Sophie (I'm not making this up, she really said this): Look at it this way: It will improve his English.
Lol!
if Grandson had been able to take his seat in the House of Lords as Duke of Cambridge, it would have allowed him to learn about Britain and English politics ahead of time, which could only have been good for the country in the long term
Sophie has a point!
Caroline's apparant failure to react either swiftly or effectively to the infant Frederick developing rickets suggests negligence, but should be read within the context of contemporary parenting habits
This reminds me of SD being the last to notice that Wilhelmine was being beaten by her governess.
exposed him to the light and fresh air which effected a cure around the time of his third birthday.
Yay vitamin D!
G1: Which is how I like it. Mustafa, I'm ennobling you. You're allowed to choose your title. Mustafa: Count von Königstreu.
George Augustus: Sounds like a job for me! I'm Young Hannover Brave, remember!
George Louis: I do remember. You're staying in London.
Lol, Hanover dysfunction is fun.
Man, I'm remembering Classical dysfunction now, when one royal father-son pair was so close that one time the son came back from hunting carrying his spear, and he ran into his father, and they sat down and chatted together, and then the father was like, "See! I trust my son so much that I let him into my presence fully armed!" ...Which says a lot about the cultural norms of the time. (This is Antigonus and Demetrius, anecdote from Plutarch, for those of you to whom that means anything. We'll do Classics salon someday. :D)
It also does lasting damage. Caroline's relationships to her first three daughters won't ever be as close again as with the three children born after this event who grow up entirely with her.
Re: The First Iron Lady: A life of Caroline of Ansbach- II: People Manager
Lol!
if Grandson had been able to take his seat in the House of Lords as Duke of Cambridge, it would have allowed him to learn about Britain and English politics ahead of time, which could only have been good for the country in the long term
Sophie has a point!
Caroline's apparant failure to react either swiftly or effectively to the infant Frederick developing rickets suggests negligence, but should be read within the context of contemporary parenting habits
This reminds me of SD being the last to notice that Wilhelmine was being beaten by her governess.
exposed him to the light and fresh air which effected a cure around the time of his third birthday.
Yay vitamin D!
G1: Which is how I like it. Mustafa, I'm ennobling you. You're allowed to choose your title.
Mustafa: Count von Königstreu.
George Augustus: Sounds like a job for me! I'm Young Hannover Brave, remember!
George Louis: I do remember. You're staying in London.
Lol, Hanover dysfunction is fun.
Man, I'm remembering Classical dysfunction now, when one royal father-son pair was so close that one time the son came back from hunting carrying his spear, and he ran into his father, and they sat down and chatted together, and then the father was like, "See! I trust my son so much that I let him into my presence fully armed!" ...Which says a lot about the cultural norms of the time. (This is Antigonus and Demetrius, anecdote from Plutarch, for those of you to whom that means anything. We'll do Classics salon someday. :D)
It also does lasting damage. Caroline's relationships to her first three daughters won't ever be as close again as with the three children born after this event who grow up entirely with her.
Oof. So how long did this situation go on?