The Year of Queen Victoria – Victoria, Princess Royal (Part five)
Read part four here. As he had done earlier, Wilhelm ordered that no one should leave the palace. Even as Victoria went out to cut […]
The Year of Queen Victoria (2019)
The Year of Queen Victoria – Victoria, Princess Royal (Part four)
Read part three here. It was now a waiting game before the Friedrich and Victoria could ascend the throne. Friedrich’s father had been in bad […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – Victoria, Princess Royal (Part three)
Read part two here. Just a year after little Sigismund’s death, Victoria found herself pregnant again. She was depressed at the anniversary of her son’s […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – Victoria, Princess Royal (Part two)
Read part one here. Victoria spent her last day at home – 1 February 1858 – with her mother and 9-month-old sister Beatrice. As she […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – Victoria, Princess Royal (Part one)
Victoria, Princess Royal was born on 21 November 1840 at Buckingham Palace to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Queen Victoria later recorded in her journal, […]
From Queen Victoria to the German Crown Princess – 18 November 1874
Balmoral – 18 November 1874 Accept my warmest and most loving good wishes for many, many happy returns on your dear birthday, and for many, […]
