The Last Princess (51 page)

Authors: Matthew Dennison

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Alfred, Prince
(later
Duke of Edinburgh,
then
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; ‘Affie’): in the Navy,
17
,
50
; at Prince of Wales's thanksgiving service,
79
; and Princess Beatrice's confirmation,
80
; marriage,
83
; his memorial,
198

Algeria, III,
224

Alice, Princess
(later
Grand Duchess of Hesse): and death of Duchess of Gloucester,
6
; and death of Prince Albert,
21
,
24
–5,
26
; appearance,
30
; and Queen Victoria's widowhood,
34
,
48; marriage,
35
,
36
,
46
,
156
; at Prince of Wales's wedding,
36
; riding lessons,
44
; relationship with Princess Beatrice,
47
; birth of first child,
49
; and Princess Charlotte of Prussia,
61
; as
Landesmutter,
70; birth of sixth child,
76
; nurses Queen Victoria,
76
–7; and Princess Beatrice's confirmation,
80
; on Princess Beatrice's relationship with Queen Victoria,
94
; ill-health and death,
45
,
102
,
111
–12; and the Neues Palais, Darmstadt,
125

Alice of Albany, Princess
(later
Princess Alexander of Teck,
then
Countess of Athlone),
202
,
261

Alice of Battenberg, Princess
(later
Princess Andrew of Greece),
28
,
185

Alix of Hesse, Princess
(later
Alexandra Fyodorovna, Tsarina of Russia),
76
,
80
,
108
,
141
,
142
,
163

anaesthesia,
3
–4,
9

Anderson, Duncan,
41

Anderson, Lucy,
42
,
58

Angeli, Heinrich von,
83
,
199

Angelier, Marie,
114

Anson, Charles,
53
–4

Anson, Frederick,
53

Antrim, Louisa, Countess of,
235
,
237
,
250

Antrim,
HMS,
224

Argyll, John Campbell, 9th Duke of
see
Lome, John Campbell, Marquess of

Argyll, Princess Louise, Duchess of
see
Louise, Princess

Aribert of Anhalt, Prince,
243

Arnold, Frieda,
100

Aronson, Theo:
Queen Victoria and the
Bonapartes,
90–91

Arthur, Prince
(later
Duke of Connaught): at parents’ wedding anniversary,
17
; as an engaging child,
30
–31; and Princess Louise's letter-writing,
42
; and Princess Beatrice's tortoise,
44
,
67
; acting prowess,
50
; and Major Elphinstone,
72
,
216
; at Prince of Wales's thanksgiving service,
79
; on John Brown's death,
95
; and birth of Princess Beatrice's first child,
164
; on Prince Henry of Battenberg,
180
; and death of Prince Henry,
192
; as co-executor of Queen's will,
216
; and the Aswan dam,
230
; death,
264

Ashanti war,
188
–91

Aspinall-Oglander, General Cecil,
264

Athlone, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of,
261

Athlone, Princess Alice, Countess of,
202
,
261

Augusta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grand Duchess,
237

Augusta of Prussia, Princess
(later
Queert of Prussia,
then
German Empress),
113
; and young Princess Beatrice,
5
, II,
31
; and Princess Beatrice's marriage,
138

Augusta of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, Duchess,
223
,
259
;
In Napoleonic Days,
241,
259
–60,
261
–3

Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein, Princess
(later
German Empress; ‘Dona’),
138
–9,
183

Augustus, Prince, Duke of Sussex,
151

Australian and New Zealand Gazette,
39

Balfour, (Sir) Arthur
(later
ist Earl of Balfour),
209
,
229

Balmoral,
18
,
35
,
44
,
67
–8,
98
–9,
108
,
209
; inclemency,
109
–110,
177
; birth of Princess Beatrice's children,
166
,
168
; Craig Dyne,
197
; Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry apartments,
225
;
see also
Craithie kirk

Barber, Charles Burton,
66
,
165
,
228

Barnard, E.J. & W. (silversmiths),
7

Barrington, Lady Caroline ('Car'): as royal children's ‘Lady Superintendent',
16
,
18
,
41
,
42
,
43
; and Queen Victoria's wedding anniversary,
17
; Princess Beatrice's correspondence with,
53
,
72
, no; at Princess Beatrice's confirmation,
82

