CollectionVictorian Additional Papers
ReferenceVIC/ADD/A/2/14
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Queen Victoria to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Date21 January 1876
WriterVictoria, Queen
AddresseeAlbert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910)
DescriptionQueen Victoria to Prince of Wales on his trip to India: 'Do not think me greedy, for it is for the Crown & therefore for you & yours that I say it - lf I say that I hope some fine things wh. you receive will be presented by you to your Mother as the Empress of India for the Crown - as a Memorial of your interesting unprecedented Visit to India'. The Queen notes that Arthur, Duke of Connaught 'is much liked at Gibraltar'. She also comments 'I am quite ill from grief at the state of suffering of my dearest friend [Lady] Augusta [Stanley]!', and refers to the death of Beatrice, Lady Richard Grosvenor.
LanguageEnglish
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