The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 1, 1837-1843

MY DEAREST UNCLE,--I have to thank you for two very kind letters, of the 26th December and 1st January, and for all your very kind and good wishes. I am sorry to hear you have a...

MY DEAR NIECE,--Most grateful for your very amiable kind letter full of good wishes for me, I hasten to answer it and to assure you that I deeply feel all your affectionate kind...

MY DEAR UNCLE,--... I don't like your _croaking_ so about damp climates; if a niece may venture to say such a thing, I might almost say it is ungrateful to your faithful and att...

DEAREST UNCLE,--... We have been _very_ gay; danced into the New Year, and again _last_ night, and were _very_ merry, though but a very small party; young and old danced. Good L...

STOCKMAR is here; I saw him yesterday and to-day, and have begged him to explain to you _all the Court affairs, and the affairs concerning the Treaty_, in my name. He will expla...

... Lord Melbourne feels most deeply the extreme kindness of your Majesty's expressions. Whatever may happen in the course of events, it will always be to Lord Melbourne a sourc...

rule_, _to be courageous, firm and honest, as you have been till now_. You may count upon my faithful good offices in all difficulties, and you have at your command Stockmar, wh...

Her father, Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767-1820), the fourth son of George III., was a man of decided character, kindly, pious, punctual, with a strict sense of duty...

MY DEAREST UNCLE,-- ... We saw Van de Weyer[1] on Tuesday, and his conversation was most interesting. He praises our dear Ferdinand most exceedingly, but as for the poor Queen,...

MY DEARLY BELOVED CHILD,--You wrote me again a long, _dear_, _good_ letter, like all those which I received from your kind hands. Time approaches now for the arrival of the cous...

[The first letter ever received by Queen Victoria appears to be the following little note, written by the Duchess of Clarence, afterwards Queen Adelaide, in May 1821, when the P...

It may be held to have been one of the chief blessings of Queen Victoria's girlhood that she was brought closely under the influence of an enlightened and large-minded Prince, L...

QUEEN VICTORIA, on her father's side, belonged to the House of Brunswick, which was undoubtedly one of the oldest, and claimed to be actually the oldest, of German princely fami...

Recollections of Claremont--Historical writers--Governor-Generalship of Canada--Mr Drummond shot--Mistaken for Sir Robert Peel--Death of Mr Drummond--Demeanour of MacNaghten--Le...

Letter to King Leopold--The Prince and literature--The speech from the throne--Domestic happiness--Duke of Wellington's illness--England and the United States--Operations in Chi...

Letter from Queen Adelaide--Disasters in Afghanistan--The Oxford movement--Church matters--The Duke of Wellington and the christening --Lord Melbourne ill--A favourite dog--The...

Murder of Lord Norbury--Holland and Belgium--Dissension in the Cabinet --The Duke of Lucca--Portugal--Ireland and the Government--England and Belgium--Prince Albert's tour in It...

Letters to Prince Albert--Opening of Parliament--The Prince's grant --The Prince at Brussels--Marriage of the Queen and Prince--Public enthusiasm--Plays in Lent--Debate on the C...

Spain and Portugal--Music with Princes Ernest and Albert --Parliamentary language and political passion--The throne of Greece --Queen of the Belgians' dowry--The English Press--...

Lord Melbourne--Canada--Influence of the Crown--Daniel O'Connell --Position of Ministers of State in England and abroad--New Poor Law --Pressure of business--Prince Albert's edu...

Queen Victoria's early years--Duke and Duchess of Kent--Parliamentary grant to Duchess of Kent--The Queen of Würtemberg--George IV. and the Princess--Visits to Windsor--Duchess...

Observations on the correspondence with King Leopold and others--First letter received by Queen Victoria--Her first letter to Prince Leopold --Birthday letters--King Leopold's d...

Visit of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg--Invitation to the Prince of Orange--Arrival of Princes Ernest and Albert--The Princess's appreciation of Prince Albert--King Leopold's...