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Eudoxia did influence her son against his father, she felt he had treated her badly- having her declared a nun and put away so he could marry someone else. It was hard for Alexei to think of his father as a nice guy after having been mostly raised by a mother who always talked him down. After...

I was just watching this on "Land of the Tsars" last night, and I got the impression that it was Peter's paranoia that made him send spies to get his son in Vienna and bring him home to be tortured. It was clear that the two would never get along, so why couldn't he just let his son go? It must...

I am honestly tired of going around in circles in this thread while well known and unrepentant AA supporters Russo, Ferrymans and Chat continue to push some alleged knowledge of German Anastasia had when evidence contradicts it, just to hold onto hope that AA was AN because AA used German. I'm...

I would like to make an announcement with bear's permission. She has apologized for the posts where she said me and Anastasia Evidence were the same person, she knows better and has had the honor to admit she was wrong. Thanks, Bear. I am posting this not to humiliate her, but to let anyone who...

I have already explained myself. I said because the mistake on the languages happened in the hospital it likely could have happened again. This is very different than inventing a hypothetical character and incident that did not take place. When you look at this whole thing, and everything about...

Lili was there, we weren't, so we're going to have to assume she knew more than us and that is what happened. Yes I did say I believed the Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg probably mistook English for German, because of Alix rep as the hated 'German woman/spy' and thinking any foreign language she...

I don't think she was only talking about the hospital but everyone, the Russian public in general. There were so many rumors going around about her being pro German and a German spy. Well actually what Lili said was that Alix was speaking English to her daughters and ladies in waiting (Vyrubova...

No Bear that is not what is being discussed, it was Prince Dmitri Romanov and the Romanov Family association's comment. I went back trying to look for the link but apparently it must have been lost or moved when the thread was 'cleaned up.' I'll try to find it. edit: I found it, courtesy of...

I've never heard anything about that, it will be interesting to see what happens. Apparently you missed this post once it was moved to the "N and A" thread. Here is the explaination:

They did NOT speak it or use it. other than in lessons. There are many witnesses to this and many who said they never knew it at all because it was such a non factor and never used. :rolleyes:

But it's the very fact that you and the other AA supporters endlessly defend the German thing that anyone who knows your history knows the reason behind it, which is AA. You don't even have to mention her name, it's as obvious as J Kendrick and the hemophilia thing, why else does he argue it...

Anastasia Evidence and I have given quotes for everything posted. Go back and check through the thread if you don't believe it. The only time things have been mentioned without their sources is because they've been repeated a second or third time, since they clearly were ignored the first time...

That's right, they came from books and were quotes of those who knew the family. She accused me of making those statements too, saying 'AWF claims' but they were from books.I guess bear can't stand it when I use books because she tries to say I don't, so she still has to try to say I made it up...

All languages aside, yes her friends did try to clear her name, and felt it their duty to do so since she was not around to do it for herself. It bothered them she was going to be remembered as a "German spy" or a 'mistress of Rasputin' or even worse 'gave her daughters to Rasputin.' Thanks...

AWF? No, Sophie B. Among many other posts in this thread you have chosen to ignore, that one was a quote from Sophie B. in her book Yeah this book! Then why not listen to those who were? We have given you many quotes. Did you read the quote I posted by Lili Dehn, saying exactly this happened...

Actually this was not the way it was at all. Most business was conducted in French, this was the reason to have a court language, so it could be the 'universal' one everyone knew and used for important matters regardless of their own native tongue or preferences. Felix Y. also said in Lost...

Chat this is ridiculous! We give you loads of quotes saying either that they never knew, or used German or that they had some lessons but never learned it, and all you can do is grab onto that one line of Gibbes where he said they spoke English and French well and German badly. Get a clue...

That means they were not good at it, it didn't mean they went around speaking it badly! We have given you many, many quotes of how the family did not use German. Some say they didn't know it at all, and it's not a bit of wonder they said that since it was never used and they never were heard to...

The thing Chat doesn't get is, even if someone took a few lessons, they did not learn the language and therefore did not speak it. The issue is, did they speak it,what languages did the family speak. The answer is Russian, English, French. Nicholas could read Danish but not speak it. Alexandra...

And yet, they still had to take the letters written in foreign languages to an official in town for translation. I am in no way insulting people for not knowing the difference between languages. I am not good at it myself! It does not make you an ignoramus! The remote areas of Russia were not...

Just because something is in a 'court record' does NOT- repeat NOT NOT- necessarily make it a 'fact.' People lie in court all the time. I have been lied on in court. People remember things incorrectly and make human errors. So no, recording what they said in court does not at all make what they...

From the memoirs of Anna Vyrubova: In his book M. Gilliard has recorded that he was never able to teach the Grand Duchesses to speak a fluent French. This is true because the languages used in the family were English and Russian, and the children never became interested in any other languages...

I was just reading Lili Dehn's book and found this interesting: The pro-German tendencies of the Empress were mentioned after our reverse at Brest, when the Emperor assumed command. Everyone was suspicious of her, and, when she spoke English at the hospitals to her daughters and her...

It is no 'fact' that Alix used German in the Ipatiev, since we have no proof the guards knew what language was being used. It may even have been French. Anyone who has to take letters to an official in town to have them translated isn't knowledgeable in languages to make such a distinction. Alix...

I've been looking around, and all I see is that Nicholas probably was able to read Danish and speak it to some degree, according to Radzinsky and Massie. I have also seen references to Nicky being able to read Swedish but not speak it. Regardless of what Chat says, there is a difference between...