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They courted journalists, controlled paintings of themselves, and inspired favourable press articles. They lived a very visible family idyll and propagated the idea of “simplicity, princely thrift, and concern for the common people.”1 The Prussian Crown Princess Vicky and her husband Fritz, were excellent self-publicists. Yet their royal showcasing was a franchise. The methods Vicky employed had been developed by her father Prince Albert. Vicky had been his brightest child and it was certainly not for lack of trying that the Prussian franchise ended badly. The original British version however was an immense success and parts of Prince Albert’s presentation are employed by the Royal family to this day.
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Urbach, K. (2014). Prince Albert: The Creative Consort. In: Beem, C., Taylor, M. (eds) The Man behind the Queen. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137448354_9
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