Yea for Willem, the oldest son of King Willem III. Victoria disliked him but I feel Edward might like him (since they are both playboys).
Queen Victoria dies in 1861, does her son Alfred marry earlier?
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He has also a younger brother who maybe would be seen pas a better prospect
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Agreed, and if Willem still lives his dissolute life that could well end up happening with Alexander as Prince of Orange
True, I don't know much about Edward's character.
Alexander was an intellectual and not that interested in woman. He might be disliked by Edwards because of that. Alexander was involved with a German princess, I cant remember who and I don't have the biography that mentions it here with me. This was around the same time of his father's second marriage.
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Oh interesting, hmm, I had seen it mentioned that Alexander was proposed as a candidate for a Portuguese Princess as well?
Alice or Helena. Sophie of Württemberg and her half-sister Katharina (mother of Wilhelm II) were pro-English and wanted one of Victoria's daughters for the prince of Orange and Beatrice for Wilhelm II
It wasa Hannoverian girl (daughter of George V) IIRC. But Victoria refused to allow the marriage ICR why though
Wrong Alexander. That was Sophie's brother-in-law with the same name. There was talk of wedding him to either Maria II of Portugal or Isabel II of Spain
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Oh now that is interesting hmm, Helena for the Prince of Orange and Beatrice for Wilhelm would be an intriguing combination, may make them both happier also
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Edward VII and Alexandra? It does seem that they were very close and she looked the other way with his affairs