Queen Victoria’s spy network
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Did Edward Continue Using His Own Intelligence Like His Mother?
The young kaiser loved dressing up, the more flamboyant the better. He tried but he was really irritated that he wasn't quite as trusted as his mother. Edward comes along and is prince of wales. He's seems a bit of a liability, and he's his thitte blackmail hanging over him. His bit f a security risk, a playboy prince. And when he comes in the foreign office, the prime minister are not as keen to trust him with the greatest secrets of state as they were with his mother. Partly because he wa she she built up for for 50 years. And partly he wasn't seen as trustworthyhe he was a bit loose lipped
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