Six years?
No, less than that. Gertrude stayed with her until 1918, I think. (I may be wrong on this one, better check it out.)
Sigh, we've been through this before, too. As Olga A. said, Queen Marie was the ONE person in the family liberal enough not to be shocked or judgemental of it, however, Irene Hesse was one of the most prudish, making it silly a real AN would have hidden from Marie to seek out Irene. But of course, AA wasn't AN, and likely never heard of either of them when she first invented her story, until she studied more.
Silly? After the whole tirade you just delivered about having a child out of wedlock? And imagine how someone of royal blood may have felt, having had a child with a commoner.
Not necessarily. The family may not have known, either. The pregnancy could have happened any time from 1914 to 1919.
Her medical exam from 1916 says nothing about a pregnancy.
Anything could have happened to that baby, it may have even been miscarried or aborted- any pregnancy of four-five months or more will leave the same scar on the uterus as a full term baby to be found during an exam as proof of prior pregnancy (I told you about how the doctor told my Grandma she'd had five kids but she only had four, she lost one at five months falling down the stairs) Her guilt over whatever happened to the baby may have contributed to her depression when she jumped. FS herself would be such an interesting story to discuss if we could only get rid of the 'maybe she was AN' spectre. We know now she wasn't, so let's try to figure out what really did happen to poor FS.
And you talk about speculation. Sheeesh....
In whatever style, why would anyone keep a lying fraud around for free? Of course he was suspicious, I would be too!
Well, the Duke of Leuchtenberg gave his word. And that is all we know.
Dmitri could see the look of recognition on both faces.
Oh yes, I am sure he could. He also said that Kostritski testified against AA. He is just sooo believable.
Well, Dmitri L. was there, and you and I weren't.
And so were Dr. Völler and Harriet von Rathlef Keilmann and the Duke of Leuchtenberg.
Yet we don't know if this is true. They could even have been estranged, and this could be another factor in her wanting to die.
Felix said nothing of the sort. Stop speculating and stick to the things we know.
We could even theorize that she sent him the card (if there even really was a card) to guilt trip him when he found out she was dead. Again, the possibilities of the REAL FS would be most interesting to discuss, and much less redundant than reciting the AA quotes over and over again. Could I please start a 'how FS did it' thread and have you not turn it into another AA thread as you have done on all other forums, please?
No, you can not start a "how FS did it" thread and speculate your way around. Save that for your own site.
The card was sent for Felix's birthday which was on February 17. It arrived between 8 and 14 days late, and FS excused her tardiness, she had a lot of work to do.