I dare say Sophie Charlotte/Marie Louise would have been more fun than Marie Louise's actual marriage.
I'd ship it! ...[reads wiki] ...yeah, I would definitely be into Sophie Charlotte/Marie Louise fix-it fic :P
because for all that Sophie was 35 years older than Anne, she had such a vivid personality, and showed no bit of senility, remaining sharp and witty till the end, that Anne would have been overshadowed. And I think these excerpts demonstrate something of that.
Mind you, Anne insisting on no Hannover cousin was to put a foot on British soil while she was stll alive ensured Sophie died in the Herrenhausener Gärten she herself had created, on a stroll, in a heart attack, i.e. in a place she loved and was familiar with, instead of dying in some British palace engaged in a snark battle with the natives, so there's that. Incidentally, check out Hannover in the spring time, a pic spam I created many years ago when I didn't know much about the Hannover Georges at all, but visited the palace gardens when I was there because they are so beautiful.
Georges 1 + 2: And that's why we kept coming back here despite all the English complaints! G3 hadn't created the beautiful gardens of Kew yet. All we had there for a summer residence was creaky old Hampton Court,and then most courtiers left to chase foxes in the countryside anyway, which we will never understand. Herrenhausen Palace and Gardens forever!
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Re: Sophie of Hannover: Memoirs - II (Visiting France)
Date: 2021-03-28 01:07 am (UTC)I'd ship it! ...[reads wiki] ...yeah, I would definitely be into Sophie Charlotte/Marie Louise fix-it fic :P
because for all that Sophie was 35 years older than Anne, she had such a vivid personality, and showed no bit of senility, remaining sharp and witty till the end, that Anne would have been overshadowed. And I think these excerpts demonstrate something of that.
Yep, I can totally see that!
Re: Sophie of Hannover: Memoirs - II (Visiting France)
Date: 2021-03-28 06:21 am (UTC)Georges 1 + 2: And that's why we kept coming back here despite all the English complaints! G3 hadn't created the beautiful gardens of Kew yet. All we had there for a summer residence was creaky old Hampton Court,and then most courtiers left to chase foxes in the countryside anyway, which we will never understand. Herrenhausen Palace and Gardens forever!