Word: alexandra
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...Patterson, President of Liberty: "Some seem to hold a mistaken impression that this narrative . . . 'The Heartbreak of a Queen'. . . in some way reflects upon the late Queen Alexandra. Nothing could be farther from the fact...
...conceded, visited young Lady Mordaunt frequently prior to the birth of the child. . . . Immediately following the baby's birth she made a confession to her husband, implicating the Prince of Wales, Lord Cole, Sir Frederick Johnston and others. . . . Notwithstanding a jury verdict completely exonerating Edward . . . the scandal touched Alexandra a little more than any other...
...Queen Alexandra: "She met her marital problems with a cleverness that evoked the unwilling admiration of Europe. Repeatedly, although by nature she was one of the most exclusive of persons, she invited to Sandringham the very women with whose names his was associated. And she was at some pains to show these ladies manifestations of her good will in other and equally significant ways...
...Repeatedly Alexandra invited Mrs. Keppel to Sandringham...
...night of the fifth of May, 1910, Edward died. Mrs. Keppel had been summoned by Alexandra. The Queen took her hand and led her to the deathbed. There, together, they knelt and prayed...