That Time Hitler Tried to Fix Up the Prince of Wales

There’s a reason “dictator” and “matchmaker” are two separate career paths.

In 1913, Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia — the kaiser’s only daughter — married Prince Ernst August of Hanover. The sovereigns of Great Britain, Russia, and Greece descended on Berlin to celebrate. Britain’s Queen Mary cried at the ceremony, and the bride danced with Tsar Nicholas II of Russia at…