The Last Princess (45 page)

5
Steuart Erskine, Mrs (ed.),
Twenty Years at Court: From the Correspondence of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, 1842-62
(Nisbet & Co., London, 1916), p. 325.

6
Longford,
Victoria RI,
p. 151.

7
Hough, Richard,
Advice to a Grand-daughter: Letters from Queen Victoria to Princess Victoria of Hesse
(Heineman, London, 1975), p. 126.

8
Longford,
Victoria RI,
p. 234.

9
Ellis, Richard (ed.,)
The Case Books of Dr John Snow, Medical History Supplement No. 14
(Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, 1994), p. 271.

10
The Lancet,
14 May 1853.

11
Ellis, Richard (ed.), op. cit., p. 471.

12
Ibid.

13
Ibid.

14
Longford,
Victoria RI,
p. 266.

15
Jagow, Dr Kurt,
Letters of the Prince Consort 1831-1861
(John Murray, London, 1938), p. 272.

16
Ellis, Richard (ed.), op. cit., p. 471.

17
Longford,
Victoria RI,
p. 266.

18
Fraser, Flora,
Princesses: the Daughters of George III
(John Murray, London, 2004), p. 398.

19
Stuart, D. M.,
George Ill's Daughters
(John Murray, London, 1939), p. 256.

20
Benson, A. C. (ed.),
Letters of Queen Victoria
(John Murray, London, 1908), vol. Ill, p. 234.

21
Ibid.

22
Fulford, Roger (ed.),
Darling Child: Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Prussia 1871-1878
(Evans Brothers, London, 1976), p. 41.

23
Stoney, Benita and Weltzein,
Heinrich C,
My Mistress the Queen: the Letters of Frieda Arnold, Dresser to Queen Victoria, 1854-9,
trans, by Sheila de Bellaigue (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1994), p. 20.

24
Longford,
Victoria RI,
p. 283.

25
Queen Victoria to ‘Minnie', 21 December 1859, collection of Science Museum, London, MS 1191.

CHAPTER TWO: ‘Th e most amusing baby we have had’

1
Van der Kiste, John,
Childhood at Court 1819-1914
(Sutton, Stroud, 1995), p. 50.

2
Longford, Elizabeth (ed.),
Darling Loosy: Letters to Princess Louise 1856-1959
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1991), p. 155: Queen Victoria to Princess Louise, n November 1871.

3
Tisdall, E. E. P,
Queen Victoria's Private Life
(Jarrolds, London, 1961), p. 43.

4
Weintraub,
Victoria,
p. 323.

5
Ibid., p. 226.

6
Windsor, Dean of, & Bolitho, Hector (eds.),
Letters of Lady Augusta Stanley
(Gerald Howe, London, 1927), p. 145.

7
Hough,
Advice,
p. 104: Queen Victoria to Victoria of Hesse, 12 October 1889.

8
Van der Kiste,
Childhood at Court,
p. 50.

9
Queen Victoria to the Crown Princess of Prussia, 6 March 1870.

10
Warner, Marina,
Queen Victoria's Sketchbook
(Macmillan, London, 1979), p. 121.

11
Duff, David,
The Shy Princess
(Evans Brothers, London, 1958), p. 22.

12
Bennett, Daphne,
Queen Victoria's Children
(Gollancz, London, 1980), p. 130.

13
Millar, Oliver,
The Victorian Paintings in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen
(Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992), vol. ii, p. 280: Charles Grey to Henrietta Ward, 29 October 1857.

14
Ibid., p. 315.

15
Zeepvat, Charlotte,
Prince Leopold: the untold story of Queen Victoria's youngest son
(Sutton, Stroud, 1988), p. 10, 3 June 1858.

16
Jagow, op. cit., p. 298, 14 March 1858.

17
Epton, Nina,
Victoria and her Daughters
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971), p. 81.

18
Van der Kiste,
Childhood at Court,
p. 69.

19
Ponsonby, Magdalen (ed.),
Mary Ponsonby: A Memoir, Some Letters and a Journal
(John Murray, London, 1927), PP-3-5.

20
Steuart Erskine, Mrs (ed.), op. cit., p. 329.

21
Howard McClintock, Mary,
The Queen Thanks Sir Howard
(John Murray, London, 1945), p. 44.

22
Noel, Gerard,
Princess Alice: Queen Victoria's Forgotten Daughter
(Constable, London,
1974),
p. 29.

23
Longford, Elizabeth,
Victoria RI,
p. 278.

24
Epton, op. cit., p. 126.

25
Van der Kiste, John,
Childhood at Court,
p. 41.

26
Duff,
Shy Princess,
p. 26.

27
Windsor, Dean of Bolitho, Hector (eds.),
Later Letters of Lady Augusta Stanley
(Jonathan Cape, London, 1929), p. 46.

28
Princess Beatrice to Prince Consort, undated, RA VIC/M 19/70.

29
Millar, op. cit., p. 206, 18 September 1860.

30
Ibid., p. 203.

31
Windsor, Dean of etc.,
Letters,
p. 130, 15 August 1859

32
Ramm, Agatha (ed.),
Beloved and Darling Child: last letters between Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter, 1886 – 1901
(Sutton, Stroud, 1990), p. 193, 19 August 1896.

33
Dyson, Hope & Tennyson, Charles (eds.),
Dear & Honoured Lady: The Correspondence between Queen Victoria and Alfred Tennyson
(Macmillan, London, 1969), P-77.

