Chapter 45 - 45: The Year of 1905

After Oskar's seventeenth birthday party on 27 July, life took an interesting turn for him—both in a very good way and in a slightly dangerous one.

The very next day, the young priest Arnold, who had been present when the babies first came into the world and had called them "blessed by the Lord," personally baptized all three children in church. Their mothers were not married to Oskar, but the children were nonetheless legitimised. They would never stand in the line of succession to rule Germany—Crown Prince Wilhelm's future children were already destined to stand far ahead of them—but on paper they were no longer "nobodies." They were the recognised children of a prince.

Not everyone was pleased.

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