Exactly 100 years later, standing on the same spot, is Georg Friedrich Prinz von Preussen: the man who would be kaiser. The war cost Wilhelm his crown and his palace, which was demolished in 1950.

later Kaiser Wilhelm I. While the palace exterior and surrounding terraces have already been restored, the interior is still undergoing a refit and the building is closed to the public ...

The historically important palace building was recently renovated ... to the Hohenzollern's complicity in World War One, with Kaiser Wilhelm II signing the order for German mobilization.

These objects were on loan to the palace from the Hohenzollern family, the descendants of the last German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, who abdicated on 9 November 1918 after Germany’s defeat in the First ...

The worsening war situation also became palpable in the Kaiser Wilhelm Society itself ... Following a heavy bomb attack on the Berlin Palace, administrative headquarters also moved its offices to ...

The private letters of the last empress of Germany have been found in a hidden compartment at a palace in Prussia ... The empress was the wife of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who led Germany into the ...

Kaiser Wilhelm II (left) and his great-great grandson ... Set in the grounds of a Potsdam palace, with plenty of aristocracy on the 700-strong guest list and an opulent six-horse-drawn carriage ...

The Palace’s plan was to publish the letters ... UniversalImagesGroup//Getty Images Kaiser Wilhelm II and Empress Augusta Victoria. A trove of her letters has recently been discovered at the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A century after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the descendants of Prussia’s ruling dynasty are ...

Why Wilhelm II did not go to Vienna Berlin, July 3rd The situation of Austria is much discussed in political milieux in Berlin. In particular, people wonder why Kaiser Wilhelm II decided not to go ...