Bathurst, Lilias, Countess,
235

Battenberg, Julie, Princess of
see
Hauke, Countess Julie von

Bauer, Ottilie (governess),
41
,
43
,
56
,
99
,
110
,
153

Baveno,
106

Beatrice, Princess
(later
Princess Henry of Battenberg): birth,
2
–5; christening,
7
–8; first birthday,
13
; early education,
15
–16,
18
; becomes an aunt,
20
,
62
–3; and death of Prince Albert,
20
–21,
24
–8; and Queen Victoria's grief,
22
,
32
–4,
43
–4; at Prince of Wales's wedding,
36
–7; bridesmaid to Princess Alice,
36
; and reception of Maori chiefs,
39
; visits Belgium and Germany (1862, 1863 and 1865),
39
–41; schoolroom education,
41
—2,
54
; relationship with Edward, Prince of Wales,
43
,
233
–4; horse-riding,
44,
67
,
172
; relationship with Prince Leopold,
47
,
56
–7; and Princess Helena,
47
–8; and Princess Louise,
47
,
198
–200; meets future father-in-law,
49
–50; childhood birthdays,
53
; childhood friendships,
53
–6; Swiss holiday (1868),
56
–7; and Princess Louise's wedding,
69
–70; as amanuensis to Queen Victoria,
42
,
76
,
77
,
93
,
204
–6,
216
–17; at Prince of Wales's thanksgiving service (1872),
79
; confirmation,
61
–2,
80
–82,
84
–5; relationship with Louis Napoleon,
86
–91; and Queen Victoria's relationship with John Brown,
95
–101; eighteenth birthday,
102
; and death of Princess Alice,
103
; publication of A
Birthday Book Designed by HRH the Princess Beatrice,
106–8; trip to Italy (1879),
106
; rheumatism,
109
,
112
–14,
224
,
251
,
264
; French holidays (1882, 1891, 1894), III,
114
–15,
180
; rest-cures at Aix-les-Bains (1883 and 1887),
113
–14; public engagements,
115
,
147
,
157
,
215
,
224
,
233
,
255
; relationship with Prince Louis of Battenberg,
116
–17,
119
; linked to Prince Alexander of Battenberg,
124
,
125
–7; falls in love with Prince Henry of Battenberg,
124
,
127
–8; her annuity,
140
–41; preparations for her marriage,
141
–3,
145
–50; the wedding,
115
,
134
,
150
–56; honeymoon,
132
–3,
150
,
156
; visit to Empress Eugenie (1886),
157
; publication of
The Adventures of Count Georg Albert of Erbach,
160–62,
218
,
241
,
253
,
259
,
263
; miscarriage,
162
–3; birth of children,
163
–9; visit to Wynnstay Collieries (1889),
170
–71; amateur dramatics,
173
–7; trip to Heiligenberg (1892),
184
–5; and death of Prince Henry,
188
–9,
191
–6; visits France following funeral,
188
,
192
–4,
200
,
202
; visits Germany with Princess Victoria Eugenie (‘Ena’) (1898),
202
; her photography,
203
–4,
230
; and Queen Victoria's correspondence,
204
–7; a s Governor of the Isle of Wight,
208
–9,
231
241–2,
244
–5,
254
,
256
–7,
264
; and Queen Victoria's failing health,
210
–212; and Queen's death,
213
–14; as co-executor of Queen's will,
216
,
245
; editing of Queen Victoria's Journal,
92
–3,
100
,
216
–23,
252
–3,
254
; visits North Africa (1903–4, 1909, 1911),
224
–5,
229
–30; and disposal of Osborne,
225
–8; and Ena's marriage,
235
–9; her war work,
241
–2,
244
–5,
252
; and death of Prince Maurice,
245
–8; relinquishes German title,
248
–9; declining health,
251
,
253
,
254
–5,
257
,
z5%’
263–4; eightieth birthday,
256
–7; publication of
In Napoleonic Days
241,
259
–60,
261
–3 Character
&c
characteristics: acting ability,
174
–5; appearance,
11
–12,
30
–31,
50
,
69
,
82
–3,
120
,
174
,
185
,
199
; artistic aptitude,
106
–8; dancing,
44
,
53
; devotion to Queen Victoria,
43
,
59
,
71
–2,
77
,
94
,
139
,
158
–9,
203
–4,
210
; equanimity,
102
,
117
; German heritage,
222
,
241
,
259
; health,
109
,
112
–14,
224
,
251
,
253
,
254
–5,
257
,
258
,
263
–4; letter-writing,
41
–3,
63
,
245
; love of animals,
66
–8; maternal nature,
165
,
183
,
211
,
232
–3; musical aptitude,
17
,
57
–60,
92
,
172
–3; naughtiness,
19
,
44
; portraits (childhood),
12
–13, J 6,
40
,
44
,
53
; (adult),
82
–4,
85
,
120
,
121
,
129
,
176
,
199
,
228
,
248
,
253
–4; precociousness,
13
; preference for warm climates, i n,
112
; religious beliefs,
84
–5,
236
; self-denial,
33
,
43
–4; self-possession,
55
,
202
; shyness,
121
–2; views on literature,
73
,
106
,
122
; views on marriage,
38
,
71
–2