𝓐𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽

The year 1918. The creation of Czechoslovakia and its declaration of independence meant only one thing. The end of the Habsburg Monarchy in this territory. The Czechoslovak government banned members of the Habsburg dynasty from staying or returning to the country. The Habsburgs had to leave the land and live in exile. Many of them took refuge in Austria or other European countries.

So did Princess Helen Elizabeth, the favorite granddaughter of Emperor Francis Joseph I. and his late wife Sissi.

But she did not move to Austria or other countries belonging to the Habsburg Monarchy. She defected to the state which in the Great War was one of the main enemies of her country - Britain.

When the opportunity presented itself to pack her bags and forget about her responsibilities and who she was, she immediately took it. Deciding to abandon her degrees and her place, she pointed her finger casually at a map of England and then just bought tickets to go to Small Heath in Birmingham.