The Year of Queen Victoria – A double wedding at Kew
On 11 July 1818 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, a double wedding took place in the drawing room at Kew Palace. The happy couples […]
Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld
The Year of Queen Victoria – The Baptism of Victoria
Queen Victoria, or Princess Alexandrina Victoria as she was to be known before taking the throne, was baptised into the Church of England in the […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – The Birth of Victoria
At Kensington Palace in the early hours (4.15 am) of 24 May 1819, Alexandrina Victoria was born to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – The race to have Victoria born on British soil
The Duke of Kent was convinced that his future child would have a good chance of inheriting the throne, even though the Duchess of Clarence […]
Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 26 March 1861
Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 26 March 1861 On Sunday I took leave of those dearly beloved remains – a dreadful […]
Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 16 March 1861
Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 16 March 1861 On this, the most dreadful day of my life, does your poor broken-hearted child […]
