Musurus Pasa, Kostaki (Turkish Ambassador), 151
Mutsuhito (now referred to as Meiji), Emperor of Japan (1852–1912), 215
Muzaffar-ud-din, Shah of Persia (r 1896–1909), 213–14
Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808–73), 17, 78, 125, 236
Nasru’d-din, Shah of Persia (r 1848–96), 127–28, 228
Newcastle, Henry Pelham-Clinton, Duke of (1811–64), 31, 32, 33
Nicholas, Grand Duke (d 1865), 83
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia (1868–
1918): at Balmoral, 150; P of W and, 262; on KE, 262; on visit to Russia of KE and QA, 264; and Wilhelm II, 264
Nicolson, Sir Arthur, later cr Baron Carnock (1849–1928), 264
Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910), 284
Norfolk, Duchess of (d 1945), 179
Norfolk, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of (1847–1917), 252, 253
Northbrook, Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of (1826–1904), 133, 135
Northcote, Sir Stafford Henry, later cr Earl Iddesleigh (1818–87), 143, 302
Northumberland, Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of (1846–1918), 68, 232
Olga, Grand Duchess (1882–1960), 182
Olga, Queen of Greece (1851–1926), 105
Oliphant, Laurence (1829–88), 110
Onslow, Lake (rector of Sandringham), 115
Ormonde, James Edward Butler, 3rd Marquess of (1844–1919), 99
Orsay, Count d’, 73
Osborne, Ralph Bernal (1808–82), 73
Osborne: P of W as a child at, 14, 17; Royal Family at, 83, 115; KE presents it to nation, 188
Ott, Ernst (Marienbad doctor), 245
Otto, King of Greece (r 1832–62), 56
Owen, Sir Richard (1804–92), 20, 103
Oxford, Bishop of, see Wilberforce, Samuel
Oxford University, P of W at Christ Church, 30
Paget, Lord Alfred, 130
Paget, Augustus, 61, 268
Paget, Mrs Gerald, 165
Paget, Walburga, 41, 57
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount (1784–1865): speaks to QV about her relations with P of W, 49; and P of W’s income, 68; and Garibaldi’s visit to England, 78; and P of W’s gambling, 98
Paoli, Xavier (Corsican detective), 241, 242
Paris, Comtesse de, 186
Paris, Louis Philippe, Comte de (1834–94), 185
Paris: P of W as a boy in, 17; P of W in, 78, 236, 239, 256; William Knollys’s opinion or, 126; P of W and Lillie Langtry in, 155–56; P of W and Jaraczewski in, 194; KE in, 239, 292; QA in, 239; International Exhibition, 257; popularity of England in, 258; KE’s visit to promote friendly relations, 255–58; funeral procession of King of Hanover in, 265
Parratt, Sir Walter (1841–1924), 197
Pearl, Cora, 239
Pedro V, King of Portugal (r 1853–61), 28, 45
Peel, Sir Robert (1788–1850), 3
Pembroke, Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of (1853–1913), 150
Pennethorne, Sir James (1801–71), 67
Pentland, Joseph Barclay (1797–1873), 26
Penzance, Sir James Wilde, Baron (1816–99), 108
Persia, Shahs of: Muzaffar-ud-din, 213–14; Nasru’d-din, 127–28, 228
Peterborough, William Connor Magee, Bishop of (1821–91), 71
Phelps, Samuel (1804–78), 17
Phipps, Sir Charles Beaumont (1801–66), 67, 85, 101
Pistl, Fräulein (Marienbad shopkeeper), 244
Pius IX, Pope (r 1846–78), 27, 125
Pless, Princess of (née Daisy Cornwallis West), 176, 280
Pollington, John Horace Savile, Viscount, later 5th Earl of Mexborough (1843–1916), 38
Ponsonby, Arthur (1871–1946), 283
