Alice wrote to her mother, who in turn wrote to Princess Victoria, who responded that there was nothing she could do to relieve the "painful and distressing position darling Alice was in", as it was "one of the unavoidable results of this dreadful war".
Alicia escribiulle á súa nai quen, á súa vez, escribiu a Vitoria, que lle respondeu que non podía facer nada por aliviar «a posición dolorosa e preocupante na que a nosa querida Alicia se atopa», pois era «un dos resultados inevitables desta horrible guerra».