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Queen Victoria, dated 1887 Source: Pinterest "Had a fair night, but was a little wakeful. Got up earlier & had some milk. - Lenchen came & read some papers. - Out before 1, in the garden chair, Lenchen & Beatrice going with me. - Rested a little, had some food, & took a short drive… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 15, 13th January 1901:
Queen Victoria by Carl Rudolph Sohn, dated 1883 ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III "Had a good night, & could take some breakfast better. - There was a dense fog & no ships could cross. Took an hour's drive at ½ p. 2 with Lenchen. It was very foggy, but the air… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 14, 12th January 1901:
Queen Victoria by Heinrich Von Angeli, dated 1875©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2024 "A better night, but felt very tired. - Out in the garden chair after 1, Lenchen Beatrice walking with me. Very fine & like spring. Went as far as Barton & back. Felt so weary that I did… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 13, 11th January 1901:
Portrait miniature of Queen Victoria by Josefine Swoboda, dated 1893©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2024 "Rather a better night, but I slept on late. - Only got out for a short time in the morning, & in the afternoon drove with Lenchen & Beatrice to Newport & back. - Rested when… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 12, 10th January 1901:
Queen Victoria and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, in Coburg in April 1894 ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2024 "A bad night, & got up late. - Did not go out till the afternoon, when I drove with Harriet P. It was fine & mild & all the snow disappearing fast.… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 11, 9th January 1901:
Queen Victoria (right) with Princess Beatrice (left) in May 1886 ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2024 "Had a restless night & woke very often. The ground was white with snow when I got up & it snowed off & on the whole morning. - Got out in a closed carriage for… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 10, 8th January 1901:
Queen Victoria wearing spectacles, dated 1890. Edit: ©️ Queen.Victoria.Roses Photograph: ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2023 "Had a much better night, but still slept on late. - A very cold day with a very high wind. - Took a short drive in a closed carriage, at 2.30. with Ismay S. -… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 9, 7th January 1901:
Queen Victoria, dated 1890Enhanced by Queen.Victoria.Roses ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2023 "An improved night, though I wake often. Lenchen came & read letters to me after I got up. - The accounts of dear Vicky are not at all satisfactory, which make me so sad. - It blew so hard… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 8, 6th January 1901:
Queen Victoria by Joseph Sydney Willis Hodges, dated 1898 ©️ Beamish, The Living Museum of the North, Museum of Freemasonry "Had a bad & much disturbed night. Felt very exhausted. - Beatrice went out with me for a short while late in the morning & in the afternoon I drove with Lenchen & Ismay S.… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 7, 5th January 1901:
Queen Victoria on the day of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 22nd June 1897 ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III "Had a better night & took less draught, but still unfortunately, I slept longer than I wished. - Signed, & went out at ¼ to 1 with Lenchen. Wished Christian, Thora & Louie… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 6, 4th January 1901:
Queen Victoria in October 1890 by Princess (later Queen) Alexandra Source: Pinterest "Rather a better night, but slept on late into the morning, which is so provoking. - Heard that Ld Robert's ship had arrived safely & was anchored in the Roads. - I managed to get out for ½ an hour with Lenchen, &… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 4, 2nd January 1901:
Queen Victoria with her Eldest child, Victoria, in February 1889. They are both wearing black in mourning for her husband, Emperor Frederick III, who died in June 1888 ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2023 "Another year begun, - I am feeling so weak & unwell, that I enter upon it sadly.… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 3, 1st January 1900: