Born on 18 March 1848 in Buckingham Palace, Princess Louisa Caroline Alberta was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was named Louisa Carolina Alberta, with her second middle name being a nod to her father, as Alberta is the feminine form of Albert. Commonly referred to just as Princess Louise, the [read more]
Queen Victoria to the Princess Royal – Frogmore, 16 March 1861 On this most dreadful day of my life, I must write you one line! Dear Lady Augusta (who has been like her child) will write to you an account which I could not, beyond that the end was peaceful, painless and that her dear [read more]
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 write one line of love and devotion. She is gone! That precious, dearly beloved tender Mother – whom I never was parted from but for a few months – without [read more]
Queen Victoria’s relationship with her mother had always been difficult. This was certainly not helped by Sir John Conroy, the Comptroller of The Duchess of Kent’s household, who had promised to protect the Duchess after the death of the Duke of Kent and she soon came to depend on him. He used to cruelly tease [read more]
William Lamb was born on 15th of March 1779 into a wealthy London family. His parents were Peniston Lamb an MP and former gentleman of the bedchamber and Elizabeth Lamb who is remembered as a famed political hostess. The paternity of William was often questioned, however, due to his mother’s numerous love affairs. William was given [read more]
Queen Victoria in her Journal – 15 March 1861 Oh, what agony, what despair was this. I knelt before her, kissed her dear hand and placed it next to my cheek; but though she opened her eyes, she did not, I think, know me. She brushed my hand off, and the dreadful reality was before me, [read more]
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