Christina interpreted Anning's speechless expression as being shocked by the Queen's remarks.
She said anxiously, "I've been trying to make the Queen understand the state the people are in, but she seems incapable of understanding."
Anning: "Of course she can't understand. She was born into one of Europe's most prominent royal families, then married into another of Europe's prominent royal families; her perception is limited by her birth.
"She's not like you, who has encountered many commoners in the Royal Palace, and you know what the life of a commoner is like.
"You've even been on the battlefield! Your experience is far beyond that Austrian Woman."
Christina: "But the Queen is more beautiful than I am. She's much older than me but looks so young."
Anning: "The Habsburg skin is indeed not bad."
Anning had once attended a royal ball and seen Queen Mary there.
