CollectionVictorian Additional Papers
ReferenceVIC/ADD/A/3/38
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleCopy extract of a letter from Queen Victoria to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Date13 April 1861
WriterVictoria, Queen
AddresseeEdward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910)
DescriptionThe Queen remarks on her feelings after the death of her mother, the Duchess of Kent. She admonishes the Prince to 'be warm & affectionate in manner... your Mother...yearns to show you the love she feels but she must meet with warmth & tenderness!' She regrets her own treatment of her mother in 'gone bye days', and reports King Leopold's view of the Prince's letter to her.
LanguageEnglish
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