Reading between lines
Queen Victoria in 1861. Her uncle
Leopold, king of the Belgians, had
earlier taught her key lessons such
as how to send messages to
foreign powers in sealed lettersFrom Prussia with love
Queen Victoria’s daughter Vicky,
pictured in 1888. Having married
Prussian crown prince Fritz (later
German emperor Frederick III),
she passed important intelligence
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