. Memories of forty years . r eldest sister, the Empress Charlotte ofRussia, the consort of Nicolas I. The Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar also came to seehis sisters from time to time. He was without excep-tion one of the dullest people I have ever met, and hewas the terror of all those with whom he engaged inconversation. I remember that one day when thePrince of Wales, later King Edward VII., was in Berlin,accompanied by his eldest son, the late Duke ofClarence, I happened to be sitting next to the youngPrince during supper at a party given by Count Rado-linski, now Prince Radolin. Opposite to us
. Memories of forty years . r eldest sister, the Empress Charlotte ofRussia, the consort of Nicolas I. The Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar also came to seehis sisters from time to time. He was without excep-tion one of the dullest people I have ever met, and hewas the terror of all those with whom he engaged inconversation. I remember that one day when thePrince of Wales, later King Edward VII., was in Berlin,accompanied by his eldest son, the late Duke ofClarence, I happened to be sitting next to the youngPrince during supper at a party given by Count Rado-linski, now Prince Radolin. Opposite to us sat theGrand Duke of Weimar, who kept talking with hisimmediate neighbour and making such senseless re-marks that at last we burst out into fits of uncon-trollable laughter, which got still worse when the objectof our merriment asked us what had given rise to it. The Duke of Clarence gravely turned towards meand said quite loudly, His Royal Highness the GrandDuke of Weimar would like to know why we arelaughing so much. 108. HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA IN 1893. Loyalty of the Radziwills Happily for me the Crown Princess, who sat ata table next to ours, got up at that moment, and Iwas able to avoid making a reply. But I have neverbeen able to forget that evening when, with all thecarelessness of my twenty years, I made fun in hisvery presence of such an august personage as thebrother of the Empress Augusta. The latter, had she only known it, would neverhave forgiven me, and still less the Radziwill family,for whom every member of a royal house was almosta god. i09 CHAPTER IX THE ENTOURAGE OF THE SOVEREIGNS THE Emperor William and the Empress liked tosurround themselves with their friends and tosee them constantly. This small circle, which wasmost exclusive, assembled nearly every day, and atthese meetings Augusta found it possible to satisfythat love for gossip which never left her. The Imperial Court was very numerous, but itsmost important functionaries, though always treatedwi
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