So I'm a bit confused: does the six week rule only apply to FW qua monarch, so the servants and nobility are done after six weeks, but his wife and children have to abide by the family rules? Or is it six weeks across the board?
I was wondering that as well, and also inhowfar position trumps personal relation, as in: surely Fritz himself as the new king did not actually wear black for six months. (Or even the six weeks??) The one thing I found at Trier were two entries in Droysen's itinerary, who marks the beginning of the deep mourning ("große Trauer") on June 15th, and then has an entry on June 1st, 1741, which says "Die Königin-Mutter legt die Trauer ab.", which would indicate that the family rules did indeed apply to royals. Or at least some of them, as I have a feeling that the rules for the women (and in another way, also for the military possibly) might have been their own thing, particularly because I just realized that I translated inaccurately in my initial comment: It doesn't actually say "royals", it says "royal princes"! Sorry about that. I don't know if that means that the guys got away with six weeks and the women didn't, though.
Re: Various questions from Mildred
I was wondering that as well, and also inhowfar position trumps personal relation, as in: surely Fritz himself as the new king did not actually wear black for six months. (Or even the six weeks??) The one thing I found at Trier were two entries in Droysen's itinerary, who marks the beginning of the deep mourning ("große Trauer") on June 15th, and then has an entry on June 1st, 1741, which says "Die Königin-Mutter legt die Trauer ab.", which would indicate that the family rules did indeed apply to royals. Or at least some of them, as I have a feeling that the rules for the women (and in another way, also for the military possibly) might have been their own thing, particularly because I just realized that I translated inaccurately in my initial comment: It doesn't actually say "royals", it says "royal princes"! Sorry about that. I don't know if that means that the guys got away with six weeks and the women didn't, though.