However, In 1936 she met and married Alexander Zoubkoff a dish-washer and 34 years younger than her. You can imagine the scandal this produced! Within two years she had to sell off all her belongings to pay their debts and was living in a boarding house in Bonn. He was never at home and had been in trouble with the police. Victoria began divorce proceedings, but died of pneumonia before they were finalised.
Zoubkoff was not permitted to live in Germany (where he had
been in trouble with the police) or several other European countries and had
various occupations - circus horse-back rider, waiter, luggage porter before
his death in London in January 1936.
Don't think Queen Victoria would have been amused!
Love, Liz
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12 comments:
Great post, so interesting :)
Bee happy x
She would not have been amused at all ... What a colourful character! M x
What a very strange story. One suspects poor Victoria of Prussia didn't have the happiest of lives... xxxx
Great story. Men what would you do with them hey??
Rosie xx
And people say that the royals have no colour!
Thanks for sharing a brilliant story.
Cheers
Wow! Interesting, and sad. You can see the family resemblance to the current queen, don't you think?
Fascinating post, Liz. :o)
He must have been quite the charmer!
Fascinating. My son spent the summer home from college working as a dishwasher. Do you suppose he'll find himself a royal bride?
What an interesting story! Even royals can crazily fall in love!
Fascinating Liz. Its surprising how and where we pick up these little snippets of history.
Patricia x
What an amazing story!
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