Queen Victoria--Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life
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love
marriage proposal and engagement
power balance
refusal to listen
second meeting
shared interests
V’s dependence on
wedding day see wedding, Victoria and Albert’s
visits to Britain
first
second
wardrobe
Albion House, Ramsgate
Alexander II, Tsar of Russia
Alexandra (Alix), Princess of Wales Abdul Karim
Bertie, relationship with
Bertie’s illness
candidate for Bertie’s wife
character
Chinese Room, preparation of
illness
Sandringham House, Norfolk
Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
wardrobe
Alfred (Affie), Prince, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Alice, Princess, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt
All the Year Round (Dickens)
Allingham, Althea
Andrews, Mary
Appleton, R.J.
Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught and Steathearn assassinations
Augusta, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Augusta, Princess (daughter of George III)
Augusta, Princess, Duchess of Cambridge
Baby Race
Bagehot, Walter
Baird, Julia
Bakhsh, Mohammed
Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire complaints about
description
Florence Nightingale’s visit
informality at
John Brown at
rebuilding
tartan
Victoria’s love of
Victoria’s published journals
Baly, Dr
Bambridge, William
Barlow, Sir Thomas
Bartley, Paula
Basu, Shrabani
Beatrice, Princess
Abdul Karim
character
children
father, relationship with
lunch at Disraeli’s
mother, relationship with constant companion
estrangement
private secretary
subordination
Victoria’s refusal to allow marriage
Victoria’s stipulation on marriage
on wedding day
mother’s Diamond Jubilee
mother’s last illness and death
physical appearance
precociousness
Prince Henry
at Sandringham
Victoria’s diaries, editing
Victoria’s visit after Albert’s death
wedding
widowhood
Becker, Dr Ernest
Bedchamber Crisis
Beresford, Charles, Baron
Bertie, Prince of Wales see Edward
(Bertie), Prince of Wales (V’s son)
Bigge, Arthur
Blagden, Mr Richard
bleeding, practice of
Blegg, Charles
Blomfield, Charles, Bishop of London
Blore, Edward
Bogdanor, Vernon
Bosnia
Bostridge, Mark
Breadalbane, John Campbell, 2nd Marquess
breastfeeding
Bride of Lammermoor, The (Scott)
Brighton Pavilion
British Empire
Brock, Mrs
Brown, John
alcoholism
death
diary
power in household
‘The Queen’s Highland Servant’
unpopularity in household
Victoria, relationship with
Victoria’s biography
Bruce, General
Bruce, Lady Augusta
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
Buckingham Palace
Chinese Room
coronation procession, start of
description
Diamond Jubilee dinner
entertaining at
Victoria and Albert’s wedding breakfast
Victoria’s move to
Victoria’s rare use of
Bulgarian Horrors (Gladstone)
Bull, Dr William
Bunsen, Madame
Cabinet
Cambridge, Prince Adolphus, Duke of
Cambridge, Prince George, Duke of
Canada
Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton
Archbishop of
Canterbury, Edward White Benson
Archbishop of
Canterbury, William Howley
Archbishop of
cartes de visite
Catholicism
Chamberlain, Joseph
Chapel Royal of St James’s Palace
Charles of Leiningen, Prince
Charlotte of Wales, Princess
Charlotte, Queen Consort of George III
Christmases at Windsor
Churchill, Jane
Clarendon, George Villiers, th Earl
Clark, Dr James
Albert’s feelings for Victoria
Albert’s last illness
Balmoral Castle
discipline of children
Flora Hastings’s illness
Florence Nightingale
health advice
Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands (V.R.)
Parthenope Nightingale
Vicky’s birth
Victoria’s illness at Ramsgate
Victoria’s mental state
Clarke, Sir Charles
Clifden/Clifford, Nellie
Clifton, Ellen
coach, golden state
Conroy, Captain John
accusation of embezzling
ambition
bullying of Victoria
control of Victoire
dedication to duty
Edward’s illness and death
family
Lady Flora Hastings
Leopold’s distrust of
melodrama
peerage
the ‘System’
Victoria’s illness
Victoria’s accession
Victoria’s birth
Victoria’s coronation, absence from
Victoria’s distrust of
Conyingham, Elizabeth, Marchioness of
Conyingham, Francis, nd Marquess
coronation
attendees
budget
Cabinet debating date of
celebrations, public
criticisms
Crown of State
fair at Hyde Park
fireworks
mishaps and mistakes
for the people
procession
Victoria’s memories of
Victoria’s wardrobe
Westminster Abbey, ceremony at
Crimean War
crinoline skirts
Croft, Sir Richard
Crown of State
Cubitt, Thomas
Cumberland, Prince Ernest, Duke of
Curragh, Ireland
Dalhousie, James Broun-Ramsay, st Marquess
Davidson, Randall
as Bishop of Winchester
as Dean of Windsor
Davis, David Daniel
Davys, George
de Späth, Baroness
Dennison, Matthew
Derby, Edward Stanley, th Earl
Diamond Jubilee
beginning of the end
cheers for Victoria
cost
crowds
date
dinner
Empire on parade
Jubilee Feast for paupers
Kaiser Wilhelm II’s exclusion
landau and horses
lunch
name
official photograph
parasol
procession of colonial troops<
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processions, Victoria’s
service in front of St Paul’s
telegrams across Empire
Times editorial
Victoria’s breakfast
Victoria’s wardrobe
weather
Dickens, Charles
Dilke, Sir Charles
Disraeli, Benjamin
appearance and dress
background
character
commemorative trees
Flora Hastings correspondence
handling of Victoria
Hughenden Manor
John Brown
love for Victoria
love for wife
made Knight of the Garter
Nellie Clifden affair
Russo-Turkish War ()
Victoria and Melbourne
Victoria as Empress of India
Victoria’s coronation
Victoria’s lunch with
Disraeli, Mary Anne
Dittweiler, Emilie
dogs, Victoria’s pet
Dossé, Ernest
Dubus, Adelaide
Duleep Singh, Maharaja
Anglicisation
Christianity
death
jewels
Koh-i-noor Diamond
Osborne House visit
photograph
portraits
as ‘Queen’s pet prince’
resentment
unhappiness
Victoria’s protection
violent childhood
wardrobe
Durham, Edward Maltby, Bishop of
Eastern Question
Edward (Bertie), Prince of Wales (V’s son)
Alix, relationship with
aversion to learning
birth
Buckingham Palace
cartes de visite
Curragh
father’s beatings
father’s disappointment in
father’s illness and death
Flora Hastings correspondence
illness
mistresses
mother, relationship with
mother’s Diamond Jubilee
mother’s failing and death
mother’s Munshi-mania
Nellie Clifden
post-recovery change
public opinion of
public relations skills
Sandringham House
sexual education
thanksgiving service for recovery
university
Edward, Prince, Duke of Kent (V’s father)
Brussels
Canada
character
courtship
death
Gibraltar
love for wife
mistresses
physical appearance
pneumonia
Sidmouth holiday
spending and debts
Victoria, birth of
Victoria, christening of
Victoria, pride in
wedding
will
elections, general
Elizabeth II
Ellis, Sarah
Ely, Jane Loftus, Marchioness of
‘England in ’ (Shelley)
English Constitution, The (Bagehot)
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha (A’s father)
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha (A’s brother)
Ernest, Prince, Duke of Cumberland
Erroll, William Hay, th Earl
Excelsior Hotel Regina, French Riviera
description
today
Victoria’s rooms
Victoria’s routine
view from Victoria’s rooms
family tree vi–vii
Farren, Nellie
Feodore of Leiningen, Princess
Albert and Ernest
Albion House
Edward, illness and death of
