. Some famous women . mes a little tired byall the stiff ceremonies she had to o throusfh, thouorhshe liked seeing people. She was very fond of musicand dancing, spent much of her time in singing, andlearnt to play the harp. When she was sixteen, she was confirmed by theArchbishop of Canterbury, and he spoke to her soseriously about the duties of her position that she wasdrowned in tears and frightened to death. One of heruncle Leopolds most cherished plans was that theprincess should marry her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg; and when she was seventeen, he arranged thatPrince Albert, who
. Some famous women . mes a little tired byall the stiff ceremonies she had to o throusfh, thouorhshe liked seeing people. She was very fond of musicand dancing, spent much of her time in singing, andlearnt to play the harp. When she was sixteen, she was confirmed by theArchbishop of Canterbury, and he spoke to her soseriously about the duties of her position that she wasdrowned in tears and frightened to death. One of heruncle Leopolds most cherished plans was that theprincess should marry her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg; and when she was seventeen, he arranged thatPrince Albert, who was a few months 3ounger, shouldvisit England with his father and elder brother. Thevisit was a great success. The princess wrote to heruncle : They are both very amiable, very good and kind,and extremely merry, just as young people should is extremely handsome . . they are excessively QUEEN VICTORIA 175 fond of music, like me. A fortnight later she wrote: I must thank you, my beloved uncle, for the pros-. POKTKAIT UF PkIXCE ALBEKT. pect of great happiness you have contributed to giveme in the person of dear Albert. Allow me, then, my 176 SOME FAMOUS WOMEN dearest uncle, to tell you hoAv delighted I am with him,and how much I like him in every Avay. He possessesevery quality that could be desired to make me perfectlyhappy. He is so sensible, so kind, and so good, and soamiable too. He has, besides, the most pleasing anddelightful exterior and appearance you can possiblysee. Prince Albert thought his cousin very amiableand wonderfully self-possessed. Nothing was, however,said about marriage during this visit and the princereturned to Germany. Just after the princess was eighteen, her uncle, KingWilliam IV., died, on June 20,l837. She herself de-scribed in her journal what happened afterwards: I Avasawoke at six oclock by Mama, Avho told me that theArchbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham werehere and wished to see me. I got out of bed, and Aventinto my sitting-room
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