. V. R. I. : Queen Victoria, her life and empire. by the Vice-Chan-cellor on behalf of the University and by the Mayor andCorporation on behalf of the City. Several of the collegeswere visited, as was also the University Press, where thePrincess was presented with a handsomely bound Bibleand an account of her visit printed on satin. The early part of 1833 was passed at Kensington, wherethe usual studies were kept up, though the Princess nowwent rather more frequently into society. In April theDuchess of Kent gave a dinner to the King at KensingtonPalace, but the Princess as usual did not dine,
. V. R. I. : Queen Victoria, her life and empire. by the Vice-Chan-cellor on behalf of the University and by the Mayor andCorporation on behalf of the City. Several of the collegeswere visited, as was also the University Press, where thePrincess was presented with a handsomely bound Bibleand an account of her visit printed on satin. The early part of 1833 was passed at Kensington, wherethe usual studies were kept up, though the Princess nowwent rather more frequently into society. In April theDuchess of Kent gave a dinner to the King at KensingtonPalace, but the Princess as usual did not dine, but merelyappeared in the drawing-room before and after dinner. On her fourteenth birthday, which occurred this j^ear, ajuvenile ball was held at St. Jamess Palace in her King led her into the ballroom and again to supper,where she sat beside him in the seat of honor. KingWilliam IV. seems to have been wannly attached to hislittle niece, and did not approve the action of the Duchessof Kent in allowing her to be with him so seldom. 44. THE PRINCESS VICTORIA AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN EARLY DAYS From this period the Princess frequently attended theopera, where she heard most of the leading singers of theday. During the summer, visits were made to Sion and Clare-mont; in July the Princess went with her mother for asecond tour in the Isle of Wight. This time she was ac-companied by her half-brother, the Prince of Leiningen,who was in England spending his holidays. The partystayed principally at Norris Castle. It was on this occasion that Princess Victoria first madethe acquaintance of Osborne Lodge, an old-fashionedhouse which she afterwards bought, and upon whose siteOsborne House was built. She attended service at oldWhippingham Church, and was present at the consecra-tion of the church at East Cowes. A prolonged tour in the yacht Emerald was now and Portsmouth were first visited, and theflagship Victory was inspected. The Princess delightedthe men by shari
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