Chapter 219

England, London, Buckingham Palace.

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

"Yeah, but now I don't know who broke the news. Damn, such important information has made us passive, and the Netherlands will definitely intercept the news."

Prince Edward said with some dissatisfaction.

Now it is the family gathering of the royal family. At the family dinner held, the Queen is in the middle, and in addition to Prince Edward in 1841, there are also 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 in 18587.

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

The rest is here.

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

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

Alice did not expect to be mentioned by the Queen for his opinion.

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

Some time ago, the more and more serious war broke out in the United States, which made her very concerned about the United States, but she was discovered by the Queen's mother.

So she said helplessly: "I have a classmate who accompanied her husband to do business in Canada some time ago, but I didn't expect Canada, only to find that it has now become an economic vassal in the north of the United States. Therefore, they only Being able to go back to London, she even joked that Canada is now becoming an economic colony that the US and the UK are fighting for each other"

Princess Alice's words made the atmosphere of the entire dinner party quiet for a while.

Canada is one of the most important overseas colonies of the United Kingdom. Although Canada has been surpassed economically with the development of India recently, its strategic position in the Atlantic Ocean is the depth of the United Kingdom. Siberia in Tsarist Russia.

Relying on its strong maritime hegemony, the United Kingdom could travel freely and unhindered in the Atlantic Ocean, and it was even a foothold to intervene in the American Civil War.

Therefore, after hearing this Princess Alice, even Queen Victoria couldn't help but put the spoon back in the bowl, wiped her mouth, raised her head, looked around, and said, "It seems that the British government has not managed overseas well. Territory, but the people suffered heavy losses."

After that, her sharp eyes fell on Prince Edward, and said: "Recently, you have been close to Disraeli, although Viscount Palmerston won't say anything, but other people's Whigs will not be so easy to talk about. Yes, you are the Crown Prince of the United Kingdom, not the Tory Crown Prince, you have to be aware of this.

Balance is what the superiors need to master the most, but the government will form the cabinet with which party and who will form the cabinet. You all need to be the one who makes the decision, the most profitable, and not like those who care about the gains and losses seriously in the political arena, who are harassing one after another, and have to calculate every cent. This is the loss of your proper identity.

Don't forget, they are all vassals of our royal family."

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

He frowned, and then said helplessly, "Louise, what has changed in Europe recently."

Since 1864, Princess Alice has been the unofficial secretary of the Queen for two years. Due to the opposition of the government cabinet, the princess can only be the unofficial secretary for two years at most, so Helena is going to marry Prince George, but she The job fell to Princess Louise, who was at the back of the line.

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

Many things, the Queen even asks her questions from time to time. Compared with the previous two predecessors, Princess Victoria and Princess Alice, who basically answered according to the Queen's mind, Louise is unique and expresses her own unique ideas. opinion. On the contrary, it made the Queen open up the idea of ​​​​expanding the order.

Therefore, the Queen was a little surprised and surprised, but it was her talent that made the Queen vigilant. She was afraid that she would be too enthusiastic about politics in the future, but it would destroy the mission that a woman should have.

Princess Louis's beautiful appearance immediately infected everyone at the table with her smile, she said: "The Kingdom of Sweden is vigorously developing its economy, but it may be because there is only one princess, Karl XV is on the heir. , it seems to have been determined that Prince Oscar will inherit, but slowly, part of the political power has been transferred to him,

In terms of Norway's management, it seems that our intelligence shows that Karl XV is obviously promoting Prince Oscar to become the identity of the Swedish crown princes - the deputy king of Norway.

However, some people in the Swedish Parliament have different opinions on this, which makes the motion somewhat anticlimactic and loses a lot of the prestige of Karl XV. "

Queen: "I know Prince Oscar, the third son of the former Swedish King Oscar I. This person is somewhat talented, but Carl XV is in front, but the eldest son is Carl XV~www.mtlnovel.com~ The original throne fell. It is not on him, but as Karl XV's Princess Louisa has betrothed to Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, it has been doomed that the Swedish throne has fallen to his head, which is a pleasant surprise.

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

Crown Prince Edward frowned and asked, "Then why does the Swedish parliament still object?"

He is somewhat envious of his younger sisters, who can become the secretary of his mother Queen Victoria, so he understands better than him in being familiar with the queen's style of handling political affairs. If it weren't for his dearest Princess Alice, every private discussion he would definitely I will be confused and make more jokes.

Princess Louise did not wait for the Queen to intervene, and explained in a straightforward manner, "Because, the Swedish capitalists are trying to attack the Swedish political arena. The second vice-king is just a head. The real purpose is to seek power from Charles XV. They need to check and balance the power of kingship.

In this way, their interests can be better protected."

Edward couldn't help but ask: "Who is so daring to oppress a king like this, and not afraid of the wrath of Charles XV, who will be punished with shocking wrath?"

Everyone else looked at Princess Louise in disbelief.

But that doesn't include Queen Victoria.

Princess Louise shook her head: "Karl XV is also very helpless, because capitalists have occupied an important position in the Swedish economy, and the two factions of politics are influenced by the economy composed of the Wallenberg and Nobel families. , has begun to slowly form the Swedish political ecology, so, Karl XV began to worry about it"