The Three Emperors

by Miranda Carter

  20 THEY ARE DEAR: QV to V, 2 June 1874, Fulford, Darling Child, p. 140.

  21 THE PRINCESS SAID … THEM AT ALL: Gore, pp. 14, 17 n. 1.

  22 MOST WRETCHED: QV to V, 27 Jan. 1869, Fulford, Your Dear Letter, p. 222.

  23 AS A SMALL BOY: Newnes, p. 8.

  24 A JOLLY … THE CLEVEREST: Gore, p. 14.

  25 FAIRY-LIKE: QV to V, 10 Feb. 1869, Fulford, Your Dear Letter, p. 223.

  26 THE HOUSE OF: Owen Morshead in Lees-Milne, p. 230.

  27 BUT I THOUGHT: Quoted in Bradford, p. 12.

  28 ALEXANDRA’S DEAFNESS: Footnote, Alexander Mikhailovich, p. 113.

  29 TO MATURITY AND: Gore, p. 9.

  30 I SHALL … LITTLE FACE: Battiscombe, p. 143.

  31 MY OWN DARLING: Gore, p. 26.

  32 BULLIED THE WHOLE: Lees-Milne, p. 224.

  33 JUST A GLORIFIED: Vorres, p. 53.

  34 MAMA: Battiscombe, p. 242.

  35 CONSTANTLY HE: Gore, p. 74.

  36 WITH A SOFTENING: Rose, p. 53.

  37 BE HIS SLAVE: Bradford, p. 18.

  38 STILTED AND: Gore, p. 177.

  39 LOVABLE: F. Ponsonby, My Recollections, p. 275.

  40 RATHER AFRAID OF: Cook, Prince Eddy, p. 109.

  41 IF CHILDREN: Battiscombe, p. 121.

  42 A LETTER FROM: See Magnus, p. 172.

  43 ABNORMALLY DORMANT: Rose, p. 8.

  44 SOME AFFLICTION OF: Lees-Milne, p. 231.

  45 FRETFULNESS: Rose, p. 6.

  46 I AM SO SORRY: W to QV, 20 May 1869, RA VIC/MAIN/Z/78/3.

  47 ADMITTING ME INTO: W to QV, 28 Jan. 1877, RA VIC/MAIN/Z/64/104.

  48 BE VERY PUNCTUAL: QV to G, 1 June 1873, Nicolson, King George, p. 10.

  49 GOOD BOYS: Nicolson, King George, p. 14.

  50 PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR REQUIRES: Ibid., pp. 12–13.

  51 A VERY ROUGH: Gore, p. 12.

  52 I COULD NEVER: St. Aubyn, Edward VII, p. 243.

  53 IS THERE NOT: Lord Derby to Disraeli, quoted in Weintraub, Victoria, p. 411.

  54 IT NEVER DID: Nicolson, King George, p. 15.

  55 VICTORIA [HIS GRANDMOTHER] SAYS: Rose, p. 8.

  56 EVIL ASSOCIATIONS: Nicolson, King George, p. 17.

  57 AS WE SANG: G to Alexandra, 19 Sept. 1880, Gore, p. 41.

  58 HE TENTATIVELY VOICED: See Magnus, p. 197.

  59 I MISS YOU: G to Alexandra, Oct. 1886, Nicolson, King George, p. 38.

  60 THE KING HAD: Nicolson, Diaries, p. 167.

  61 WHAT A FEARLESS: 16 Feb. 1877, LQV, 2.2, p. 521.

  62 WITHERING: Marie, Queen of Roumania, 2, p. 30.

  63 DEFICIENT IN EVEN: Rose, p. 15.

  64 HAD NOT BEEN HIS: Marie, Queen of Roumania, 2, p. 30.

  65 ONE OF THE DULLEST: Edward, Duke of Windsor, A King’s Story, p. 37.

  66 SO LABORIOUS: Lees-Milne, p. 229.

  67 WRINKLED BROW: Marie, Queen of Roumania, 2, p. 30.

  68 MY WORD: Lees-Milne, p. 237.

  69 OUR GREATEST: E to QV, 2 May 1880, Nicolson, King George, p. 23.

  70 STRICTLY IN ACCORD: Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia, Things, p. 3.

  71 HOW MUCH I MISS … IN THE DIRT: Nicolson, King George, p. 35.

  72 IT IS THE GREATEST: Battiscombe, p. 173.

  73 A RIPPER: Lees-Milne, p. 230.

  74 THE SUCCESS: J. Morris, 2, p. 426.

  75 SAILORS DIDN’T: Gore, p. 148.

  76 WAS A MOST: 21 June 1887, RA GV/PRIV/GVD.

  77 SHE WAS AN: 7 May 1884, Holstein, 2, p. 1391.

  78 CELEBRATED ANNIVERSARY: Nicholas’s diary, 9 [OS]/21 June 1887, GARF 601/1/221(1).

  79 LARGE FAMILY: 22 June 1887, LQV, 3.1, p. 330.

  80 UNCLE FRITZ … MOSSY: 20–26 June 1887, RA GV/GVD/PRIV

  3 NICHOLAS A DIAMOND-STUDDED IVORY TOWER 1868

  1 LESS THAN 20 PERCENT: See Charques, p. 5.

  2 ANTON CHEKHOV REMEMBERED: Bartlett, p. 27.

  3 BUILT LIKE A: Lincoln, p. 447.

  4 HE TRIED TO BE: Mossolov, p. 4.

  5 TO READ BOOKS: Vorres, p. 39.

  6 WHO CAME OUT: Klausen, Dagmar.

  7 WHAT JOY IT WAS: Bokhanov, p. 18.

  8 SERVANTS, PETS: Vorres, p. 56.

  9 GIRLISH … SIMPLE MAN: Lieven, Nicholas, pp. 30–32.

  10 GAVE THE IMPRESSION: Quoted in Massie, Nicholas, p. 10.

  11 YOU ARE: Lieven, Nicholas, p. 30.

  12 OF DISSIMULATION: Mossolov, p. 6.

  13 I HOPE MY: Minny to N, 23 April 1891, Bing, pp. 57–58.

  14 MY MOTHER JUST: Vorres, p. 59.

  15 AT 15,000: See ibid., p. 25.

  16 DICKENS IN A: Duke of Windsor, A King’s, p. 52.

  17 EXACTLY 50 MINUTES: Mossolov, pp. 288–89.

  18 IMMORALLY GOOD: Vorres, p. 37.

  19 THAT OLD DOTARD: Mossolov, p. 6.

  20 SIMPLE-MINDED … DATA REQUIRED: Alexander Mikhailovich, pp. 165–66.

  21 ARISTOCRATS ARE BORN: Lieven, Nicholas, p. 35.

  22 I HAD RARELY: Witte, p. 179.

  23 FRIENDLY, GENEROUS AND HUMBLE … PETTY OFFICIALDOM: Vorres, pp. 38, 62.

  24 THEY KEPT ME PURPOSELY: Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia, Things, p. 3.

  25 HIS FACE WAS: Quoted in M. Buchanan, p. 5.

  26 WE SHALL PRESIDE: Maylunas, p. 7.

  27 CHRIST-KILLERS: Lincoln, p. 591.

  28 NEW PROUD: Alexander Mikhailovich, p. 71.

  29 NOBLE OUTSTANDING: Witte, p. 37.

  30 WE HAVE JUST TWO: Alexander Mikhailovich, p. 67.

  31 AND THE MONSTROUS: Ibid., p. 71.

  32 THE TEUTONS AND THE SLAVS: See Laqueur, p. 46.

  33 PRUSSIAN BARBARIANS: Klausen, Dagmar, pp. 29–30.

  34 COLD, DISGUSTING: Van der Kiste and Hall, p. 11.

  35 NATURALISTS: Vorres, p. 32.

  36 AN EXPLOSION IN: Alexander Mikhailovich, p. 57.

  37 PRISON: Van der Kiste and Hall, p. 15.

  38 AT GLORIOUS … AN EDUCATION: Vorres, pp. 53, 52.

  39 I FEAR THAT YOUR: A to Minny, 7 July 1876, quoted in Van der Kiste and Hall, p. 3.

  40 WHOM WE ALL DISLIKED: Vorres, p. 52.

  41 DEAR OLD FATTY: G to Alexander III, Christmas 1891, GARF 677/1/753.

  42 CLOSE FRIENDS … OTTOMAN: Vorres, p. 54.

  43 MOTHERDEAR: For examples for Nicholas, see Maylunas, p. 77.

  44 I AM IN LOVE: Bokhanov, p. 28.

  45 IT IS AN AXIOM: Donald Mackenzie Wallace, memo on Russia foreign policy, 1903, RA VIC/MAIN/W/44/15c.

  46 YES, THOUGHT I: Chekhov to Suvorin, 9 Dec. 1890, A. Chekhov, Letters, ed. Yarmolinsky, Cape, 1997, p. 169.

  47 THE WHISPERING GALLERY: Footnote, Vorres, p. 50.

  48 THOSE DETESTABLE: Weintraub, Victoria, p. 425.

  49 WICKED, VILLAINOUS: St. Aubyn, Edward VII, p. 293.

  50 HORRIBLE, DECEITFUL … TOWARDS WAR: Weintraub, Victoria, pp. 425, 428.

  51 HE SAID SHE WAS … INTERFERING: Vorres, pp. 54, 49.

  52 VISITING GERMAN: See H. von Bismarck, 25 July 1888, GP 6, p. 328.

  53 I HAVE FORMED: Footnote, Weintraub, Victoria, p. 291.

  54 HE RESPECTED … WELL-POLISHED LEATHER: Vorres, pp. 237, 52.

  55 I CAN HARDLY … VALUE WHATSOEVER: E to Gladstone, 10 April 1885, Magnus, p. 191.

  56 BISMARCK’S SON HERBERT: Röhl, Young William, p. 742.

  57 IT’S POSSIBLE THAT: See Lee, 1, p. 682.

  58 I COULD ONLY: Nicholas II, Journal, p. 12.

  59 WHOM HE VENERATED: Mossolov, p. 10.

  60 DOMINATING PERSONALITY: Duff, p. 250.

  61 DEPRIVED OF: Gilliard, pp. 86–87.

  62 I MISS YOU TERRIBLY: Minny to N, 21 July 1887, Bing, p. 32.

  63 ONE HAS TO BE: N to Minny, 25 June 1887, ibid., p. 34.

  4 WILHELM EMPEROR 1888–90

  1 PEOPLE IN: V to QV 16 March 1888, RA VIC/MAIN/Z/41/27.

  2 HATED HIM MORE: Röhl, Young Wilhelm, p. 804.

  3 GOOD HEAVENS: Caprivi quoted 28 June 1887, Holstein, 2, p. 346.

  4 ASPIRING TOADIES … KNEW EVERYTHING: Röhl, Young Wilhelm, p
. 764.

  5 AFRAID THAT, IF: Salisbury to QV, 21 April 1888, LQV, 3.1, pp. 397–98.

  6 DELIGHTED: Malet to Salisbury, 28 April 1888, RA VIC/MAIN/I/56/45.

  7 EXTRAORDINARILY GRACIOUS: Holstein, 2, p. 373.

  8 IF YOU THROW HIM: V, 25 April 1888, RA VIC/MAIN/Z/500/2.

  9 BONBON: F. Ponsonby, Letters, p. 304.

  10 POOR DEAR UNCLE: 15 June 1888, RA GV/PRIV/GVD.

  11 AS THOUGH: E. Ludwig, p. 54.

  12 FOLLOW THE SAME: F. Ponsonby, Letters, p. 322.

  13 HAIL TO THE: Cecil, Wilhelm, 1, p. 133.

  14 CRIED AND SOBBED: St. Aubyn, Edward VII, p. 273.

  15 INSTEAD OF: Nicolson, King George, p. 40.

  16 UNFIT TO: F. Ponsonby, Letters, p. 317.

  17 THAT IN FACT: Malet to Salisbury, 24 June 1888, RA VIC/Z/MAIN/68/131.

  18 MORE … THAN WAS: H. Ponsonby, quoted in Balfour, The Kaiser, p. 110.

  19 EDWARD SENT A WRITTEN: See E to Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, 3 April 1889, LQV, 3.1, p. 488.

  20 THE QUEEN IS: QV to Ponsonby, 28 June 1888, LQV, 3.1, p. 421.

  21 I DO NOT LIKE: Roberts, p. 484.

  22 LEANING TOWARDS: QV, Journal, 27 June 1888, LQV, 3.1, p. 421.

  23 INSANE PASSION: Salisbury, Dictionary of National Biography (hereafter DNB)

  24 UNTIL MY OWN MIND: Roberts, p. 511.

  25 WHATEVER HAPPENS: Balfour, Britain and, p. 239.

  26 BELIEVED THEY: Frances, Countess of Warwick, Afterthoughts, p. 24.

  27 THE NATIONAL WILL: Roberts, p. 316.

  28 VERY UNMANAGEABLE: Cecil, Wilhelm, 1, p. 120.

  29 LET ME ALSO: QV to W, 3 July 1888, LQV, 3.1, p. 423.

  30 I AM DOING: W to QV, 6 July 1888, RA VIC/MAIN/I/56/84.

  31 THAT FAT, DUMPY: Pakula, An Uncommon, p. 500.

  32 WHICH WILL: W to QV, 6 July 1888, RA VIC/MAIN/I/56/84.

  33 GAVE WAY TO … BEST IMAGINABLE: Wilhelm II, My Memoirs, p. 26.

  34 HOW SICKENING: QV to E, 24 July 1888, LQV, 3.1, p. 433.

  35 TRUST THAT WE SHALL: QV to Salisbury, 7 July 1888, ibid., p. 429.

  36 THOSE PEOPLE … SINGLE STONE: Benson, p. 73.

  37 THE EMPEROR … UNFOUNDED: Malet to Salisbury, 14 July 1888, RA VIC/MAIN/I/56/86.

  38 MAGIC TIE UNITING: Viereck, p. 74.

  39 FRIENDLY, NEIGHBOURLY: Herbert von Bismarck to W, 3 July 1888, GP, 6, p. 314.

  40 FRANK, GUILELESS: Pourtalès to Holstein, 25 July 1888, Holstein, 3, p. 293.

  41 ENCHANTINGLY NATURAL: Schweinitz to Bismarck, 25 July 1888, GP, 6, p. 334.

  42 SOME POINTEDLY: H. von Bismarck, 25 July 1888, GP, 6, p. 328.

  43 RARELY BEFORE: Schweinitz to Bismarck, 25 July 1888, GP, 6, p. 334.

  44 THE RUSSIANS WERE: Pourtalès to Holstein, 25 July 1888, Holstein 3, p. 290.

  45 STILL NOT VERY CLOSE: Ibid., p. 335.

  46 NO OTHER ROYALS: Cowles, Edward VII, p. 89.

  47 NOTHING COULD HAVE BEEN: E to Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, 3 April 1889, LQV, 3.1, p. 488; see also Walpurga Paget, Embassies, 1, p. 460.

