re: SD - I think it was mostly the manner of his death, that it was an accidental cannonshot, which Fritz thought might disturb her. Possibly also because she'd worry more about the rest of them if she knew? The secretary-written part of the letter goes into a bit more detail: it is extremely important that HM the Queen Dowager is informed of this accident only in the least striking manner possible, and that she does not know other circumstances of the death of this poor prince except that he was in command when the trenches in front of the town were opened. ETA: I just remembered that allegedly, Fritz was very close by and witnessed the death. Not sure if this is a confirmed fact or not - it isn't mentioned in these letters - but if there were rumours about that at the time, it would probably be a detail he wouldn't want his mother to know.
Ha, I saw a Keyserlingk mention from Lehndorff in passing and briefly wondered if that was her! And while Fritz also had his favourite Hohenzollern nieces and nephews, I think he might have been quite sentimental about Keyserlingk in particular, whose death was very unexpected and painful for him, so it makes sense that would extent to his daughter.
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Re: Camas Letters II - Countess Camas Part One (1744/45)
Date: 2021-01-21 05:34 pm (UTC)re: SD - I think it was mostly the manner of his death, that it was an accidental cannonshot, which Fritz thought might disturb her. Possibly also because she'd worry more about the rest of them if she knew? The secretary-written part of the letter goes into a bit more detail: it is extremely important that HM the Queen Dowager is informed of this accident only in the least striking manner possible, and that she does not know other circumstances of the death of this poor prince except that he was in command when the trenches in front of the town were opened.
ETA: I just remembered that allegedly, Fritz was very close by and witnessed the death. Not sure if this is a confirmed fact or not - it isn't mentioned in these letters - but if there were rumours about that at the time, it would probably be a detail he wouldn't want his mother to know.
Ha, I saw a Keyserlingk mention from Lehndorff in passing and briefly wondered if that was her! And while Fritz also had his favourite Hohenzollern nieces and nephews, I think he might have been quite sentimental about Keyserlingk in particular, whose death was very unexpected and painful for him, so it makes sense that would extent to his daughter.