On the morning of 15th October 1874, Queen Victoria ‘found many telegrams & the welcome news that Marie had been safely delivered of a son’ at Buckingham Palace. Prince Alfred was the eldest child and only son of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. On 23rd November, the … Continue reading The life of Prince Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha