Queen Alexandra 

Problem is, is that with the sort of mother Edward had in Queen Victoria, he was rebelling to the best of his ability. It is said that it was his fault his father sickened, and died for which his mother never forgave him.

@@guadalupebaptista9757 the Queen blamed Edward. They didn't like his antics so Albert went to see Edward to talk. Unfortunately the weather was vile and Albert died of typhoid fever two week after visiting Edward. Victoria never forgave Edward for Alberts death.

There's a video of her with queen Mary and she looks way younger than her daughter in law.

She had a beautiful soul tolerating her wayward husband's wayward ways!

Yes she sure did have some clothes and jewellery, she could give Liberace a run for his money

She was a fashion icon

She was taught to make her own clothes in Denmark

Deidre Perryman Her Majesty Queen Alexandra was also sister to King George I of the Hellenes and Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia. Long live the Greek, British, Russian and Danish monarchies!!!😁

And yes you are right, and i did leave that out her brother King George 1 and her sister empress Maria Feodorvina. Thanks for that information.

She certainly was unique in her beauty I think also. She really looked the part both as Princess and Queen :-)

Couldn't agree more

She had an awful lot to put up with too...Victoria as a mother-in-law, her husband's mistresses. the death of a child and the onset of deafness to name just a few. A brave, classy lady.

@Cindy Reynolds Mine too.

I completely agree David. It would be great if they made a modern-day drama about her now that we know a little bit more about her. I find her fascinating, it's as if she was born for this role. She also loved animals in particular her dogs who gave her a lot of company as she began to lose her hearing

@@ADreamML Yes, indeed. She had the patience of a Saint, what with her increasing deafness, as you say, but also the exemplary and dignified (might I say 'queenly') way in which she dealt with the more awkward elements of Edward VII's private life. A modern up-to-date portrayal would be wonderful!

She was a beautiful woman outwardly and inwardly with a lot of trials and tribulations (including her husband's behaviour) to cope with and I think she was the sister of the Tsarina who was assassinated. What a role model as well as a cat walk model!

@@georgealderson4424 No, not sister. Acquired aunt. Her own sister, Dagmar of Denmark was Alix' ( Tsarina Alexandra Fy. last of the Romanov Tsarinas) mother - in - law in Russia. Appararently she was a nasty cow who made her daughter- in- law' s life hard and harder. And that certainly didn t help the last Tsar, a young Tsar, either. After the revolution she more or less enslaved her surviving daughter, Olga and terrorized her non- gentry husband... May she ( Dagmar) rot in hell forever... b t w Alix and Tsar Nicolas ll. got canonized by the orthodox churches as ( Royal) martyrs for their endless faith.. Olga escaped to Canada and died in poverty.

As pretty as she was and her husband cheated on her. She did. Not deserve that

@@georgealderson4424 She was the sister of mother-in-low of Tsarina Alexandra who was assasinated,her sister was Maria Tsarina Dowger at the time mother of the Tsar who was assasinated.

Did you see the movie "The Elephant Man'? I don't know if the one scene was factual but Alexandra appears as Princess of Wales, on a visit to the governors of a hospital. She's speaking English of course, but it does have a non-English accent, presumably Danish.

@@deniseeulert2503 the actress playing her in that film was Helen Ryan and her Danish accent was very authentic. If you are interested in Alexandra you should immerse yourself in the costume drama series, Edward VII, first televised in 1975 (excellent all round, and faithful and accurate to her’s and Edward’s life). It’s available on RU-vid I think and again Helen Ryan played her with enormous charm and authenticity. Helen would be the first to concede that capturing Alexandra’s breathtaking beauty was an impossible task but she is nonetheless very attractive, capturing too her warm loving nature, so that her all round performance is extremely accomplished.

I agree. My grandfather told me as a child and as a young man stories of H. M. Queen Alexandra and not one was negative. He thought she was the most beautiful Queen and the most wonderful personality.

@linckk2 RIP your Majesty, Queen Alexandra, former Princess of Wales.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Wait wait. Lascelles? As in Sir Alan Lascelle? Am I getting this wrong?

Prince William great great great grandmother.

That spoiled his eldest son

Thank you kindly David, much appreciated

I've often thought how much Margrethe looks like Alexandra. Particularly the eyes & head shape

I agree both have unfaithful husbands which is kinda sad and even alice keppel and camilla are part of the problem history does repeat itself huh

Yes, she did.

I was thinking the same! Especially that photo at 0:31

Thank you kindly Chris, its just a hobby I have making these films on my channel. They are all non-profit and hopefully at least some people like some of the subject matters I explore

anncoral There was no comparison.

I think both Diana and Alexandra were of their times. But historically looking back at those regal photos of Queen Alexandra she was indeed stunning. Those photos at the coronation in all her finery were stunning :-)

Diana should had done Like Alexandra take how her husband was. she would be here Today

Dianna berated the royal family, Alexandria never criticised the royal family.quite a difference

that's what I always think,I totally agree with you

Ran in camillas family it seems

At the top of the screen there should be three little dot tap there and you should be able to change the speed to slow it down

there is a pause button

Can't beat a bit of Verdi's Requiem :-)

A lot of the photos can be seen in the Royal collection. Imagine the many photos the public don't have access to. They would be wonderful to see also :-)

Ingrid was most likely named after her great grandfather, Norway’s beloved King Olav, who was born Alexander.

Verdi himself and his beautiful Requiem. Although there is a small pieced called 'Hail Poetry' from Gilbert and Sullivan's, 'The Pirates of Penzance' which I always thought sounded very regal :-)

Apparently even into her old age she was very beautiful :-)

@@ADreamML Yes and that is all the more remarkable given her age, infirmaties and her husband's misbehaviour. She really seemed to be a good role model though apparently she did not have good relationships with her brothers' wives!

Her sister was the mother of Nicholas 2nd, the Tsar who was assassinated by the Bolsheviks. The Tsarina was the daughter of Queen Victoria’s daughter Alice.

King Edward had many mistresses including Lilly Langtree a famous actress. This was not unusual at a time of dynastic marriages among the Royal families of Europe and the upper classes. One point not mentioned was that Alexandra suffered from deafness,I understand it was connected her many pregnancies. This makes her time attending public events as Princess of Wales and Queen all the more impressive.

She is her Great Grand Aunt afterall.

This was just my thought there are quite a similarity! Funny how the gens goes! Barbro Sweden

Possibly because in the very early days of photography any movement at all (even with the facial features) could ruin the ensuing photo. Royalty may have also considered it beneath their dignity to look anything but fairly stern and solemn. And the other factor (for an open mouth smile) was that so many people had bad teeth!

The bad teeth reason is probably one of the best reasons John, especially for the males back then who seemed to live on a diet of cigars and rich food and alcohol so I can only imagine how bad a lot of their teeth looked :-)

@@ADreamML I agree bad teeth is one reason , but the main reason I think is that it took so long to capture a photo back then . You would have to hold a smile for ten minutes due to that , so they asked people to remain perfectly still and not smile .

@@therealhousewifeofballtown Yep. This is the reason that I know of. Taking just one shot takes so much time that holding a smile would be so tiring.

elaine johnson I think you have confused her with Princess Alice of Battenberg (The mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh). Princess Alice was profoundly deaf

Camilla's great grandma?

@@virginiafry9854 as was Queen Alexandra.

@@virginiafry9854 No, Queen Alexandra suffered serious hearing loss as a result of chronic illness.

Her hearing loss made her self conscious not self centered

Thank you so much

She had 6 Children - Prince Albert Victor, Duke of ClarenceGeorge V, Louise, Princess Royal, Princess Victoria, Maud, Queen of Norway, Prince Alexander John of Wales

A Dream within a Dream - my apologies. I completely forgot about Alexander John! Poor little mite. Thanks for the response.

Melissa Ruth it was an easy mistake!!! prince John as he was called didn’t make it to adulthood! He is often forgotten about sadly!

@@SurpriseSurprise56 No need to be rude, she openly acknowledged her mistake and all is well.

@Chandan ... and one of her brothers was King Frederik VIII of Denmark, and another King George I of Greece (grandfather of Prince Philip)

@@lvoldum Long live the British, Russian, Danish and Greek Monarchies!!! Long Live Queen Elizabeth II, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, Queen Margrethe II and King Constantine II !!!😁😁😁

@@lvoldum I'm so fascinated by the royal lineages of these monarchies, and how they're all interconnected! FASCINATING!

Empress/Tsarina Marie of Russia was married to the Emperor/Tsar Alexander III, who was the autocrat of all the Russias. She is apprears with Queen Alexandra in several of these pictures. There has always been something about photos of Queen Alexandra that reminds me of Princess Diana. By the way, Duchess Camilla is not only a descendant of one of the King's mistresses, she and Princess Diana are/were both descended from King Charles II through two different mistresses.

Whalebone corset.

Her corset would of been removed during her pregnancy.

@@bessturner1625 Not entirely. If you have a look, most of the Windsor line had tiny waists. Princess Margaret, for example (Think it was said that she had a 18 inch waist in her youth). The corset just outlined it/showed it off on Queen Alexandra, so to say, as tight-lacing probably wasn't much of a thing as of yet (that came late late 19th century I believe...?). This genetic trait probably came from Queen Alexandra. A lot of royalty around Europe had this trait as well though. Queen Mary of Teck also had a similar waist.

Corset! Husband could have used one

They all wore corsets in those days, some of them so tightly pulled in that the wearers used to faint.

It was an arranged marriage, but they did love each other.

There are various pieces of music from Verdi's Requiem :-)

I think those are actually for cleaning your shoes and boots. They had a grid on the bottom you could rub the bottom of your foot on to get rid of any mud and I think they may have had like a hard bristle brush in the top to rub the top of your boots against also to clean them. :-)

Queen Elizabeth II descended from Scottish King who became UK King in 1603.

Even though they were not related, she reminds me of a dark haired version of Princess Diana. Truly a beautiful, kind and gracious queen.

@@mykoniichistorychannel He was hardly a towering intellect himself. He just liked women, especially beauties with smart and witty personalities. No one woman would ever have been enough for him.

Go to Wikipedia and study her

Queen Alexandra of United Kingdom.She was daughter-in -law of Queen Victoria.

Lucky great uncle!

She would have been a fascinated Lady to know. She was that Link between the likes of Queen Victoria in the past and queen Mary in the future :-)

A Dream within a Dream apparently she literally said “Bring the child to me”, so his mother did (they worked on the Sandringham estate I think?) and she just proclaimed herself his godmother 😂

@@claudiahayes8833 that's so fascinating :-) What a story to be able to tell your family members :-) :-)

Except Queen Alexandra was faithful to her husband ...

Gracie Grace i was having exactly the same thought. In all facets, the Queen and Princess Diana did look alike.

Edward VII cheated on her just like Charles did Diana. His mistress, Alice Kepple is Camilla's grandma. Something Camilla was quite proud of. Apple...tree.

Noel T Actually, recently discovered letters indicate that she may have had an affair with the Portuguese ambassador, the Marquess de Soveral.

Oh please. Get rid of the rose tinted spectacles.

Maybe they changed the rules or maybe they were scared of Queen M!

Your actually correct in a way George. Queen Mary really came into her own when King George V died. She said she would be present at the Coronation and she was in a sign of support of her son after the abdication of King Edward VIII :-)

It wasn't a rule, just a tradition that had developed over the years. The same way that no crowned monarch attends any other Coronation. Queen Mary wanted to do two things. First she wanted to support her son. Second, she wanted the personal pleasure of seeing her son crowned.

Untidy habits? Sources please.

Bruce Marsico Ladies quite often did.

Maybe it was Queen Alexandra who gave Queen Mary a few lessons in deportment :-)

It is indeed. Whether you love them or hate them, historically it is fascinating :-)