Over in Britain, the first cousin of both the Kaiser and the Tsar, George V, successfully retained the crown.In this new book, Gareth Russell tells the story of the Austrian, German and Russian imperial families during the four years of the First World War and the political and personal struggles that brought about their ruin. The three great monarchies of Europe had fallen. By the end of that conflict, not only had the Austro-Hungarian Empire crumbled but the other two imperial rulers of Europe, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, had lost their grip on power. The assassination set in motion the events that led to the outbreak of the First World War, one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history and a trauma that would bring down the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ending nearly eight centuries of Hapsburg rule and unleashing unrest across the European continent. "At that point in the dream, she would wake up.On 28 June 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated on a visit to Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist called Gavrilo Princip. It is an eerie and troubling image that could so easily have been a metaphor for the tragedy that lay ahead. Instead of remaining there, it would slip down her face and come to a halt over her neck, before slowly tightening around her throat and choking her. ‘No,’ she told me, ‘but I have had nightmares about it.’ These bad dreams had a recurring image: it was the pivotal moment in the Coronation and the crown was being lowered onto her head. "I asked her once if she dreamt about being crowned. In his column for the Daily Mail newspaper, he wrote: "In all the years I knew Diana, she rarely spoke about being Queen, possibly because everyone else was always speculating about it. The late royal was in line to become queen when she was married to King Charles while he was Prince of Wales before their divorce in 1996 ended her chances of being crowned - but her confidant Richard has now revealed Diana was terrified of ever having to take part in the historic ritual.
Diana, Princess of Wales had nightmares about the coronationĭiana, Princess of Wales suffered frightening nightmares about the coronation, according to her longtime friend Richard Kay.
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