tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post4035707552679349718..comments2024-03-28T13:37:48.547-04:00Comments on Royal Musings: Alfonso helps Manoel woo BeatriceMarlene Eilers Koenighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14984860671065161997noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762674434623075554.post-38278488809645922982013-02-16T20:39:38.262-05:002013-02-16T20:39:38.262-05:00Marlene, I have read this in "Bertie - A Life...Marlene, I have read this in "Bertie - A Life of Edward VII" by Jane Ridley 2012: quoting from Copenhagen Letters, box 103, Alix to Minnie, 22 November 1874 - <br />On page 168 she discusses Bertie and Alix travelling to Russia for Alfred's wedding to GD Marie and then describes a a dinner and drawing room held in Alfred & Marie's honour at Windsor after their wedding, it says: In spite of her grandeur, Marie, like all the Romanovs, was starltingly earthy. At the christening of her first child, she breastfed the baby, regardless of Queen Victoria finding it índecent and degoûtent!!!' When the child puked over her fine dress, Marie was quite unembarrassed: 'she stood up and the Empress of Russia took the little one and Marie ran about with her big breast hanging down in front of everyone and wiped the dress clean!!!' Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974444306465956518noreply@blogger.com