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X0Ad6 TIL that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia were cousins and exchanged conciliatory personal telegrams as World War I broke out between their countries. The messages were in informal English (a language they shared), signed “Willy” and “Nicky”.
vjbj TIL that the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and the German Kaiser William referred to themselves as “Nicky” and “Willy” respectively in their personal correspondence