Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

UK, London, Buckingham Palace.

"The fact that the Netherlands has a naval base in the Far East seems to have been exposed in the media?"

"Yes, but now I just don't know who broke the news. Damn it, such important information makes us passive. The Netherlands will definitely intercept the news."

Prince Edward said somewhat dissatisfied.

It is now a royal family gathering. At the family dinner held, the Queen is sitting in the middle. In addition to Crown Prince Edward in 1841, sitting next to her are Princess Alice born in 1843, Prince Alfred in 1844, and Prince Alfred in 1848. Princess Louise, Prince Arthur in 1850, Prince Leopold in 1853, and Princess Beatrice born in 18587.

Throughout the dinner, in addition to Prince Leopold, who died the year before, Princess Victoria, who married Prince Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia in 1857, and Princess Helena, who married Prince George of Denmark last year.

The rest is here.

Queen Victoria didn't know whether it was true or not, but she turned her head and said to Princess Alice next to her.

"I heard recently that you are very keen on European politics in the United States. Alice, tell me what you think of the United States."

Alice didn't expect to be mentioned by the Queen for his opinion.

However, from 1861 to 1863, she began to work as an unofficial secretary to the Queen. Therefore, she had a certain understanding of current affairs.

Some time ago, an increasingly serious war broke out in the United States, which made her pay close attention to the United States. Unexpectedly, she was discovered by the Queen Mother.

So she said helplessly: "A classmate of mine was accompanying her husband to do business in Canada some time ago, but unexpectedly when she got to Canada, she discovered that it has become an economic vassal of the northern United States. Therefore, they only She can return to London. She even said with a smile that Canada is now becoming an economic colony that the United States and the United Kingdom are fighting for."

Princess Alice's words made the entire dinner atmosphere quiet.

Canada is one of the most important overseas colonies of the United Kingdom. Although recently, with the increasing development of India, Canada has been surpassed economically, but in terms of strategic position in the Atlantic Ocean, it is the depth of the United Kingdom, just like the United Kingdom. Just like Siberia in Tsarist Russia.

Britain relies on its strong maritime supremacy, so it can travel freely and unimpeded across the Atlantic Ocean, and it is even the place to intervene in the American Civil War.

So when Princess Alice said this, even Queen Victoria couldn't help but put the spoon back into the bowl, wiped her mouth clean, raised her head, looked around, and said: "It seems that the British government has not managed overseas affairs well. The territory has caused heavy losses to the citizens.”

After that, her sharp eyes fell on Crown Prince Edward and said: "You have been getting close to Disraeli recently. Although Viscount Palmerston will not say anything, other Whigs are not so easy to say. Yes, you are the Crown Prince of the United Kingdom, not the Crown Prince of the Tory Party. You must be clear about this.

Balance is what those in power need to master most, but it is up to which party and who forms the government to form the cabinet. You need to be the one who makes the final decision and makes the most profit, instead of being like those people in the political arena who care about gains and losses, making troubles and calculating every penny. In this way, you lose your proper identity.

Don’t forget, they are just retainers of our royal family.”

Crown Prince Edward was about to explain, but the Queen looked at Princess Louise.

He frowned, and then said helplessly: "Louise, what changes have happened in Europe recently."

Starting in 1864, after Princess Alice worked as the Queen's unofficial secretary for two years, due to the opposition of the government cabinet, the princess could only work as an unofficial secretary for two years. Therefore, Helena was preparing to marry Prince George, but she decided to The job fell to Princess Louise, who was next in line.

The 17-year-old Princess Louise began to study politics with the Queen. Unexpectedly, even the Queen had to admit that she was very talented, and politics was indeed his specialty.

The Queen even asked her questions about many things from time to time. Compared to her two predecessors, Princess Victoria and Princess Alice, who would basically answer according to the Queen's thoughts, Louise was unique and expressed her own unique opinions. opinion. On the contrary, the queen started to think about expanding her order.

Therefore, the queen was somewhat surprised and pleasantly surprised, but it was her talent that made the queen wary. She was afraid that she would be too keen on politics in the future, which would ruin a woman's mission.

Princess Louise smiled and her beautiful appearance immediately infected everyone at the table. She said: "The Kingdom of Sweden is vigorously developing its economy, but it may be because there is only one princess. Carl XV is the successor. , it seems that it has been confirmed that Prince Oscar will succeed, but slowly, some political rights are transferred to his hands.

Regarding the management of Norway, it seems that our intelligence shows that King Karl XV is obviously pushing Prince Oscar to become the status that all Swedish crown princes should have - the deputy king of Norway.

However, some people in the Swedish Parliament had different opinions on this, which made the bill somewhat anticlimactic and lost a lot of prestige of Karl XV. "

Queen: "I know Prince Oscar. He is the third son of the former King of Sweden, Oscar I, and he has some talents. However, Karl XV is in front, and the eldest son is Karl XV. The throne could not fall to him originally. However, as Princess Louisa of Carl XV has become engaged to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, it is already destined that the throne of Sweden has fallen to him, which is an unexpected surprise.

Therefore, it is appropriate for the deputy king of Norway to fall on his head. "

Crown Prince Edward frowned and asked: "Then why does the Swedish Parliament still object?"

He was a little envious of his younger sisters. They were able to become the secretaries of their mother, Queen Victoria. Therefore, they were more familiar with the Queen's style of handling political affairs than he was. If it weren't for the fact that he had no private discussions with his dearest Princess Alice every time, he would definitely They will be confused and make more jokes.

Princess Louise did not wait for the Queen to intervene, and explained in a straight and clear manner, "Because the Swedish capitalists are trying to launch an attack slogan on the Swedish political arena. They want to make more voices representing their interests, including in the parliament, and this The Second Vice-King was just a bastard, and his real purpose was to ask for power from Karl XV. They needed to check and balance the power of the king.

Only in this way can their interests be better protected.”

Edward couldn't help but ask: "Who is so bold that he dares to oppress a king in this way? Aren't you afraid that Karl XV will be punished with shocking wrath in his anger?"

Everyone else looked at Princess Louise incomprehensively.

This does not include Queen Victoria though.

Princess Louise shook her head: "Karl XV is also very helpless, because in the current Swedish economy, capitalists have occupied an important position, with the two major economic factions composed of the Wallenberg and Nobel families influencing politics. , has begun to slowly form the Swedish political ecology, so Karl XV began to have concerns."