He has telegraphed me that the Emperor and Bismarck no longer oppose Willie's wishes and the Emperor is willing to give his consent.' Fritz had been forced to stay behind and miss his anniversary so that he could 'dance attendance' on Bismarck in hopes of settling the question of William's marriage once and for all. : Fritz 'has left Berlin and will be here on Saturday morning. : 'As for his affairs, they are very difficult to manage, the Emperor is much prejudiced.It is much to be desired that some sort of conclusion should be come to.' If we ever do have the happiness of possessing his dear daughter in our family, there is nothign I would not do to be a comfort and a help to her.' All this just makes me dislike Dona more when I think of the hopes Vicky had.ฤก0 July 1879: "Willie quite wild about Victoria! She is the most charming girl! Her figure is much prettier than her face, but her voice and walk and manner have something very sympathetic and agreeable and graceful.' 'That he should have left this world-before his dear child's fate is decided is doubly sad. I think Vicky thought this would restore some prestige to him but the Emperor and Bismarck were rather spiteful and the engagement didn't come off until Friedrich had died in Feb 1880. She sympathized with his 'cruel and unjust persecutions of his enemies' was 'most galling' to one such as him. She wrote that he had been a 'kind,true friend' (something she much valued in Germany where she was so isolated) and that she had feelings of 'admiration adn veneration for his virtues, his noble and excellent character, the patience and dignity with which he bore all his misfortunes. Dona was the daughter of one of Fritz & Vicky's closest friends, Duke Friedrich of S-Holstein (Christian's brother) who had been embroiled in the whole question of whom the Duchies belonged to.
![dona dona ties dona dona ties](https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/ZzoAAOSwyKlcurqF/s-l200.jpg)
![dona dona ties dona dona ties](https://i.etsystatic.com/6753280/r/il/584a00/3122345840/il_fullxfull.3122345840_q6bm.jpg)
Vicky was much in favor of the marriage of Wilhelm & Dona.