Why read Ena and Bee?

Book cover of Ena and Bee: Queen Victoria's Spanish Granddaughters

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Princess Eugenia (Ena) of Battenberg and Princess Beatrice (Bee) of Saxe-Coburg, granddaughters of Queen Victoria of England, married into the Spanish royal family. In 1906 Ena became the consort of King Alfonso XIII, who had been sovereign since his birth in 1886. Three years later Bee married his cousin, Infante…

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Coryne Hall

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This is the recent English translation of a Spanish book about two of Queen Victoria’s lesser-known granddaughters.

Victoria Eugenie (Ena) of Battenberg married Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906. Three years later her cousin Beatrice of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg (having been forbidden to marry her cousin Grand Duke Michael of Russia) married his cousin Infante Don Alfonso. Ena had to deal with her husband’s infidelities as well as her haemophiliac sons. Beatrice (Bee) and her husband were popular but jealousy and disagreements with the King resulted in their temporary exile.

I loved the friendship and mutual support given to each…

From Coryne's 3 favorite reads in 2023.