Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign . CHAPTER I. The Queens Accession—Proclamation—Funeral of the King—The Queen andsocial functions—Mr. Montefiore—Amusing letter—Electric telegraph-Knocker wrenching—Amusements of the young aristocracy. King William the Fourth was as sincerely fond ot hisniece, Alexandrina Victoria, as he cordially detested hermother, and he earnestly hoped that she might obtain hermajority, which took place on the 24th of May, 1837, beforehe died, for he had a horror of the Duchess of Kent havingeven the shadowy power of a Regent. Greville, in hisMemoirs, writing o
Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign . CHAPTER I. The Queens Accession—Proclamation—Funeral of the King—The Queen andsocial functions—Mr. Montefiore—Amusing letter—Electric telegraph-Knocker wrenching—Amusements of the young aristocracy. King William the Fourth was as sincerely fond ot hisniece, Alexandrina Victoria, as he cordially detested hermother, and he earnestly hoped that she might obtain hermajority, which took place on the 24th of May, 1837, beforehe died, for he had a horror of the Duchess of Kent havingeven the shadowy power of a Regent. Greville, in hisMemoirs, writing on 23rd of May, says: The King prayedthat he might live till the Princess Victoria was of age, andhe was very nearly dying just as the event arrived. He isbetter, but supposed to be in a very precarious state. Therehas been a fresh squabble between Windsor and Kensingtonabout a proposed allowance to the Princess. The old King lived but a very short time after the desiredevent, for he expired at on the morning of the 20th ofJun
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