Letter from Queen Victoria to Leopold I, King of Belgium: “My beloved Uncle,—Though, please God! I am to see you so soon, I must write these few lines to prepare you for the trying, sad existence you will find it with your poor forlorn, desolate child—who drags on a weary, pleasureless existence! I am also … Continue reading The final illness and death of Prince Albert through Queen Victoria’s letters and journals, 24th December 1861: