* Okay, now SD is trying to make the marriage happen by going through her father G1's mistress the Duchess of Kendal, whom I recognize as Katte's "aunt" Melusine. I'm so glad I waited a year to reread these memoirs so I could pick up on a bunch of minor characters.
* Wilhelmine agrees about Anglo-centrism: she gets introduced to G1's retinue, they all say she looks English and speaks English like a native and is clearly destined to be their queen someday, and she writes: "This means something, since the English think of themselves as the best, and if they say someone could pass for an English(wo)man, they think this is the highest praise they can give."
You're not wrong, Wilhelmine!
* On Cardinal Richlieu: Did too much evil to be praised, too much good to be spoken evil of.
* Lol at SD trying to distract FW by claiming Wilhelmine says her dog is better than SD's dog, and Wilhelmine, playing along, is like, "But of course! My dog is so sweet and smart! <3 <3 <3"
Also, good to know she has her own dog already. I know one of the famous paintings of Fritz and Wilhelmine as small children has a dog in it, but I've always been curious at what age they got to have their very own dogs. I mean, since staff was going to take care of it anyway, maybe from the beginning?
Did Fritz have a dog that missed him while he was in Küstrin? Did he get it back at Ruppin? Did he have to get a new dog? Did he not get to have a dog until Rheinsberg? I need to know these things!
Re: Wilhelmine's Memoirs
* Wilhelmine agrees about Anglo-centrism: she gets introduced to G1's retinue, they all say she looks English and speaks English like a native and is clearly destined to be their queen someday, and she writes: "This means something, since the English think of themselves as the best, and if they say someone could pass for an English(wo)man, they think this is the highest praise they can give."
You're not wrong, Wilhelmine!
* On Cardinal Richlieu: Did too much evil to be praised, too much good to be spoken evil of.
* Lol at SD trying to distract FW by claiming Wilhelmine says her dog is better than SD's dog, and Wilhelmine, playing along, is like, "But of course! My dog is so sweet and smart! <3 <3 <3"
Also, good to know she has her own dog already. I know one of the famous paintings of Fritz and Wilhelmine as small children has a dog in it, but I've always been curious at what age they got to have their very own dogs. I mean, since staff was going to take care of it anyway, maybe from the beginning?
Did Fritz have a dog that missed him while he was in Küstrin? Did he get it back at Ruppin? Did he have to get a new dog? Did he not get to have a dog until Rheinsberg? I need to know these things!