Thomas

Thomas asked Clare McHugh:

Hi Clare. I've just started reading A Most English Princess. I'm loving it so far, especially looking into Vicky's relationships with her family, especially Prince Albert. I also love the emphasis on German unification. Did you have the story set before you started doing research? Or did the research lead to the story?

Clare McHugh Thank you for writing to me Thomas. I am so pleased to hear you are enjoying the book. The history of German unification was something that interested me starting in college. I was aware that Vicky played a role but I didn’t know exactly what it was until I researched her life and read her letters. Then I saw the arc of the story….how all these personal circumstances: who she was, who her father was, their view of the world, all impacted the course of history. But also the role of luck, the difficulties of her first delivery etc. It was that interplay between personality and circumstance and luck that made it a story worth telling in my view.

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Kaye Nitschke

Kaye Nitschke asked Clare McHugh:

I loved reading A Most English Princess, it would be interesting finding out more about some of Queen Victoria’s other children. Are you intending to write more about her children.?

Dianne

Dianne asked Clare McHugh:

Hi Clare, I read in one of your answers that you may be considering writing a sequel to A Most English Princess? I just finished and loved it but felt it ended very abruptly and a bit cheated out of the rest of her life, which on further googling showed that it was full of most dramatic events. If you could continue her amazing story that would be brilliant! Thank you for a wonderful book.

Thomas

Thomas asked Clare McHugh:

Thanks for your answer, Clare. If you don't mind another question, I realise it must be difficult to write a story about facts which can't really be changed. But history is also a lot of speculation and deducations supported by facts. I've just read the chapter where Vicky confronts her mother-in-law after Albert's death. Was that based on your interpretation of the characters? I loved seeing Vicky strong.

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