Thus Valentine’s Day we’re looking at a pencil and watercolour sketch by Queen Victoria, which shows her eldest child, Princess Victoria, kneeling at the altar of the Chapel Royal at Sf James’s Palace. Vicky, as the princess was known, married Prince Friedrich of Prussia on 25th January 1858. While their marriage had been a political alliance, Victoria and Friedrich were a perfect love match and their shared liberal views made them a dynamic duo during their time as Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia.
In her journal the proud Queen wrote that it was “The 2nd most eventful day in my life, as regarded feelings, for I felt almost as if it were I that was being married over again, only much more nervous”. She gos on to ass that her “last fear of being overcome, vanished, when I saw Vicky’s calm & composed manner. It looked beautiful seeing her kneeling beside Fritz, their hands joined, her long train born by the 8 young ladies, who looked like a cloud of young girls hovering round her, as they knelt near her.” (1)
You can learn more about Victoria and Friedrich’s relationship in my blog: The courtship and engagement of Victoria, Princess Royal and Prince Friedrich of Prussia
Citation:
(1) RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ (W) 25 January 1858 (PRINCESS BEATRICE’S COPIES) retrieved 25 January 2024 Royal Collection Trust / © King Charles III
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