Fritz and G2 can bond over fox-hunting, though. I found the original passage in Hervey's memoirs where he tells that story (of G2 going "Fox hunting WTF, English people?), and it's as great as Horowitz' paraphrase. Will quote at length when I find the time.
FW would have taken him up on the challenge, are you with me on this?
You have my sword. He so would have, even if he'd been in one of his wheelchair-bound phases. What choice of weapons, though? Or are they going to do a wrestling and boxing combination again?
I'm also with you in that G2 better watch out. FW has that killer instinct. Now the next question is: whom would SD and Caroline be rooting for, in their heart of hearts? Wait, scratch that. Even if Caroline is exhausted by all the G2 wrangling she has to do, she gets her power from him, and if he dies or is incapacitated, her least favourite kid gets on the throne. Meanwhile, if FW gets killed or incapacitated, Fritz becomes King.
Otoh: if there's a non lethal ending with both parties alive and well, just one of them terribly embarassed and humiliated, then SD is rooting for FW all the way, and Caroline for G2. They have to live with them if they lose, after all.
The "Fritz of Wales sneaks of to Berlin" plan sounds vaguely familiar, and not just from Wilhelmine's memoirs. Halsband might have mentioned it. Not sure, though.
Re: Hervey's Memoirs: The Prussia Connection
FW would have taken him up on the challenge, are you with me on this?
You have my sword. He so would have, even if he'd been in one of his wheelchair-bound phases. What choice of weapons, though? Or are they going to do a wrestling and boxing combination again?
I'm also with you in that G2 better watch out. FW has that killer instinct. Now the next question is: whom would SD and Caroline be rooting for, in their heart of hearts? Wait, scratch that. Even if Caroline is exhausted by all the G2 wrangling she has to do, she gets her power from him, and if he dies or is incapacitated, her least favourite kid gets on the throne. Meanwhile, if FW gets killed or incapacitated, Fritz becomes King.
Otoh: if there's a non lethal ending with both parties alive and well, just one of them terribly embarassed and humiliated, then SD is rooting for FW all the way, and Caroline for G2. They have to live with them if they lose, after all.
The "Fritz of Wales sneaks of to Berlin" plan sounds vaguely familiar, and not just from Wilhelmine's memoirs. Halsband might have mentioned it. Not sure, though.