Read about day eleven here. The Duke and Duchess spent 13 hours on a train to reach Berchtesgaden. At the station, they were joined by Hitler’s private translator, Dr Paul Schmidt, and they were picked up by a motorcade consisting of an open-topped black Mercedes and SS-guards on motorcycles and a host of other cars. [read more]
Read about day ten here. On 21 October, the Duke of Windsor inadvertently caused a bit of an embarrassment for his hosts. After visiting a factory, he decided that he would like to see the Württemberg Royal Palace in Stuttgart, where he had spent some weeks in 1913 with the King. Unbeknownst to him, the [read more]
On 21 October 1911, Zita of Bourbon-Parma married the future Emperor Charles I of Austria. They had known each other since childhood, and Zita’s aunt, Maria Theresa of Austria, was also Charles’s step-grandmother. Their engagement had been announced on 13 June 1911 and was very much welcomed. After the betrothal ceremony, Charles told Zita, “Now [read more]
Read about day nine here. On 20 October, the morning was spent inspecting the party congress structures. The New York Times reported that “the Duke was frank in expressing his astonishment at the tremendous size of the halls and the stadiums already completed and the ambitious character of the buildings still in process of construction.” [read more]
Read about day seven and eight here. The Duke and Duchess arrived in Nüremberg to a royal welcome. In their hotel, the Deutscher Hof, they were given the suite of Hitler’s party congress. The Duke inspected a black-uniformed special Labor Front troop in front of the hotel before withdrawing to the room. A smaller troop [read more]
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