Dowager Empress Friedrich in serious condition at Kronberg

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January 21, 1901

Although there is little "authentic information" to confirm the story, it is being reported that the Dowager Empress Friedrich of Germany's inability to travel to Osborne to be with her dying mother is "having a deplorable effect" on her "already shattered health."

The Dowager Empress, Victoria's eldest daughter, is said to be shattered by the news, and her "children and attendants have become greatly alarmed over her condition," reports the Chicago Daily Tribune.

Her family had to dissuade her from making the "hopeless attempt to go to England," but she was "much comforted" when she was told that Queen Victoria had recognized Kaiser Wilhelm.

Empress Auguste Viktoria, the wife of Wilhelm II, will travel to Kronberg tomorrow.

All of the Empress Friedrich's children, with the exception and the Crown Princess of Greece, are now with her at Kronberg.

Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia, Prince and Princess Friedrich Karl of Hesse and the Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen will remain at Kronberg.

The Dowager Empress is seriously ill and is suffering greatly.  It is understood that it is unlikely that she will ever leave Kronberg.