We are kind of far away in Germany," admits His Royal Highness Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, cousin of the Windsors ... It is one of several buildings surrounding a rectangular court.

Hesse lies in the middle of Germany and is a state of contrasts: idyllic towns with half-timbered houses in northern and southern Hesse on the one hand, and, on the other, the famous skyline of ...