Discussions about the Imperial Family and European Royalty > The Danish Royal Family
Prince Harald & Princess Helena
Eric_Lowe:
Every situation is different. Helena was born a German princess and also a niece of Kaiserin Augusta Viktoria ("Dona"), it is natural for her to be German. However the Danish Royal Family was fiercely anti-German. She should have hidden her sympathies but instead she showed it off in every opportunity. Pretty tactless !
Queen Mary was born in England of a German Royal Family (Teck, which is the morganetic branch of the Wurttemberg Royal Family). She could never forget her Germaness (one of the few things she passed on to her eldest son David with devastating results). She also corresponded with her Aunt Augusta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz through out WWI (which could almost be termed as treasonable). She also personally liked Kaiser Wilhelm II, unlike her husband George V.
grandduchessella:
Helena seems to have done all right until she starting spouting off about how great the Nazis were. However, I think her German-ness in the early years would've paled beside the fact that she was a Schleswig-Holstein princess in particular with all the baggage that brought along vis a vis the Danes.
Eric_Lowe:
That I agree. However her mother was the level headed Calma, who was much mire tactful than her Aunt Dona. Also she was also related to her cousins Mary Loo & Thora, who did not advertise her connections.
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