Ponsonby, Frederick Edward, later cr Baron Sysonby (1867–1935), 299; on Soveral, 176; advises KE on Victorian Order, 216; and KE’s rages, 216, 217, 237; finds KE demanding, 217; gives KE a pipe, 226; on Christmas at Sandringham, 229–30; on KE, 241, 294, 297–98; his duties in Marienbad, 244; on KE and foreign policy, 249; rewords KE’s angry telegram, 251–52; on absurdity of KE’s incognito, 254; on KE’s goodwill visit to Paris, 259; and Wilhelm II, 267; on KE and Wilhelm II, 275; with KE in Brighton, 287; and KE at Sandringham, 287; takes leave of the dying KE, 294; gives KE a stylographic pen, 298
Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick (1825–95): his opinion of P of W, 22, 123; accompanies P of W on Continent, 22; at Sandringham, 71, 114; and suitable employment for P of W, 123; and Indian tour, 129; on chaotic City ball, 151; and Prince Imperial, 152; on Prince Eddy, 184; wears two Jubilee Medals, 193; his dreadful trousers, 195
Poole, Henry, 64
Popes: Leo XIII, 185, 251–54, 255, 288–89; Pius IX, 27, 125
Portland, Dame Winifred, Duchess of (d 1954), 172
Poynder, Sir John Poynder Dickson-, later cr Baron Islington (1866–1936), 294, 304
Poynter, Sir Edward John (1836–1919), 155
Probyn, Sir Dighton Macnaghten (1833–1924), 130, 192, 231
Pulitzer, Joseph (1847–1911), 261
Quin, Frederic Hervey Foster (1799–1878), 73
Quinn, Patrick (detective), 243
Raglan, Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset, 2nd Baron (1817–84), 151
Rama V (Chulalongkorn), King of Siam (1868–1910), 215
Rampolla, Cardinal, 253, 254, 255
Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford, 1st Baron (1837–1916), 205, 299
Reid, Sir James (1849–1923), 280, 292
Reid, Whitelaw, 249, 261
Rhodes, Cecil John (1853–1902), 174, 283
Ripon, William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of (1841–1918), 246
Ritz, César (1850–1918), 226
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl (1832–1914), 209, 212, 277
Robinson, Sir Joseph Benjamin (1840–
1929), 178
Robinson, Thomas Bilbe, later Sir Thomas (1853–1939), 294
Rochefoucauld-Bisaccia, Duc de la, 125
Rodd, James Rennell, later cr Baron Rennell (1858–1941), 209
Romilly, Joseph (1791–1864), 37, 38
Rose, Sir John (1820–88), 35
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of (1847–1929), 99; on Harrington, 72; and P of W, 150, 179; and Princess Victoria, 182; his clothes annoy KE, 195; on KE winning Derby, 199; KE and, 210; host to KE in Naples, 255; on P of W’s ‘signal service’, 263; Third Reform Bill, 284
Rostand, Edmond (1868–1918), 292
Rothschild, Alfred de (1842–1918), 175
Rothschild, Sir Anthony de (d 1876), 71, 175
Rothschild, Ferdinand de, 179
Rothschild, Leopold de, 175
Rothschild, Nathan Meyer, later cr Baron Rothschild (1840–1915), 175, 263
Royal, Princess, see Frederick, Crown Princess
Royston, Charles Philip, Viscount, later 5th Earl of Hardwicke (1836–97), 99
Rudolf, Archduke of Austria, 93
Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria (1858–89), 148, 152, 175
Russell, Lord John Russell, 1st Earl (1792–1878), 20, 48, 77, 79
Russell, Odo William, later 1st Baron Ampthill (1829–84), 27
Russell, William Howard, later Sir William (1821–1907), 99, 103, 130
Russia: P of W in, 87, 89; P and Pss of W in St Petersburg, 254, 262; assassination of Alexander II, 257; funeral of Alexander III, 262; KE strives for détente with, 263; persecution of Jews, 263; criticism of KE’s visit to, 283
Sagan, Princesse de, 126
Said Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt (1822–63), 51
St Albans, William Amelius Beauclerk, 10th Duke of (1840–98), 27, 38, 99, 125
