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    FREDERICK III OF GERMANY HAD SURVIVED?

    Oct 06, 2022 6 minutes

    INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA CROFT

    Christina is the author of 15 books about World War I and 19th century royalty, including The Silent Emperor - German Emperor Frederick III and The Innocence of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

    In the procession to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 he had cut a gallant and dashing figure in his gleaming guard's uniform. But the future for German Emperor Frederick III, husband to the queen's eldest daughter, was to be a short and tragic affair. He had waited so long for his chance to mould his vision of a better, unified and more liberal future for his nation through his compassion, dignity and loyalty.

    Tragically, illness would strike him down at the age of 56 and, quite literally, rob him of his voice and the potential to set the future of Germany - and Europe - on a very different course.

    What unique skills and experience would Frederick III have brought to his reign and how

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