Duk da ake kira filin marshal saboda aikinsa na soja a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na 1860s, Frederick bai karbi umurnin kowane dakarun ba bayan yakin Franco-Prussian. A gaskiya ma, sarki bai amince da dansa ba kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya hana shi daga harkokin jihar saboda ra'ayoyinsa na "Ingilishi". An nada gadon sarauta "Curator of the Royal Museums", aikin da ya tayar da wasu sha'awa a cikin matarsa. Bayan bin shawarar mahaifinta, Victoria ya ci gaba da karatunta na ilimi bayan ya isa Jamus: ta karanta Goethe, Lessing, Heine da Stuart Mill kuma sun kasance masu zurfin tunani tare da mijinta.
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