St George’s Chapel, Windsor, royal wedding in, 62–63
St James’s Palace, 206
St Paul’s Cathedral, 115–16
Salisbury, Marchioness of (1827–99), 172
Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of (1830–1903), 95, 150; and the Indian tour, 130, 131; commends P of W, 138; on Anglo-Indian attitu
de to natives, 138; his advice after Tranby Croft affair, 160; writes to Beresford, 163; negotiates between Beresford and P of W, 166–67; and Mrs Keppel, 172; and Prince Eddy’s marriage, 187; as Prime Minister defends Cabinet collective responsibility, 212; presses KE to attend Paris Exhibition, 257; and relations between P of W and Wilhelm II, 266; and Rhodes, 283
Sandars, John Satterfield (1853–1934), 253, 254
Sandringham: purchase of, 67; a model country estate, 68; P and Pss of W at, 68–70; Lady Macclesfield on, 69; alterations to, 69–70, 99, 203; guests at, 70, 159, 180, 203; Sundays at, 94–95; shooting at, 96–97; P of W with typhoid at, 114; Gladstone at, 127; P of W’s children at, 182; library at, 197–98; golf course at, 198; KE rides tricycle at, 198; Gemütlichkeit at, 203; Alington’s daughter on life at, 203; Carrington on, 204; York Lodge, 219; grandchildren at, 219; routine at, 221; Sunday luncheon at, 226; Christmas at, 229; New Year’s Eve at, 230, 286; weekends at, 230; Wilhelm II at, 266; KE’s tooth extracted at, 281; KE’s last weekend at, 297–300
Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 8th Earl (1839–1916), 227
Sassoon, Alfred, 175
Sassoon, Arthur (1840–1912), 175, 287
Sassoon, Mrs Arthur, 287
Sassoon, Reuben, 162, 242
Schleswig-Holstein Duchies: stumbling block to marriage between P of W and Alexandra, 42; QV warns Alexandra about, 59; invasion of Denmark over, 77; attitude of P of W to war, 77–78, 94; Cabinet decision about, 83; and Princess Helena’s marriage, 85
Schneider, Hortense, 101
Schwarzenberg, Felix Ludwig von (1800–1852), 51
Scott, Winfield (1786–1866), 34
Scott-Chad, Joseph, 117
Selborne, William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of (1859–1942), 210
Semon, Sir Felix (1849–1921), 229; KE rebukes, 193; on pipers at Balmoral, 203–4; KE chaffs, 228; KE scolds, 281, 300
Senden und Bibran, Baron von, 270, 271
Serbia, King of, see Alexander, King of Serbia Seymour, Francis, later Sir Francis (1813–90), 48
Shaw, Eyre Massey, later Sir Eyre (1830–
1908), 72
Sheffield, Edward Lyulph Stanley, 4th Baron (1839–1925), 294
Siam, King of, see Rama V (Chulalongkorn)
Sinha, Sir Satyendra Prassano, later cr Baron Sinha (1864–1928), 213
Sitwell, Sir Osbert (1892–1969), 171, 206
Smith, Albert (1816–60), 17
Smith, Goldwin (1823–1910), 29
Somerset, Lord Arthur, 169, 178
Somerset, Lady Geraldine, 63, 101, 157, 180
Sophia, Queen of Holland (1818–77), 42
Southey, Mrs (nurse), 4
Soveral, Luis de, Marquis (d 1922), 176, 215, 255, 292
Spencer, Countess, 83
Spencer, John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl (1835–1910), 72, 84, 124
Stamper, C.W. (KE’s motor engineer), 199, 234, 236, 300
Standish, Hélène, 126
Standish, Henry (1847–1920), 126
Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, later Dean of Westminster (1815–81), 179; and P of W, 50–51, 73; and Pss of W, 69, 132; his death, 147; QV’s high opinion of, 147
Stanley, Frederick Arthur, later 16th Earl of Derby (1841–1908), 40
Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912), 110
Steed, Henry Wickham (1871–1956), 246, 250
Stephanie, Princess of Belgium (1864–1945), 148
Stephen, J.K., 184
Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames (1829–94), 12, 16
Stephen, Sir Leslie (1832–1904), 177
Stockmar, Christian Friedrich, Baron (1787–1863): and education of P of W, 7, 11, 12; and Gibbs, 12; and character of P of W, 14–15, 30–31; on P of W, 25; and P of W’s liaison with Nellie Clifden, 46; angry about P of W’s engagement, 59; government appeals to, 75–76
Stolypin, Peter Arkadyevich, 264
Stonor, Monsignor Hon. Edmund (1831–1912), 253, 254
Stonor, Mrs Francis, 111–12
Stonor, Julie, 157
Stratford de Redcliffe, Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount (1786–1880), 27
Stuart, James (1843–1913), 151
Suffield, Charles Harbord, 6th Baron (1855–1924), 130
Sutherland, Duchess of (d 1888): on King of Sardinia, 23; QV on, 73; P of W and, 73, 127; Gower on, 127
Sutherland, George Granville LevesonGower, 3rd Duke of (1828–92), 68, 79; his eccentric behaviour, 72; QV on, 73; P of W on, 73; member of Marlborough Club, 99; in Egypt with P of W, 103; and Indian tour, 130, 132
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837–
1909), 73, 197
Sykes, Christopher (1831–98), 99, 160, 178, 298
Talbot, Lord Edmund, 252
Tarver, Charles Feral: and education of P of W, 19–20, 21, 26, 28; on a walking tour, 22; accompanies P of W to Rome, 26; P of W tries to help, 178
Teck, Duchess of (1833–97), 141, 180, 229
Teck, Francis, Duke of, 186
Teesdale, Christopher Charles, later Sir Christopher (1833–93), 20, 29, 88, 102
Tennant, Margot, see Asquith, Margaret
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron (1809–92), 154, 197
Thiers, Louis Adolphe (1797–1877), 125
Thumb, General Tom (prop. Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838–83), 17
Thyra, Princess of Denmark, later Duchess of Cumberland (1853–1933), 83, 265
Tirpitz, Alfred Friedrich von (1849–1930), 243
Torrington, George Byng, 7th Viscount (1812–84), 46
Tranby Croft scandal, 160–63
Transport, KE’s train and cars, 236
Tremouille, Duc de la, 126
Trevelyan, Sir George Otto (1838–1928), 112
Treves, Sir Frederick (1853–1923), 207, 228, 282
Turkey, P and Pss of W in, 105
Turkey, Sultans of: Abdul Aziz, 151; Abdul Mejid I, 56
Tweeddale, William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of (1826–1911), 99
United States, P of W in, 31–33
Valletort, William Henry, Viscount, later 4th Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe (1832–
1917), 20
Vanbrugh, Violet (1867–1942), 273
Vanderbilt, Mrs Cornelius, 254
Vansittart, Robert Gilbert, later 1st Baron Vansittart (1881–1957), 298
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia and first King of Italy (1820–78), 23, 27, 60, 254
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1869–1947), 251, 253
Victoria, Princess (1868–1935), 180;
birth, 101; does not marry, 182; plays ‘golf’, 198; birthday parties, 220; KE’s last illness, 295; on KE’s superstition, 299
Victoria, Princess of Hesse (1863–1950):
wedding, 148, 266
Victoria, Princess of Prussia (1866–
1929), 265
Victoria, Princess Royal, see Frederick, Crown Princess
Victoria, Queen (1819–1901): attitude to religion, 11; and punishment of children, 18; assaulted in Park, 21;
