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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/Z/297/8
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria regarding his arrival in Kalenberg and plans for his journey back to England
Date	5-6 April 1844
Writer	Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince
Addressee	Victoria, Queen
Description	Letter from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria, written in German on mourning paper. On 5 April he writes from Kalenberg of his arrival in Kalenberg and says how 'lovely and friendly is this dear old country'. He writes of his plans to visit his favourite places and people in the town. Albert also writes of their departure from Gotha and of his reception at Meiningen, and later of visiting the Eckhardsberg, which was to be his father's place of burial. On 6 April Albert wrote from Coburg to say that he would start his journey back to England in two days time and would arrive in Windsor 'by Thursday evening'. He also mentions that he would have a conversation at Bemberg with the Crown Prince of Bavaria.
Place Of Writing	Kalenberg
Place Of Writing	Coburg
Language	German
Extent	1 document (8 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, pages 94-95.
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