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Why Princess Victoria of United Kingdom Never Got Married? The Real Reason Is SHOCKING...

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Why Princess Victoria of United Kingdom Never Got Married? The Real Reason Is SHOCKING...

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Boring Leader History и ещё 2
20 167 просмотров · 3 месяца назад
The tragic story of the princess who never got married Thanks for watching video! You can check the sources below for further read: Battiscombe, Georgina. Queen Alexandra. London: Constable, 1969. Used for: Queen Victoria’s private criticisms of the Wales children, the identification of early suitors, and the mid-century sympathetic interpretation of Victoria as a victim of her mother's "monstrous selfishness." Crawford, Rosemary, and Crawford, Donald. Michael and Natasha: The Life and Love of Michael II, the Last of the Romanov Tsars. New York: Scribner, 1997. Used for: Clarifying the frequent historical confusion between the various Russian Grand Dukes, specifically identifying Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich ("Miche-Miche") as the actual suitor. Dimond, Frances. Queen Alexandra: Loyalty and Love. London: History Press, 2022. Used for: Contemporary historiography and the academic pushback against the "selfish mother" narrative, framing Alexandra's retention of her daughter within standard Victorian societal norms. Pope-Hennessy, James. Queen Mary, 1867–1953. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1959. Used for: The origins and correct context of "the hags" nickname, the deeply fraught relationship between the Wales sisters and Queen Mary, and the mid-century historiographical framing of Victoria as a petty antagonist. Ridley, Jane. Bertie: A Life of Edward VII. London: Chatto & Windus, 2012. Used for: Edward VII’s assessments of his daughters' intelligence, the analysis of Victoria's ailments as psychosomatic hypochondria, and the modern psychological synthesis of her survival mechanisms. Rose, Kenneth. King George V. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983. Used for: Clarifying the "Snipey" and "Macra" nicknames and detailing the close, intimate relationship between Victoria and King George V.