34
Windsor, Dean of etc.,
Letters,
p. 131, 15 August 1859.

35
Zeepvat, op. cit., p. 26.

36
Steuart Erskine, Mrs (ed.), op. cit., p. 371.

37
Windsor, Dean of etc.,
Letters,
p. 146, 18 July 1860.

38
Ibid., p. 170, 15 January 1861.

39
Steuart Erskine, Mrs (ed.), op. cit., p. 371, 14 July 1860.

40
Ibid.

CHAPTER THREE: ‘Paroxysms of despair'

1
Longford,
Victoria RI,
p. 293.

2
Bullock, Rev. Charles,
The Queen's Resolve: A Jubilee Memorial
(Home Words Publishing, London, 1887), p. 102.

3
Ibid.

4
Fulford, Roger (ed.),
Your Dear Letter: Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Prussia, 1865-1871
(Evans Brothers, London, 1971), p. 90.

5
Millar, op. cit., p. xli.

6
Benson, E.F.,
Daughters of Queen Victoria
(Cassell & Co., London, 1939), p. 72

7
Noel,
Princess Alice,
p. 73.

8
Ibid., p. 75.

9
Watson, Vera,
A Queen at Home: an intimate account of the social and domestic life of Queen Victoria's court
(W. H. Allen, London, 1952), p. 142.

10
Epton, op. cit., p. 92.

11
Van der Kiste,
Childhood at Court,
p. 80.

12
Epton, op. cit., p. 96.

13
Ponsonby, Magdalen (ed.), op.cit., p. 13.

14
Ibid., p. 40.

15
Steuart Erskine, Mrs (ed.), op. cit., p. 396.

16
Tisdall, op. cit., p. 50.

17
Duff,
Shy Princess,
p. 10.

18
Ibid., p. 26.

19
Hibbert, Christopher,
Queen Victoria,
p. 281.

20
Ibid., p. 290.

21
Fulford, Roger (ed.),
Dearest Mama: letters between Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Prussia 1861-1864
(Evans Brothers, London, 1968), p. 23.

22
Clark, Ronald W.,
Balmoral: Queen Victoria's Highland Home
(Thames &C Hudson, London, 1981). p. 78.

23
Hough,
Advice,
p. 116.

24
Fulford, Roger (ed.),
Dearest Mama,
p. 74.

25
Weintraub, op. cit., p. 311.

26
Tisdall, op. cit., p. 60.

27
Weintraub, op. cit., p. 308.

CHAPTER FOUR: ‘The bright spot in this dead home’

1
Longford,
Victoria RI,
p. 367.

2
Fulford, (ed.),
Your Dear Letter,
p. 23.

3
Zeepvat, op. cit., p. 6.

4
Duff,
Shy Princess,
p. 23.

5
Dyson 8c Tennyson (eds.), op. cit., p. 105.

6
Fulford (ed.),
Dearest Mama,
p. 62.

7
Hibbert,
Queen Victoria,
p. 291.

8
Ibid., p. 266.

9
Fulford (ed.),
Dearest Mama
, P-74.

10
Ibid., p. 280.

11
Windsor, Dean of etc.,
Letters,
p.255.

12
Fulford (ed.),
Dearest Mama
, P-73.

13
Duff, David,
Hessian Tapestry
(Frederick Muller, London, 1967), p. 49

14
Clark, op. cit., p. 78.

15
Noel, op. cit., p. 108.

16
Epton, op. cit., p. 109.

17
Ibid., p. 122.

18
Clark, op. cit., p. 78.

19
Ibid.

20
Noel,
Princess Alice,
p. 24.

21
Watson, op. cit., p. 160.

22
Ibid., p. 162.

23
Windsor, Dean of etc.,
Letters,
p. 285, 12 March 1863.

24
Ibid, p. 308, 14 March 1863.

25
Ibid.

26
Wake, Jehanne,
Princess Louise: Queen Victoria's unconventional daughter
(Collins, London, 1988), p. 54.

27
Epton, op. cit., p. 108.

CHAPTER FIVE: ‘Beatrice is quite well'

1
Duff, David,
Victoria Travels: journeys of Queen Victoria between 1830 and 1900, with extracts from her journal
(Muller, London, 1970), p. 85.

2
Fulford (ed.),
Dearest Mama,
p.281.

3
Wake, op. cit., p. 20.

4
Ibid., p. 29.

5
Princess Beatrice to Lord De Ros, 14 May 1868, private collection.

6
Windsor, Dean of etc.,
Later Letters,
p. 32.

7
Windsor, Dean of etc.,
Letters,
p. 271, 4 October 1862.

8
Longford Elizabeth (ed.),
Darling Loosy,
p. 88.

9
Steuart Erskine, Mrs (ed.), op. cit., p. 401.

10
Epton, op. cit., p. 98.

11
Windsor, Dean of etc.,
Letters,
p. 206.

12
RA VIC/Add A 15/304A, Princess Beatrice to Prince Arthur, 21 June 1863.

13
Windsor, Dean of etc.,
Later Letters,
p. 48.

14
Hough,
Advice,
p. 9.

15
Weintraub, op. cit., p. 328.

16
Noel,
Princess Alice,
p. 88.

17
RA VIC/T4/65, Princess Beatrice to the Prince of Wales, 8 November 1865.

18
Zeepvat, op. cit., p. 34.

19
RA VIC/Add Ai5/607, Princess Beatrice to Prince Arthur, 11 December 1864.