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...that infatuated Victoria dubbed Subkoff "Baron" herself with a sword belonging to her ex-Imperial brother. Her diary is the best proof that Subkoff was presented to her as a Russian nobleman exiled but honorable. Actually his father was a cobbler. He himself has admitted practicing the lowest profession?pimping???at Marseilles, where he guided low-minded tourists to the foulest stews in France. But when presented to Victoria, eleven years after the death of her husband Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Alexander Subkoff seemed personable, a gentleman, an "interesting" young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Death of Victoria | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

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