  48 TO HIS COMPANY: E to QV, LQV, 3.1, p. 488.

  49 THAT HE HAD CLAIMED: Salisbury to QV, 13 Oct. 1888, LQV, 3.1, pp. 438–40.

  50 THE GERMANS ALL SAY: Paget, Embassies, 1, p. 461.

  51 AS REGARDING: QV to Salisbury, 15 Oct. 1888, LQV, 3.1, pp. 440–41.

  52 DISCUSSIONS OF THIS KIND: LQV, 3.1, pp. 440–41.

  53 FROM THE HINTS: Salisbury to QV, 15 Oct. 1888, LQV, 3.1, p. 442.

  54 IT WOULD BE: QV to Salisbury, 24 Oct. 1888, RA VIC/MAIN/I/56/95.

  55 EXTREME UNTRUSTWORTHINESS … BRUTAL: Salisbury to QV, 25 Dec. 1888, Roberts, p. 524.

  56 FALSE AND INTRIGUING: W to Tsar Alexander, 13 March 1885, Lee, 1, pp. 485–86.

  57 ROUND FAT KING EDWARD: Kohut, Wilhelm II, p. 203.

  58 KNEW ABOUT HIS LETTERS: See Lee, 1, p. 682.

  59 MY ILLUSTRIOUS … 19TH CENTURY: St. Aubyn, Edward VII, pp. 278–79.

  60 OH HE IS A: A to G, 17 Oct. 1888, Rose, p. 164.

  61 GREAT AFFECTION AND: Malet to QV, 29 March 1889, LQV, 3.1, p. 484.

  62 AS FRIENDLY: Roberts, p. 486.

  63 EVERYTHING ENGLISH: H. von Bismarck, 1891, quoted in Röhl, Young Wilhelm, p. 688.

  64 WILLIAM MUST NOT: QV to E, 7 Feb. 1889, LQV, 3.1, p. 467.

  65 THAT GOOD: Malet to QV, 30 March 1889, RA VIC/MAIN/I/57/20.

  66 THE ASSERTION: Christian of Schleswig-Holstein to E, 8 April 1889, LQV 3.1, p. 491.

  67 HE COULD NOT DO: Christian of Schleswig-Holstein to E, 13 April 1889, LQV 3.1, p. 493, n. 1.

  68 FANCY WEARING: W to Malet, 14 June 1889, LQV, 3.1, p. 504.

  69 HER MAJESTY WROTE: Corti, p. 323.

  70 SACRIFICED: Knollys to Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, 8 June 1889, LQV, 3.1, p. 501.

  71 HE MUST HAVE BEEN: G to Alexandra, 2 Oct. 1888, RA GV/PRIV/AA/36/21.

  72 SHE HAD ASSURED: QV to V, 17 July 1889, Ramm, p. 91.

  73 KISSED ME AFFECTIONATELY … THEIR LEGS: QV, Journal, 2 Aug. 1889, LQV, 3.1, pp. 521–22.

  74 NO SOVEREIGN: V to QV, 27 Sept. 1889, F. Ponsonby, Letters, pp. 389–90.

  75 IT WAS NOT IN THE LEAST: QV to V, 14 Aug. 1889, Ramm, p. 90.

  76 LIKE A CHILD … HE SAID: Röhl and de Bellaigue, pp. 102–3.

  77 IT REALLY GAVE: W to QV, 17 Aug. 1889, RA VIC/MAIN/I/57/53.

  78 A GREAT TREAT: W to QV, 30 Oct. 1889, RA VIC/MAIN/I/57/67.

  79 THE FRENCH LOOK: W to QV, 22 Dec. 1889, RA VIC/MAIN/I/57/75.

  80 HUMBLE SUGGESTIONS: W to QV, 6 Feb. 1891, RA VIC/MAIN/E/56/40.

  81 WOULD NOT BE: Henry Ponsonby to QV, 25 Feb. 1891, RA VIC/MAIN/E/56/41.

  82 THE EMPEROR’S ATTITUDE: Salisbury to QV, 24 Oct. 1889, RA VIC/I/MAIN/57/66.

  83 DETESTABLE … THE WORST: Tuchman, Proud Tower, p. 288.

  84 THE TSAR HAD SHOWN NO: See Pourtalès to Holstein, 22 Feb. 1890, Holstein, 3, p. 327.

  85 PIPSQUEAK … WORSHIP HIM: Kennan, p. 398.

  86 IF BISMARCK WON’T: Holstein, 1, p. 250.

  87 ANOTHER SHORT … THE VISIT: Waldersee, 2, pp. 71–72.

  88 I CERTAINLY HAVE: Cecil, Wilhelm, 1, p. 132.

  89 A GOOD HEART: Pakula, An Uncommon, p. 519.

  90 SPENT THE TIME TALKING: N to Minny, 20 Oct. 1889, Bing, p. 39.

  91 BROUGHT 67: 26 Oct. 1889, RA GV/PRN/GVD.

  92 ANOTHER FINE: Footnote, Mallet, p. 52.

  93 EVERYONE LAID: Waldersee, 2, p. 73.

  94 MAD, AN UNTRUSTWORTHY … I AM MAD: Ibid., pp. 115–16.

  95 LIKE A SOVEREIGN … THIS COUNTRY: Lee, 1, p. 622.

  96 SO MY GEORGIE BOY: Alexandra to G, 11 April 1890, Nicolson, King George, p. 42.

  97 THAT’S A BRAVE: Airlie, p. 119.

  98 INFALLIBLY HAVE DIED: W to QV, 27 March 1890, RA VIC/MAIN/I/58/32.

  99 WE TALKED: 23 March 1890, RA GV/PRIV/GVD.

  100 A GUARANTEE: Malet to Salisbury, 12 Feb. 1890, LQV 3.1, pp. 565–66.

  101 THE MOST CONSPICUOUS: Daily Chronicle, 4 July 1891.

  102 ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE: Rich, 1, p. 307.

  103 IT IS A CURIOUS: Salisbury to QV, 7 April 1890, LQV 3.1, p. 591.

  104 THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE SO: Sir Schomberg McDonnell to G, 26 Oct. 1914, RA PS/PSO/GV/M/688a/1.

  5 YOUNG MEN IN LOVE 1891–94

  1 A JOLLY CROWD: Alexander Mikhailovich, p. 16.

  2 LATE-MORNING LIE-INS: See 1890 entries, Nicholas II, Journal.

  3 CURES FOR VD: See De Jonge, p. 101.

  4 OBSESSED: Zedlitz-Trützschler, p. 95.

  5 DIFFERENTIATE A: King, p. 246.

  6 UNIFORMS, NO: Bedford, p. 24.

  7 IT IS VERY INTERESTING: St. Aubyn, Edward VII, p. 104.

  8 THE ABSENCE OF PUBLIC: Charques, p. 18.

  9 THE UNBEARABLENESS: Nicholas II, Journal, p. 36.

  10 I AM SIMPLY: Nicholas II, 15 Dec. 1891, GARF 601/1/227.

  11 HE WOULD NOT EVEN HAVE: Vorres, p. 67.

  12 HE’S NOTHING MORE: Nicholas II, Journal, p. 45.


  13 A GREAT FINANCIAL: W to QV, 8 Dec. 1891, RA VIC/MAIN/I/59/53.

  14 AN ALMOST FANATICAL … WAS BRITISH: Edward, Duke of Windsor, A King’s, p. 27.

  15 WERE OFTEN FEARFULLY: J. Morris, 2, p. 425.

  16 BROKEN ALL THE TEN: St. Aubyn, Edward VII, p. 170.

  17 THE ONLY ONE: W to QV, 18 Jan. 1892, RA VIC/MAIN/Z/93/91.

  18 THE POOR BOY: Nicholas II, Journal, 2 Jan. 1892, p. 39.

  19 NO TWO BROTHERS … WITH HIM: Nicolson, King George, p. 46.

  20 HATE THE WHOLE: 27 July 1892, RA GV/PRIV/GVD.

  21 GEORGE HAD FALLEN: See Pakula, The Last, pp. 53–58.

  22 HAVE YOU SEEN: QV to G, 6 April 1892, quoted in Rose, p. 25.

  23 MÉSALLIANCE!!!: V to QV, 26 Nov. 1891, RA VIC/MAIN/Z/51/49.

  24 MADE IT UNLIKELY: Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, p. 186.

  25 UGLY, UNHEALTHY: Balfour to Salisbury, quote in Cook, Prince Eddy, pp. 226–27.

  26 BELOVED CHUM: See Pakula, The Last, pp. 53–58.

  27 GEORGE IS SUCH … DELIGHT: Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, p. 247.

  28 COPENHAGEN: See Royal Family in Denmark albums, Royal Collection, Windsor.

  29 IT CERTAINLY IS: G to Oliver Montagu, 28 Sept. 1892, Gore, p. 106.

  30 WILLIAM WAS MOST KIND: G to QV, 2 Nov. 1892, RA VIC/MAIN/476/21.

  31 ABUNDANTLY SATISFIED: Rose, p. 27.

  32 QUITE PLEASED: Journal, 4 May 1893, LQV, 3.2, p. 253.

  33 HE IS A NICE-LOOKING: 21 June 1893, Wilfred Scawen Blunt, Secret Memoirs XVI, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

  34 IT IS SAD TO: Nicolson, King George, p. 50.

  35 I AM VERY … SHY AND COLD: Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, pp. 262–63.

  36 ROMPS: Nicholas’s diary, 1 June [OS]/13 1884, GARF 601/1.

  37 MY DREAM: Ibid., 21 Dec. 1891 [OS]/2 Jan. 1892, ibid.

  38 THE BEST PART … SANTA CLAUS: Buxhoeveden, pp. 12, 8.

  39 THE HANDSOMEST: Fulford, Beloved Mama, p. 24.

  40 COMPLETELY FROM THE REST … OF HER LIFE: Buxhoeveden, p. 15.

  41 THERE WAS A CURIOUS … AT TIMES: Lutyens, pp. 66–68.

  42 BENT ON SECURING: March 1888, quoted in Cook, Prince Eddy, p. 142.

  43 DOESN’T LOOK: Epton, p. 196.

  44 MY FATHER THOUGHT: Vorres, p. 54.

  45 NOTHING CAME OF IT: See Röhl and de Bellaigue, pp. 495–96.

  46 NIKI [SIC] MADE AN: W to QV, 28 Jan. 1893, LQV, 3.2, p. 215.

  47 I AM STILL UNDER: 25 Jan. 1893, GARF 601/1/229.

  48 I SHOULD SO: G to QV, 4 June 1893, RA VIC/MAIN/Z/476/113.

  49 BARBARIC HABITS: N to G, March 1907, RA W51 59/29.

  50 UNCLE BERTIE IS IN: N to Minny, 24 June [OS]/6 July 1893, Bing, p. 71.