After Oscar arrived at London, he stayed at a hotel prepared by Britain. After taking a short rest, he took the time to have a brief meeting with Germany resident British Ambassador. From British Ambassador, I learned about some recent developments of Britain.
That night, Prince George held a grand welcome dinner at the Buckingham Palace for the arrival of Oscar. Senior military and political officials, nobles and celebrities from Britain, as well as special envoys or representatives from various countries who arrived at Britain first, all attended the welcome dinner.
Prince George had to prepare for Edward VII's funeral and his level ceremony, so he only stayed at the dinner for half an hour before leaving. Prince Edward accompanied the guests from afar on his behalf.
The young Prince Edward obviously cannot attract everyone's attention. In contrast, Oscar really became the focus of the dinner.
Oscar Crown Prince, who is German Empire, is not very old, only twenty-two years old. In the eyes of everyone, this is already quite young. What's more, Oscar also controls wealth that rivals other countries, which makes him even more eye-catching. I don't know how many aristocratic ladies and ladies want to climb into his bed. Even if it's just for one night, they can only look forward to it.
However, among these noble ladies and ladies, there are many beauties. But Oscar is a mysophobic person. Unlike the Princes of the British Royal Family, he doesn't like buses. In his eyes, there is only Princess Gundelinde. In comparison, those other people are just vulgar fans.
After noble ladies and young ladies one after another took the initiative to invite Oscar to dance and were rejected, no one continued to try. After all, they are people with status, so naturally they don't want to be slapped in the face again and again.
"Your Highness Oskar, good evening. I really envy Your Highness, who has become the focus of the entire dinner. But I have often heard the ladies and ladies complain that Your Highness is a person who does not understand style." A middle-aged man with a beautiful mustache came over holding a wine glass.
"Your Excellency Grand Duke, good evening." Oscar knows this person. He is Germany's most loyal ally - Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Ferdinand, who is also an extremely tragic figure.
A few years later, this Crown Prince, who has a sky-high ambition, will become the trigger for World War. And his ambition will disappear with his death. The powerful Austro-Hungarian Empire will be disintegrated because of this war.
Of course, Oscar knows all this, but he will not remind Archduke Ferdinand. Although Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire are close allies, this is because both sides are under huge external pressure, which makes them have to stick together for warmth. If the outcome of the war is rewritten and Germany wins the war, will Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire still be close allies in the future? European continent is too small to accommodate two big countries.
What's more, Archduke Ferdinand is also an ambitious person. Oscar doesn't want Germany to have another ambitious country next to him after defeating Britain and France. In this case, after Germany defeated World War, he would still have to deal with an ambitious ally. In comparison, Oscar believes that Archduke Ferdinand would be better off dying.
"Your Highness, look over there, Russia Foreign Minister and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs have gotten together. And the Italy people are also with them. This makes me wonder what the Italy people's position is!" Archduke Ferdinand said.
Oscar couldn't help but frown, Italy people are two-faced, he knows this very well. Even in this situation, the combination of Italy Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Russia Foreign Minister does not mean anything. However, this is enough to make people wary.
"Your Excellency Grand Duke, you are too sensitive. Maybe they are just ordinary chatting."
Archduke Ferdinand smiled and did not continue the topic.
After chatting for a few words, Archduke Ferdinand left with the wine glass in hand. There is a full twenty-five years age difference between him and Oscar. It is difficult for them to have a common language.
Oscar left before the dinner was over, and Feng Kidron Wachth used this time to learn about the situation.
In the next few days, Oscar mainly visited the scenic spots around London.
On May 20th, Edward VII's funeral was held. The entire London people burst into tears. It can be seen that British Royal Family in this era undoubtedly has a great influence among Britain people. There are indeed many people who love the royal family. Far from being like a hundred years later, many Britain people already regard the royal family as parasites.
Those who saw off Edward VII included almost all the major powers in the world, German Crown Prince, Austro-Hungarian Empire Crown Prince, Italy Prince, Swedish Prince, Dutch envoy, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs long, Russia Foreign Minister, US Secretary of State, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and so on.
"If Britain were not the world's overlord, I'm afraid not so many people would care about Edward VII's death! However, because of Britain's Hegemonic Status, everything is different!" Oscar sighed in his heart. This also strengthened his determination to let Germany use this war to overthrow Britain and replace him to become the world overlord.
Prince George's coronation ceremony, three days after Edward VII's funeral. Witnessed by British cabinet ministers, celebrities, representatives from various countries and envoys from various countries in the UK, the Archbishop of the British Diocese placed the crown symbolizing the British throne on Prince George. Prince George officially became the King of England, King George V.
The next day, everyone went to Portsmouth Naval Base to attend the grand Naval Review held by British Navy to celebrate George V's ascension to the throne. Warships from various countries also arrived at Portsmouth Naval Base from Gravesend.
Outside the Portsmouth military port, hundreds of British Navy warships passed in front of the cruise ship where George V and others were on. Among these warships were the most cutting-edge dreadnoughts of British Navy. 'St. Vincent-class' Battleship, 'Bellerophon-class' Battleship, 'Invincible-class' Battlecruiser, 'Fearless' Battleship, a good one.
There are also more than thirty Pre-dreadnought. Although, after the advent of the dreadnought, the combat effectiveness of these Pre-dreadnought has been greatly questioned. However, the dozens of Pre-dreadnoughts of British Navy still have considerable combat power.
Naval Review is even more shocking than Military Parade. In this era, only Royal Navy of the British Empire can hold such a shocking Naval Review. Of course, the reason why the Britain people held the Naval Review was, on the one hand, to celebrate George V's ascension to the throne, but on the other hand, it might not be to frighten other countries. For example, the ambitious Germany.