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I also wonder about communication involving the Danish and Russian born daughters-in-law, who married her eldest sons. How long did it take for foreigners to learn English?
When the 16-year-old Alexandra of Denmark first met Queen Victoria's daughter Vicky, the latter reported to her mother that Alexandra "spoke English without the slightest accent". However, Alexandra's biographer Georgina Battiscombe states that she spoke English "with a very heavy Danish accent and continued to do so until the day of her death".
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