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Chapter 880 Mother and daughter’s night talk at Buckingham Palace

While Bismarck of the German Empire and Crown Prince William were analyzing their opinions, on the other side, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom was enjoying a shoulder massage from her second daughter, Princess Alice, from Buckingham Palace.

"Alice, your skills are getting better and better."

Queen Victoria closed her eyes and seemed to be enjoying it very much.

With a smile on her face, Princess Alice said: "My Majesty the Queen, my ears have become numb after hearing these words over the years. I remember that you also said the same thing to the eldest sister Victoria back then."

Queen Victoria showed embarrassment on her face, opened her eyes, and said with nostalgia: "Before she got married, you were all the most obedient children under your father's knees. In the blink of an eye, 1857 years have passed from 24 to now. , her child is already 22 years old, alas, ten years are not forgiving."

Alice kept moving her hands and nodded: "What mother said makes sense. Little William is very cute and handsome. It's a pity that the eldest sister only has such a man. As the second heir to the German Empire, , but the attention he receives in Germany is too strong, otherwise he could be allowed to stay with his mother for a longer period of time."

Alice suddenly noticed that when she said this, Queen Victoria's shoulders became a little stiff.

This was no illusion, she felt it clearly.

Queen Victoria shook her head and said mockingly: "Little William is now the heart of William I and Bismarck. Look at the arrival of this visiting delegation. Bismarck actually asked Bismarck to bring little William to visit in person. And you also saw it, little William William directly refused to get closer to his cousins. Obviously, this is a precaution for our British royal family."

This time, Alice's hands were a little unnaturally stiff.

She had a deep relationship with Princess Victoria and Prince Edward, and the three of them had the closest relationship when they were young.

So she couldn't help but defend her eldest sister's background and said: "Perhaps it's because she rarely comes to Buckingham Palace, so she's a little unfamiliar, and that's why she's like that. It would be nice to come more often."

Queen Victoria waved her hand and said: "The rise of the German Empire has been unstoppable. It is normal for William I and Bismarck to have such thoughts. During Victoria's life in the German royal family these years, don't forget that our intelligence is not a vegetarian. , it’s not like I don’t know that Victoria is treated like a prisoner.

It is said that William I personally took William I to study government affairs since he was a child, and even asked Bismarck to be his mentor. It is normal for him to inherit the worldview of the two."

She looked up at Alice and said: "Bismarck's invitation to come to our London this time shows that Germany is still unwilling to offend our British Empire."

Seeing this, Alice could only change the subject and said: "Currently, Stephen Douglas, the president of the United States, is pursuing the theory of strategic autonomy. He is obviously unwilling to allow the Netherlands to penetrate further in the United States. However, the Netherlands will naturally not be willing. Therefore, the Netherlands has been among its allies in recent years. All countries are increasing their relations with various factions, even in Europe. The three Dutch parties have strengthened their relations with the parties within European countries, and they have benefited from it in order to dominate American affairs. I think that Stephen Douglas is this This approach is very likely to make the Netherlands resort to other strange measures, but it will cost the American economy a heavy price."

Queen Victoria nodded and said: "If we say that Oscar II of Sweden and Christian IX of Denmark are trying to please the Netherlands for economic interests, it is better to talk about the Dutch Automotive Supply Chain Act and other huge subsidies to rob companies and threaten to lose allies. The Dutch currently exist in the country. The way capital operates, for the sake of the competitive advantage of the Dutch government, these actions of the Netherlands are to retreat in order to advance, and to bring other countries closer to its embrace.

With such an ally, it is normal for U.S. President Stephen Douglas to advocate strategic independence.”

Princess Alice responded: "William IV has been trying his best over the years. He always surprises everyone and gets benefits from many events. This is not the first time that the United States wants to break away from the shackles of the Netherlands. But since President Lincoln's He was assassinated in 1866. After the influence of the German Empire there was rectified by the Netherlands through tactics, the Dutch in the Commonwealth of America began to become the de facto number one faction. Whether it was capital or politics, the people who were now in power were... Most of the senior leaders of the main party and the Republican Party are of Dutch descent.

Under this circumstance, I don’t think America can be completely de-Dutched. After all, mother, don’t forget that Stephen Douglas, who is now the most de-Dutched, is actually a fourth-generation Dutchman.

I don’t think he really wants to de-Dutchize American politics, what good would that do to him?”

Queen Victoria was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then suddenly looked bad and said: "You mean, this guy may have been acting from the beginning to the end, against the Netherlands, just for us to see, or even, maybe he was playing a double act with the Netherlands. play?"

Princess Alice: "It's not impossible. After all, it's best to be prepared for everything, isn't it?"

Princess Alice's rhetorical question made Queen Victoria suddenly fall into deep thought.

Princess Alice continued: "Some time ago, the American Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Arrow, said that the Netherlands and the United States are allies, but not a united front. At that time, he said that the United States supports the coup in Chile and supports the coup in the four-country federation of Central America. More activities, even an alliance with Mexico, were not sold out of goodwill but because it was in the interests of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The current attitude and policy of the Netherlands towards the United States is to support American democracy and elections, but in fact the purpose is to prevent the United States from breaking away from the shackles of the Netherlands. Many people in the United States can see this, so it is very likely that Stephen Douglas took this step first. , or in other words, this is because the Netherlands needs an anti-Dutch leader to guide the anti-Dutch order and try to control the anti-Dutch process.”

Princess Alice said: "Mother, how can the Americans support Britain on other issues when they can't even solve the problem with Dutch infiltration? So the Netherlands is putting a lock on the control of speech in the poisonous United States, and wants to be controlled by the United States. They have the final say, but leave those at the bottom speechless.

This move of William IV can make him extremely poisonous, almost toying with the applause of other countries in our world."

Princess Alice's words immediately made Queen Victoria no longer calm. Her eyes revealed a sharp light and said: "Maybe your guess is right, including Bismarck. There is a saying in the drum that the person who knows him best is always either his closest person or his enemy. Alice, it seems that your tone from back then is still not good."

(End of this chapter)