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description: Melanie Clegg takes a fresh and intimate look at the close relationship that existed between the last Empress of Russia and her grandmother Queen Victoria.When Queen Victorias second daughter Princess Alice married the Prince Louis of Hesse and Rhine in 1862 even her own mother described the ceremony as more of a funeral than a wedding thanks to the fact that it took place shortly after the death of Alices beloved father Prince Albert. Sadly the young princess misfortunes didnt end there and when she also died prematurely her four motherless daughters were taken under the wing of their formidable grandmother Victoria. Alix the youngest of Alices daughters and allegedly one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe was a special favorite of the elderly queen who hoped that she would marry her cousin Prince Albert Victor Duke of Clarence and one day reign beside him as Queen. However the spirited and stubborn Alix had other ideas
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title: Empress Alexandra: The Special Relationship Between Russia's Last Tsarina and Queen Victoria
publisher: Pen and Sword History