Excuse me, Mr. Hohenzollern...

[lonestarson]

Just wondering, was ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II banned from returning to Germany at all, or could he have returned as a private citizen?

[frontflieger]

... as far as I know the Kaiser waited that the German people called him to return to Germany. He was not 'forced out of Germany' in november 1918 - but _hmm_ 'drove away' to avoid scenes like in Russia (the end of the Romanov-family).

Thorsten

PS: The Kaiser's great-great-grandson married a week ago.

[Epee]

I've also heard it said that the "honor guard" Hitler had placed around Willhelm's residence in the Netherlands was, in part, to insure that no embarassing return took place. The Kaiser died very shortly thereafter and so nothing noteworthy happened; either to support or dispel that speculation.

[Joe M]

I saw that The Kaiser's great-great-grandson married a week ago, there was an item on either BBC1 News or Sky News that when asked a lot of Germans did not know who Kaiser Willhelm was?
True or false?

[FliegerJG1]

Even several generations removed, the prince still bears quite a resemblance to Wilhelm II.

[Tork1945]

Originally Posted by Epee

I've also heard it said that the "honor guard" Hitler had placed around Willhelm's residence in the Netherlands was, in part, to insure that no embarassing return took place. The Kaiser died very shortly thereafter and so nothing noteworthy happened; either to support or dispel that speculation.

I always heard the story that the honor guard for Wilhelm II in Holland (Huis Doorn) was placed there shortly after the occupation of the Netherlands by the Germans (May 10-15, 1940), without the consent of Mr. A.H. When he got the word of it he speedily ordered himself to take the guard away. As you may know orders of Mr. A.H. were obeyed then very swiftly ....

If you are really interested in Wilhelm II and his times look at the digitized collection of 12.000 pictures in the collection of Huis Doorn

Fotocollectie Huis Doorn

Tork1945

[Epee]

Tork,
Thanks for that!

[Aerobuff]

Originally Posted by FliegerJG1

Even several generations removed, the prince still bears quite a resemblance to Wilhelm II.

He certainly does bear a resemblance to his ancestor. Here is a link (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-32chnv0YlT...kaiser%2Bv.jpg) to a picture of Prince Georg Friedrich with a bronze bust of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
There noises greatly resemble each others.

[Catfish]

And the rest of his family is still alive and kicking, remember the royal family in England changed its name from "Sachsen Coburg-Gotha" to "Windsor".

I am still waiting to see "The merry wives of Sachsen-Coburg Gotha", in the theaters
Sry, could not resist