Abstract
This publication is dedicated to the British Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh, known after marriage as Marie of Romania. The beautiful, educated, talented, rich Queen not only held the hearts of contemporaries with her achievements in the literary field, painting, and dancing, but also with her sincere concern for ordinary people. During World War I, Marie, who was known as the “mother of the wounded”, took care of the wounded soldiers with cholera, day and night without a break, along with other nurses.
As contemporaries believe, Marie’s cause of death was pancreatic cancer, however, due to various circumstances, liver cirrhosis was considered the official cause of the Queen’s death. Unfortunately, medical workers of the 20th century could not significantly affect the course of the disease, but they tried to relieve pain syndrome and maintain the general condition of the national favorite. The last words of the Queen (not only by origin, but also by spirit) vividly emphasize the love of life, resilience and majesty of this woman: “How I loved life!”
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