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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/Z/296/19
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Note from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria on the day of their engagement
Date	15 October 1839
Writer	Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Note written by Prince Albert to Queen Victoria, in German, on the day of their engagement. He thanks her for her notes to him and writes 'How is it that I have deserved so much love, so much affection? I cannot get used to the reality of all that I see and hear, and have to believe that Heaven has sent me an angel whose brightness shall illumine my life.'
Place Of Writing	Windsor Castle
Language	German
Extent	1 document (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within "Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy"
Publications	Letter translated and published in 'Letters of the Prince Consort 1831-1861 / selected and edited by Dr. Kurt Jagow ; translated by E.T.S. Dugdale. 1938, page 22.
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