Letter from Queen Victoria to Leopold I, King of Belgium: “My own dearest, kindest Father,— For as such have I ever loved you! The poor fatherless baby of eight months is now the utterly broken-hearted and crushed widow of forty-two! My life as a happy one is ended! the world is gone for me! If … Continue reading The final illness and death of Prince Albert through Queen Victoria’s letters and journals, 20th December 1861: