Not A Mouse Would Stir

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25th January 1901, it is the funeral Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India. her son Edward and grandson Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany had a short confersation that sealed the fate of Europe for the next 50 years. British and German relations were at its best and many people expected the two countries to form an alliance, but no action was made untill that day in 1901 when Kaiser Wilhelm pressed the idea to Edward, the newly crowned king saying "Not a mouse would stir anywhere without our permission." However Edward believed that an alliance with France would be more worthwhile, and the Kaiser's incistance on building a navy to rival the british fleet soured relations between the two nations and ending any hope of an alliance. But what if Edward had not regected the offer that day in January and instead led to the birth of the most powerful alliance in history and a very different world war?