I can see your point about the Wales girls being dull, Bluetoria....as much as I love them. Maybe we see them as dull because we don't know so much about them, and because they were so shy. I'd probably be thought of as dull 100 years from now, because what do I do all day? Take care of the baby, cook, clean, read, go on Alexander Palace!
But if you asked my friends they'd probaby (hopefully!) say that I'm a fun person to know! I think the Wales girls (well at least Toria and Maud) had some sense of humor, simply because of the way they sometimes signed their letters, etc. They were probably great people to know personally. I'd have to say the most interesting is Maud. Even in a contemporary newspaper article from her wedding in 1896, she was described as "the most vivacious and original of all the young women in the British Royal Family." She was a tomboy, loved sports, and as queen of Norway she even started charities for unwed mothers and prostitues, which was a daring thing to do in those days. I like Maud a lot, and I think before her marriage she was always overshadowed by her dazzling mother, and as a queen, was overshadowed by more glamorous royalties like Queen Marie of Romania, etc.
Hopefully with this new exhibit of Maud's clothes at the V&A, more people will become interested in her life, and maybe even a decent biography will come out of it! (Let's cross our fingers!)
