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OF
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCE CONSORT.
COMPILED,
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF HER MAJESTY
THE QUEEN,
BY
LIEUT.-GENERAL THE HON. CGREY.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
The Saxe-Coburg Family.—Birth and early Infancy of the Princes.—
Birth of Princess Victoria. -Letters from the Duchess of Coburg, and
from the Dowager Duchesses of Coburg and of Gotha....
CHAPTER II.
1823-1826.
25
The Princes removed to the Care of a Tutor.-Prince Albert's first
Journal and Letters. Visits to Gotha.-Letters from the Dowager
Duchess of Gotha...
42
CHAPTER III.
1826-1828.
Gotha added to the Possessions of the Duke of Coburg. — Difficulties
of the Settlement.-Letters from the Dowager Duchess of Coburg.-
School Fête at the Rosenau.-Visits to Gotha.-Letters from the Dow-
ager Duchess of Gotha.-Recollections of Count Arthur Mensdorff.. 54
CHAPTER IV.
1828-1831.
Life at the Rosenau, etc.-Journals and Letters of Prince Albert.-
Death of the Dowager Duchess of Coburg
70
CHAPTER V.
1832-1833.
Visit of the Princes to Brussels.-Remarriage of the Duke.—Mr. Flor-
schütz's Recollections of Mode of Life, System of Study, etc... Page 85
CHAPTER VI.
1832-1835.
The Rosenau and Reinhardsbrunn.-Excursions in the Thüringerwald.
-Confirmation of the Princes..
102
CHAPTER VII.
1835-1837.
Visit to Mecklenburg, and Tour through Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Vienna,
etc.-First Visit to England. -Residence at Brussels.-Letters of the
Prince........
111
CHAPTER VIII.
April, 1837, to the close of 1838.
Residence at Bonn.-Death of William IV.-Tour through Switzerland
and North of Italy.-Letters from the Prince......
CHAPTER IX.
1838-1839.
127
Separation of the Brothers.-The Prince's Tour in Italy.-Baron Stock-
mar.-Majority of Prince Ernest.-Prince Albert declared of Age at
the same Time.-Letters...
150
CHAPTER X.
1839.
Visit to England.-The Marriage of the Queen and Prince settled.. 178
CHAPTER XI.
Declaration of the Marriage to the Privy Council.-List of Privy Coun-
cilors present. The Queen's Journal.-Proceedings at Coburg and
Gotha.-Letter from Prince Ernest to the Queen.-Preliminary Ar-
The Prince's Position.-Formation of Household.-Settlement of Prece-
dence. -Freedom from Partisanship.-General Life in London.-At
Windsor, Claremont, etc.-Love for the Country.-Attempt on the
Queen's Life.-The Regency Bill.-Birth of the Princess Royal... 252
List of Members of the Privy Council present at the Declaration.... 339