Chapter I: Front Matter

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MEMORIES OF THE
KAISER’S COURT

MEMORIES OF THE
KAISER’S COURT

BY

ANNE TOPHAM

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS

SEVENTH AND CHEAPER EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

_This Book was First Published_ _August 25th 1914_
_Second Edition_ _September 14th 1914_
_Third Edition_ _September 29th 1914_
_Fourth Edition_ _October 23rd 1914_
_Fifth Edition_ _December 15th 1914_
_Sixth Edition_ _February 1st 1915_

_This Edition, at 2s. 6d. net, First Published in 1915_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. ARRIVAL AT THE PRUSSIAN COURT 1

II. HOMBURG-VOR-DER-HÖHE 17

III. THE NEW PALACE 36

IV. DIVERSIONS OF THE KAISER’S DAUGHTER 51

V. CHRISTMAS AT COURT 69

VI. BERLIN SCHLOSS 86

VII. DONAU-ESCHINGEN AND METZ 101

VIII. EDUCATION 117

IX. THE BAUERN-HAUS AND SCHRIPPEN-FEST 128

X. ROYAL WEDDINGS 144

XI. WILHELMSHÖHE 159

XII. CADINEN 174

XIII. ROMINTEN 190

XIV. THE KAISER AND KAISERIN 205

XV. CONCLUSION 221

INDEX 241

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE GERMAN EMPEROR IN ENGLISH ADMIRAL’S UNIFORM (Photo, E. Bieber, Berlin.) FRONTISPIECE

FACING PAGE

THE KAISER’S DAUGHTER, PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE (NOW DUCHESS OF BRUNSWICK) AT THE AGE OF NINE 12 (Photo, T. H. Voigt, Homburg.)

THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY, TAKEN AT THE NEW PALACE, WILDPARK 44 (Photo, Selle and Kuntze, Potsdam.)

THE KAISER AND HIS TWO ELDEST GRANDSONS, PRINCES WILHELM AND LOUIS FERDINAND OF PRUSSIA 76 (Photo, Selle and Kuntze, Potsdam.)

THE CROWN PRINCE AND HIS HEIR, PRINCE WILHELM 122 (Photo, Selle and Kuntze, Potsdam.)

THE KAISER AND HIS ELDEST GRANDSON 136 (Photo, Selle and Kuntze, Potsdam.)

THE EMPEROR’S DAUGHTER, TAKEN ON THE DAY WHEN SHE WAS MADE COLONEL OF THE “DEATH’S HEAD” HUSSARS 232 (Photo, A. Topham.)

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BRUNSWICK 238 (Photo, T. H. Voigt, Frankfort.)

MEMORIES OF THE KAISER’S COURT