I recently watched that documentary on History Channel.
It was said that, at the beginning of the war, both the King and Queen helped in military hospitals.
Then it was known that both of the Queen's brothers were fighting on the german side and the Queen was politely invited to relinquish her activities.
However, at the the victory parade at the end of the war, there she was this german-born princess at Buckingham Palace besides her husband, actually the only german born invited to BP .
Q. Augusta Victoria lived a sad story.
When she married D.Manuel there was major enthusiasm for her, the grand-niece and grand-daughter of two much loved princesses:
Stéphanie of H-Sigmaringen, the romantic bride of D.Pedro V and Infanta D.Antónia of Bragança.
Monarchics put a great expectation on her, as she would be the mother of the princes who would continue the 800 years old dynasty.
But as years went by and she could not produce a single child, that enthusiasm began to fade and many rallied to D.Miguel and his enlarged family.
What many monarchics never forgave her was the fact that she re-married Count Douglas.
(BTW still no photos of the "Invisible Count" ?).
They kept reminding her of D.Amélia's example of that remarkable woman who was once a queen, always a queen, and who wouldn't think of any prospect of wedding after becoming a widow.
They felt betrayed by her 2nd marriage, and, most of all, her mother-in-law, who from the date of her weding, refused to receive or see "the countess Douglas" as she kept referring.
When D.Amélia was dying, Augusta-Victoria went to Paris (Versailles) to visit her.
The Queen refused several times, but in the end, influenced by her secretary, she finally admitted her in her room and the two had a last chat.
