Queen Victoria’s journal: “When I woke at 4 sent to enquire & heard dear Albert had slept very quietly & well & had only woke to take his food. At 7 saw D’ Jenner, who reported favourably, thank God! At 8 went over to my beloved one, who himself admitted that it had been his … Continue reading The final illness and death of Prince Albert through Queen Victoria’s letters and journals, 9th December 1861: