22nd February 1936

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22nd February 1936

Leutstetten to 27 Queen Square, Bath

Dear Madeleine!

Many thanks for your nice post-card. I am quite delighted. Of course I shall be your Valentine, but tell me first what it means. Suppose it means that I am to be your maid, I would like it, only you are not to be cross any day of the year. Shall you be able to be always kind and smiling? I am not I must confess. I am sad there are no more balls and parties because we may not dance till Easter. I wonder if one may dance in England the whole year round? We Catholics may not dance in Advent that is four weeks before Xmas till the 6th of January. Then is Carnival till Shrove Tuesday. There are always balls and parties during Carnival. After that we may not dance till Easter. It is much better not to be allowed to dance the whole year round because then I am much keener about it. People tell me I was a great success, but I wonder if it is really true, because I am not able to dance properly as you may have noticed in Middelkerke. But maybe they liked the awful nonsense I was talking. The other day I had a marvellous time. I was invited for lunch in Munich. There were about thirty people. And at four o’clock we went to see a film called “The Road to Paradies”. It is a rather stupid film, touching, about a little boy and his dog and his friend. We only made nonsense and talked and laughed and when we came out of it, resolved to go to a café. We were only 10 persons, 5 boys, 5 girls. So we went in search of one, talking all singing and laughing. And when we found a café, it was quite empty and we drank tea and made the tea-pots stand in one line, as if they were soldiers, and the servants were shocked. We did not mind it though. And we went home, as we did in Middelkerke, arm in arm, and saying: right-left, right-left. It was huge fun.

Now I must tell you I try to be useful. Muck, Deidi & I are having sewing lessons. Until now we only leant how to draw and cut a blouse. We go to Munich twice a week and have to work for three hours. Maybe I am going to be a good Valentine yet “cut out for house-keeping”.

We are all very sorry because out Fraulein died. We all loved her and she was here for nine years. She had the flu and heart weakness, and was very old besides.

We had snow and went skiing, but only for three days because the snow melted so soon. Yesterday it snowed again but today it is warm & raining and it melted away again. I never saw such an ugly, warm winter here. I love snow and ice and a very hot summer. But I can’t stand rain and wind & mist. Ten days ago we went to Garmisch with Ludwig and some friends and we came down the Kreuzeck, a marvellous mountain for skiing because there is a railway going up. It is rather high and Muck and I needed 1 hour & 20 minutes to come down. It was the second day and I was skiing and although I did not break any bone, I was very stiff the next day and could hardly move.

Much love to you and Mary

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Loll

D = 'Diedi' (Princess Maria Elisabeth, 1914 - 2011)

M = 'Muck' (Princess Adelgunde Maria, 1917 - 2004)

L = 'Loll' (Princess Eleonore Maria, 1918 - 2009)

B = 'Baby' (Princess Dorothea Therese, 1920 - 2015)

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