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            other sister is Princess Hohenlohe6 in Germany, and my mother is also in Germany. She always did everything that could be done for the good of the people of the [Duchy] of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, for since my father’s death7 she is the reigning princess there. She was born in Russia, and for this reason, when the war broke out, they tried to ascribe her sympathy for her country of origin, but she stayed with her people and struggled to alleviate the suffering the war brought them. “
“And the poor queen of Greece8, how much did she not have to endure because of her sympathies? Her brother, the German Kaiser, telegraphically communicates her all the victories ofhisarmy. Germanyisthecountryinwhich
6 Alexandra Sandra (1878-1942), the third daughter of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, from August 22, 1893 Duke of Saxa-Coburg-Gotha, and his wife Maria (1853-1920 ) daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1855-1881). On April 20, 1896, at Coburg, Alexandra married Prince Ernst II von Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863 - 1950). They had five children. Both husbands and their great son, Gottfried, were members of the NSDAP (German Socialist Party of German Workers, led by Adolf Hitler) from 1936 to 1937
7 The Duke Alfred da Saxa-Coburg Gotha (born 1844) ceased to live on July 30, 1900. His great son, Alfred (born October 15, 1874), who ought to have inherited him, died on 6 February 1899, shortly after his parents’ silver wedding
[Queen Sofia] was born, and she wishes that the country where she became queen by marriage will not come to take up arms against her homeland.” The Queen of Romania has carefully avoided expressing any explicit opinion about the war or
the current situation. She deplores the suffering and misery that war has brought upon mankind, but believes that war will make the differences between social classes disappear, for “common suffering is the great levelling factor that will cover all the chasms [that separate the people]”.
Yes, it was an optimistic outlook on the future that I was left with from this visit.
I have seen a future Romania, with a democratic people led by leaders with democratic views, and a queen living only for the good of her people,
but who also finds the time to be a good mother for whom the welfare of her children is the most important thing on earth.”
The future also confirmed the Canadian journalist’ assessments.
 8 Sophie (1870-1932), the daughter of the German Emperor Friedrich III (March-June 1888), sister of Kaiser Wilhelm
II (1888-1918), married on October 27, 1889 Constantine
I, King of Greece (1913-1917 and 1920-1922). Their son George, the future king of Greece (1922 -1924 and 1935 -1947), will marry in Bucharest on February 27, 1921, Princess Elizabeth of Romania, and their daughter Elena „Sitta” (1896-82) marries March 10, 1921, in Athens, with the future king Carol II of Romania (1930-1940).
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