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.

1839.

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