Queen Victoria’s journal: “Enquired at 4 & heard my beloved Albert was sleeping quietly & the breathing was no worse. Saw D’ Jenner, who had sat up with him, after 7. He said that from 4 to ½ p. 6 he had been very excited & his pulse rather quick. The respiration had not improved, … Continue reading The final illness and death of Prince Albert through Queen Victoria’s letters and journals, 13th December 1861: