Your inner shipper surely knows that I didn't mean it dogmatically. It's just as possible they'd have fared well in the long term, with Katte as the longer-lived Keyserlingk, basically. We will never know, because FW. And we will never knoww whether Struensee and CM would have burned out within a year more or so or whether they'd been a second Catherine/Potemkin, remaining firmly attached even with other sexual partners around.
The website of Celle tells me there's a permanent exhibition devoted to Caroline Mathilde in the former palace, and also presents photos of the monument and a short explanation about what's depicted. The laurel and palm leaves stand for fame and innocence and proclaim her being innocent of the accusations directed at her. The mother with her children stands in for the love the people of Hannover bear for their banished princess/Queen. The inscription reads: CAROL(ina) MATH(ildis) DAN(iae) ET NORWEG(iae) REG(ina) NAT(a) D(ies) XXII. JUL. MDCCLI, DEN(ata) D(ies) X. MAI MDCCLXXV. O(rdo) E(questris) L(uneburgensis) P(oni) C(uravit).
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Re: Danish kings and their favorites: Caroline Matilda
Date: 2023-02-13 07:33 am (UTC)The website of Celle tells me there's a permanent exhibition devoted to Caroline Mathilde in the former palace, and also presents photos of the monument and a short explanation about what's depicted. The laurel and palm leaves stand for fame and innocence and proclaim her being innocent of the accusations directed at her. The mother with her children stands in for the love the people of Hannover bear for their banished princess/Queen. The inscription reads: CAROL(ina) MATH(ildis) DAN(iae) ET NORWEG(iae) REG(ina) NAT(a) D(ies) XXII. JUL. MDCCLI, DEN(ata) D(ies) X. MAI MDCCLXXV.
O(rdo) E(questris) L(uneburgensis) P(oni) C(uravit).