Thoughts on Victoria, Princess Royal?
there are some people who say she was a terrible mother, especially with her two eldest, and i understand completely, but i personally think she did the best she could, though that doesnt mean she was an entirely good parent. her attempts to fix wilhelms withered arm were done out of deep guilt and desperation for him to get better, not out of rejection, even if those treatments were actual hell on earth jesus christ
charlotte was an unfortunate one, with her disinterest for education and the same bitterness for her strict mother, i understand too however, vicky was rather blunt about her "stupidity" and openly disapproving of her. i get both sides to be honest. vicky also misunderstood her charlottes symptoms from porphyria as disobedience which further drove the rift, but again its understandable, how could she have known that her behavior was signs of something that didn't exist to people back then
at least her relationship with her youngest daughters were far better due to having much more lax and affectionate childhoods. its sad the bond between her, wilhelm and charlotte were irreparable though