of Wales, was another British princess who was admired, petted, and caressed by the nation. Before her marriage, she lived frugally in her father’s happy court at Copenhagen, made her own bonnets, and thought a long time before she purchased a new gown. “When I was married,” she said, laughingly, “my trousseau cost more than my sister and I had ever spent in all our lives put together.” The Princess’s children were born in such rapid succession that much of her time was spent in their nurseries; and as a mother, she has excelled even the proverbial English standard. But was her relationship with Prince Edward a happy one?  Edward had great interest in horse-racing, theatre-going, yachting, and had several mistresses. Again we had the British heir to the throne waiting decades to ascend to the throne since Queen Victorian ruled for sixty-three years until Edward was 59. Learn more here.

Victorian Christmas

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