and Schleswig-Holstein Duchies, 59, 77, 83; low and depressed before the wedding’, 63; at wedding, 61, 62–63; and Marlborough House, 67; and Garibaldi’s visit to England, 78; Christian names of her descendants, 82; and Mordaunt divorce, 107, 109; shares responsibility for unpopularity of Royal Family, 109; at Sandringham, 113, 114; and thanksgiving celebrations, 116; Empress of India, 138, 149; and Aylesford scandal, 140, 142; Our Life in the Highlands, 146; everyone afraid of, 152; and Tranby Croft affair, 161, 162, 163; and Fife, 181; Golden Jubilee, 188; death, 191; and state opening of Parliament, 206; and the Gladstones, 229; her style of travelling abroad, 236
comments on her by: Henry James, 191; Lady Macclesfield, 114; Frederick Ponsonby, 298; Lady Warwick, 174
and her family: Princess Royal, 3, 5; Albert, 3, 4, 47, 75–76; Crown Princess Frederick, 44; death of her mother, 45; marriage of Princess Helena, 85; birth of Prince George, 86; death of Pss of W’s baby, 111; and Wilhelm II, 152, 267, 273, 277; encourages marriage between Victoria of Prussia an
d Alexander of Battenberg, 265; and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, 266
and P of W: birth of P of W, 3; she compares him to his father, 4; and his names, 4; and the child, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18; and his ambition to join army, 23; she praises him, 34; and a marriage for P of W, 40, 42, 44, 57; considers him heartless, 45; and Nellie Clifden affair, 46, 50; blames him for Albert’s death, 47–48, 49; instructions to P of W, 50, 61, 129, 138; disapproves of his friends, 73, 174; and of his frivolity, 74, 81–82; refuses to allow him any responsibility or authority, 77, 123–24, 150–52; and P and Pss of W, 83–84, 92; and P of W’s children, 81, 101, 132, 182, 185; annoyed about P of W in Egypt, 103; and Mordaunt divorce, 107, 109; and P of W’s holidays, 124; and Indian tour, 131, 132, 133; P of W brings a present for, 137–38; refuses to allow him to go to Egypt, 145; disagreements, 145–46; and his finances, 201; disapproves of his friendships with French nobility, 256; and squabble between P of W and Wilhelm II, 268
and Pss of W: 91, 129; before Alexandra’s marriage, 59; disapproves of her, 81, 86, 91–92, 93; relationship between, 87, 153; goes to see her, 87
quoted on: birth of P of W, 3; moulding P of W in Albert’s image, 4; children, 6, 18; P of W and Princess Royal, 12; P of W, 13, 19, 24, 40, 49, 51, 87, 145, 148; Albert, 15–16, 22, 47; Alexandra, 41, 57, 58, 59; Crown Princess Frederick, 42; Albert’s death, 48; P and Pss of W, 63, 73, 87, 115; Prince Affie, 82; Queen of Denmark, 85; Pss of W, 83, 84, 86, 87, 93, 153; extravagance, 106; P of W’s dislike of reading, 127; Prince Eddy, 183, 185; Golden Jubilee, 188; Alexander of Battenberg, 265; Wilhelm II, 267
Vienna, P of W in, 49, 268
Vitzthum, Count, 60
Voisin, Dr (French tutor), 13
Vyner, Mrs Robert, 242
Waddington, Mme, 243
Waldemar, Prince of Denmark (1858–
1909), 83
Walden, William Montagu-Hay, Viscount, later 10th Marquess of Tweeddale (1826–1911), 99
Wales, Albert Edward, Prince of, see Edward VII, King
Wales, Alexandra, Princess of, see Alexandra, Queen
Wales, Prince of, see George, Prince
Walsingham, Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron (1843–1919), 97
Walters, Catherine, 128, 239
Warwick, Frances Evelyn Greville, Countess of (1861–1938), 197; her history, 157–58; and P of W, 157, 158, 159, 167; and Beresford, 158; and Tranby Croft affair, 160; a socialist, 168; her house-parties, 168–70; on P of W, 170; and Pss of W, 170, 193; on Jews, 174–75; on KE’s taste in music, 197
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