Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg did not attend the wedding due to political disapproval over Princess Elisabeth marrying a German Prince so soon after the First World War.
Queen Wilhelmina stayed at Anneville, an estate in Ulverhout when she first returned to The Netherlands near the end of the Second World War.
She arrived at Anneville on May 2, 1945.
Her stay lasted for a little over six weeks.
Reading the latest bulletin regarding the health of Tsar Alexander III of Russia at the Livadia Palace
http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/M276977
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia married Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine.
Nicholas' best men were Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, ahd Prince George of Greece.
The Palais Toskana was a palace in Vienna, Austria. It was constructed in 1867 for the Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria.
http://www.austriasites.com/vienna/bezirk04_palais_toskana.htm
Happy, Joyous Birthday to Princess Charlotte of Wales!
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