From the German Empress to Queen Victoria – Charlottenburg, 14 March 1888 Fritz has had a better night and Sir Morell Mackenzie was better satisfied with the state of his throat… But alas, Fritz has had so much to do and with all the previous excitement and emotion it is impossible he should be as [read more]
Princess Mary of Teck was born on 26 May 1867 as the eldest child of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and Prince Francis of Teck, later Duke of Teck, at Kensington Palace. Her mother’s sister, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born Augusta of Cambridge), was in the room. Her mother later wrote to relatives, “I [read more]
The future Queen Victoria was just ten years old when she discovered that she would be Queen one day. The date was 11 March 1830 and Victoria was at her lessons – a sprig of holly had been pinned to the front of her dress to keep her back straight and her chin up. Victoria [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the German Empress – Buckingham Palace, 10 March 1888 (On 9 March 1888, the Crown Princess’s father-in-law had died, making her husband the new Emperor of Germany and she its Empress.) It is difficult for me to know how to begin my letter. My heart is very, very full. May every [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the Empress Frederick – Pavillon de la Rochefoucauld, Biarritz, 9 March 1889 I must write another line, for I have thought so much of you today. Oh, what a year of suffering and anxiety between hope and fear! Surely then that dear, dear, too precious life, and that reign, was not [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the Empress Frederick – 7 March 1900 I cannot tell you how grieved I am not to go and see you at Bordighera, or how I pine for the sunny, flowery south, but with the abuse against England and even me, and the war still going on and much to be [read more]
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