{"id":3847,"date":"2016-06-26T13:54:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T20:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:08","slug":"royal-cousins-at-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/royal-cousins-at-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Cousins at War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I caught the end of this on PBS. It&#8217;s nice to be able to watch it from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>DESCRIPTION: &#8220;Episode 1: A House Divided <br \/>Examines what impact the  relationships between cousins Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II  of Germany and George V of the United Kingdom had on the outbreak of the  First World War. This episode focuses on the story of the emerging  divisions and rivalries between the inter-related royal houses of Europe  during the 19th century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x1eywhw\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x1eywhw_royal-cousins-at-war-part-1_creation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Cousins At War &#8211; Part 1<\/a> <i>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/limukohou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">limukohou<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I caught the end of this on PBS. It&#8217;s nice to be able to watch it from the beginning. DESCRIPTION: &#8220;Episode 1: A House Divided Examines what impact the relationships between cousins Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and George V of the United Kingdom had on the outbreak of the First&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/royal-cousins-at-war\/\" title=\"Royal Cousins at War\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Royal Cousins at War<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kindled"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-103","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4018,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/prompt-021-pillow\/","url_meta":{"origin":3847,"position":0},"title":"Prompt: 021. pillow","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"January 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":".patreon.com\/HarperKingsley. .paypal.me\/HarperKingsley. $5 for access to digital copy of \"365 Prompts\" Prompt: 021. pillow 1. 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