“Slept soundly, hoping to hear that dearest Albert was much better. He had had a good deal of sleep off & on but had been dreadfully restless. I went in at 7 & found him sleeping, but by 8 he was up & sitting in his sitting room, looking very weak & exhausted & not … Continue reading The final illness and death of Prince Albert through Queen Victoria’s letters and journals, 7th December 1861: