sentences:  The Crown Princess, for her part, loved having the chance to spend time with her eldest granddaughter.Describing Feodora on one visit, she wrote that "she is really a good little child, & far easier to manage than her Mama".Victoria, who became German empress in 1888, perceived a deficit in Feodora's upbringing and gradually became concerned about the girl's physical appearance and mental development, describing the thirteen-year-old as possessing "sharp pinched features" and an unusually short stature.