As both Fritz and G2 would tell you, that's completely DIFFERENT. :)
I don't think we have a canon opinion on who was in the right and wrong from Fritz re: G1 vs G2, and G2 vs Fritz of Wales, just a general "that family is SO screwed up in their father/son relationships, how fortunate that we Hohenzollerns aren't like that at all". (Mitchell: MEANWHILE, on the Silesian Front...). G2, otoh, when Fritz of Wales published those letters from G2 to G1 when G2 was Prince of Wales was all indignation and "of course that was different! I was in the right then towards Dad, just as I'm in the right now towards that wretch Fritz!"
A bit more seriously, Hervey reports that Caroline and G2 did talk about how much better G2 treated Fritz of Wales than G1 had treated them, because G1 after the big bust up with G2 apropos the Christening had for a time not allowed G2 and Caroline to see their (Britain-based) children as a punishement. Whereas, says G2, he hadn't done this to Fritz of Wales and Augusta because HE would never separate a parent from their children. Which makes him the way better father than G1.
...You know, it didn't occur to me when reading Hervey's memoirs last year, but it did occur to me a month ago when reading all the Sophie stuff: G2, of course, had BEEN a child separated from his mother - by G1. So he's not just referencing the ten days or so separation G1 inflicted on him and Caroline after the baptizing scandal until he relented.
Re: Honor thy father
I don't think we have a canon opinion on who was in the right and wrong from Fritz re: G1 vs G2, and G2 vs Fritz of Wales, just a general "that family is SO screwed up in their father/son relationships, how fortunate that we Hohenzollerns aren't like that at all". (Mitchell: MEANWHILE, on the Silesian Front...). G2, otoh, when Fritz of Wales published those letters from G2 to G1 when G2 was Prince of Wales was all indignation and "of course that was different! I was in the right then towards Dad, just as I'm in the right now towards that wretch Fritz!"
A bit more seriously, Hervey reports that Caroline and G2 did talk about how much better G2 treated Fritz of Wales than G1 had treated them, because G1 after the big bust up with G2 apropos the Christening had for a time not allowed G2 and Caroline to see their (Britain-based) children as a punishement. Whereas, says G2, he hadn't done this to Fritz of Wales and Augusta because HE would never separate a parent from their children. Which makes him the way better father than G1.
...You know, it didn't occur to me when reading Hervey's memoirs last year, but it did occur to me a month ago when reading all the Sophie stuff: G2, of course, had BEEN a child separated from his mother - by G1. So he's not just referencing the ten days or so separation G1 inflicted on him and Caroline after the baptizing scandal until he relented.