если долго сидеть на берегу Нила

[mitrius]

Чудесное словосочетание:

The dynastic female heiress according to the original primogeniture from Frederick III was Caroline of Denmark (1793-1881), the childless elder daughter of late king Frederick VI, after whose childless sister Wilhelmine of Denmark (1808-1891), Duchess of Glucksburg and sister-in-law of Christian IX, the original primogeniture would have led to heirs of Louise, sister of Frederick VI, who had married the then duke of Augustenburg. The chief heir to that line was the selfsame Frederick of Augustenborg, but his turn would have come only after the death of two childless princesses who were very much alive in 1863.

Это по этому поводу Бисмарк сказал, что "небо и земля прейдут, но шлезвиг-гольштейнский вопрос не прейдет". Фиг бы с ним с вопросом, но выражение хорошее.