From Queen Victoria to the Empress Frederick – Osborne, 31 July 1900 I little thought when I wrote yesterday giving a bad account of beloved Affie that the end was so near. It is too terrible and, I fear, must be a great shock to you. We have been kept quite in the dark and [read more]
Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott was born on 25 December 1901 as the daughter of John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Margaret Bridgeman. Alice was a descendant of King Charles II, through his illegitimate son James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. She was to be one of eight siblings, and her [read more]
The Kingdom of Majorca was created in 1231 following King James I of Aragon’s conquest in 1229 of the Balearic Islands from the Muslim rulers. He ruled it in conjunction with the Crown of Aragon. The first Queen consort of Majorca was James’s second wife Violant of Hungary whom he married in 1235. His son [read more]
Princess Victoria in her Journal – 28 July 1834 The separation (from her half-sister Princess Feodora) was indeed dreadful. I clasped her in my arms, and kissed her and cried as if my heart would break, so did she dearest Sister. We then tore ourselves from each other in the deepest grief… When I came [read more]
Originally published in 1948, The Reign of Queen Victoria by Hector Bolitho was republished in time for Queen Victoria’s bicentenary. The book surprisingly begins with the relationship between Prince’s Albert’s parents, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Saxe Gotha Altenburg. Reading Princess Louise’s comments were by far the best part [read more]
Read part one here. In 1883, it was decided that her husband should go to India and that she should accompany him – leaving their children behind. They had no idea how long their stay was going to be, but Louise Margaret knew it was the sacrifice a soldier’s wife had to make. The children [read more]
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