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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/Z/296/45
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria regarding his acceptance of Victoria's decision in relation to George Anson
Date	6 January 1840
Writer	Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Prince Albert writes to Queen Victoria in reply to her letter in which she described taking Communion at Windsor, which Albert notes was the same day which they attended Communion in Coburg. He also writes that he will leave the matter of George Anson to Victoria's 'good feeling' and remarks that as the Queen's husband he must accept the existing conditions. He says that 'As the Queen's husband I shall be in a dependent position, more dependant than any other husband, in my domestic circumstances.', but also asks that he be able to manage his private fortune. He mentions that he is enclosing a cutting from a Gotha newspaper which describes the New Year celebrations and Ernest I's birthday (not enclosed).
Place Of Writing	Gotha
Language	German
Extent	1 document (8 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; 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, pages 49-50.
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