. The boyhood of a great king, 1841-1858 : an account of the early years of the life of His Majesty Edward VII. ain. I have so much to tell you, toamuse you, and so much to show. All this I hopeto do on my return to England. In the meantimeI must tell you that I have here two very prettyand tame parrots, and a voliere full of pretty canarybirds. They are all on the veranda outside of ourwindows, I was much pleased to hear that youall liked the little carriage which I sent you atChristmas. I hope to see you some day in my love to your dear brothers and sisters, alsoto kind Lady Lyttelto
. The boyhood of a great king, 1841-1858 : an account of the early years of the life of His Majesty Edward VII. ain. I have so much to tell you, toamuse you, and so much to show. All this I hopeto do on my return to England. In the meantimeI must tell you that I have here two very prettyand tame parrots, and a voliere full of pretty canarybirds. They are all on the veranda outside of ourwindows, I was much pleased to hear that youall liked the little carriage which I sent you atChristmas. I hope to see you some day in my love to your dear brothers and sisters, alsoto kind Lady Lyttelton. God bless and protectyou, dearest child, prays Your most affectionate Grand-Aunt Adelaide. In February the Queen and her children are oncemore at Buckingham Palace, and on the loth ofthat month (the eighth anniversary of Her Majestysmarriage) an abridged version of Mendelssohns Oedipus was performed at Buckingham Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal had bothbeen present at the rehearsals which the Queen andPrince Albert superintended in person. The news from the Continent grows more and 216. ^^<^ /^^. ^. ,;«^^^^-^g=.^S;^^-^ FACSI3I1LE OF FIRST PAGE OF LETTER FROM QIEEX ADELAIDE, DATED FINCHAL, JANIARY 21, 1848. TO HER GRAND-XIK( E THE IRINCESS ROYAL Birth of Princess Louise more gloomy, and Prince Albert (February 27)writes almost in despair to Baron Stockmar : The posture of affairs is bad. European waris at our doors. France is ablaze in every quarter ;Louis Philippe is wandering about in disguise, sois the Queen. . Guizot is a prisoner, the republicdeclared, the army ordered to the frontier, the in-corporation of the Rhenish provinces they refuse to pay the income tax, and attackthe Ministry. Our poor good grandmamma (theDuchess Dowager of Gotha) is taken from the world. On Saturday, March 18, the Princess Louise(now the Duchess of Argyll, and the wife ofthe bonny child of whom the Queen had writtenseven months before—August li, 1847 : O
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