From Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 3 March 1846 I wish you could be here, and hope you will come here for a few days during your stay, to see the innumerable alterations and improvements which have taken place. My dearest Albert is so happy here, out all day planting, directing [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the Princess Royal – Buckingham Palace, 2 March 1859 Your dear little letter of the 26th – delighted me but still more the quite unexpected delight and surprise of the one of the 28th written quite like your own dear self! It seems does it not – darling – like a [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the Empress Frederick – Windsor Castle, 28 February 1898 How much startled you must have been to hear of this awful attempt on poor Willie of Greece and what a merciful, miraculous escape he and Mary had. It is one of the worst attempts I ever heard of. But it has [read more]
From the Queen to the German Crown Princess – Windsor Castle, 26 February 1887 I am sure you and poor, dear Moretta must be very anxious and distressed about our beloved Sandro who is a martyr as well as a hero. On Saturday night (or Sunday I think) he was very ill; temperature 107, but [read more]
From the Queen to the German Crown Princess – Osborne, 18 February 1880 What has not happened since I last wrote! That frightful accident to poor Louise who is going on quite well – thank God. And then the awful monstrous new attempt on the poor Emperor of Russia’s life. In his own house! It [read more]
The death of Queen Victoria truly was the end of an era and when the end finally came on 22 January 1901, she was surrounded by her family. Curtain down at Her Majesty’s includes quotes, letters and diary entries from those who were there. Also included are the bulletins that at some point were issued [read more]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes