I just received a wonderful gift of an original article from the Strand
Magazine from 1895, which is an interview with Empress Frederick (Vicky) about
her beautiful home at Kronberg (as in the previous post). Every one of the books
on the library shelves, it says, was placed there only after the Empress had
read it, and there is, too, a wonderful description not only of the many
charitable works she carried out virtually unnoticed but also of her appearance
and voice.
“Her Imperial Majesty’s appearance is not now so familiar in England as
that of other members of the Royal Family; and, in my opinion, photographs do
not do justice to her. She possesses a charming geniality of expression and a
particularly kindly look about the eyes in which respect she resembles the
Prince of Wales. When moved by the recital of some sorrow or trouble, sympathy
imparts great pathos to her voice – at all times a pleasant tone.”
“Her Imperial Majesty’s appearance is not now so familiar in England as
that of other members of the Royal Family; and, in my opinion, photographs do
not do justice to her. She possesses a charming geniality of expression and a
particularly kindly look about the eyes in which respect she resembles the
Prince of Wales. When moved by the recital of some sorrow or trouble, sympathy
imparts great pathos to her voice – at all times a pleasant tone.”
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