in Germany
illness at Sidmouth
Victoria, closeness to
Victoria’s eating habits
Victoria’s mouth
Ferguson, Dr Robert
films of Victoria
Fowler, Nellie
Fraser, Charles
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess
gender hierarchy
George III
George, Prince, Duke of Cambridge
George, Prince Regent / George IV
Brighton Pavilion
brothers’ wedding
Buckingham Palace
coronation
death, Victoria told of
last illness
mistresses
public’s dislike of
Victoire, dislike of
Victoria, christening of
Victoria, guardianship of
Windsor Castle staircase
Gibraltar
Gibson, John
Girouard, Mark
Gladstone, William
Golden Jubilee
government boxes
Graham, Mrs (balloonist)
Gray, Annie
Great Famine of Ireland
Great Reform Act (1832)
Greenwood, James
Greville, Charles (’The Gruncher’)
Gull, Dr
Halifax, Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount
Hanover
Hastings, Lady Flora
correspondence
death and post-mortem
introduced by Conroy
‘love of Conroy’ rumours
medical examination
pregnancy, suspicion of
Victoria’s response to death of
Victoria’s visit during illness
Hastings, Lady Sophia
Hay, Lady Ida
height
Henry (Liko) of Battenburg, Prince
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Homans, Margarent
Howley, William, Archbishop of
Canterbury
Hudson, Katherine
Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire
Hughes, Kathryn
Humbert, Albert Jenkins
India
Indian and Colonial Exhibition
Ireland
Catholicism
Curragh military camp
Great Famine
Victoria’s feelings about
Wrens of Curragh
Isle of Wight see also
Osborne House, Isle of Wight
Jenner, Dr William
Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of
John Brown’s Legs pamphlet
Jordan, Dorothy
Karim, Abdul
1897 Riviera holiday
background
correspondence
government boxes
Hindustani and Urdu lessons for
Victoria
household’s dislike of
illnesses
promotion to Munshi
racism against
requests for favouritism
return to India
status within household
Victoria, relationship with
Victoria’s death
Kemble, Fanny
Kensington Palace
Kent, Prince Edward, Duke of see Edward, Prince, Duke of Kent (V’s father)
Kew Palace
Kim, Alexandra
Kingsley, Charles
Kipling, Rudyard
Knollys, Sir William
Koh-i-noor Diamond
Labouchère, Henry
ladies-in-waiting
Layard, Sir Austen Henry
Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands (V.R.)
Lehzen, Johanna Clara Louise
background
character
Conroy, guarding against
departure
‘Good Behaviour Book’
as governess
/> Vicky’s birth
Victoria and Albert’s wedding
Victoria learning of succession
Victoria, relationship with
Victoria’s illness
Victoria’s coronation
Victoria’s physical appearance
Lenchen (Helena), Princess
Leopold I of Belgium (V’s uncle)
Albert and Victoria, match between
Albert’s education
ambition
Charlotte, death of
Conroy, distrust of
Edward’s illness and death
Edward’s will
financial help from
income
Lehzen’s appointment
Ramsgate visit
Victoire and Edward’s wedding
Victoria, guidance to
Victoria, relationship with
Leopold, Prince, Duke of Albany (V’s son)
Leslie, Charles
Liberals
Lilly, Mrs
Lipton, Thomas
Lister, Dr Joseph
Locock, Dr Charles
Londesborough, William Denison, 1st Earl
London, Charles Blomfield, Bishop of
Louis of Battenburg, Prince
Louise, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha (A’s mother)
Louise, Princess, Duchess of Argyll (V’s daughter)
Lyttleton, Sarah, Baroness (’Laddle’)
Macclesfield, Mark Parker, Countess of
Macdonald, Annie
‘madness,’ Hanoverian
George III
Victoria, fears for and rumours
Mallet, Marie
Maria, Queen of Portugal
Martineau, Harriet
Maton, Dr William
McKernan, Luke
Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount
Albert, opinion of
Bedchamber Crisis
character
Conroy’s demands
criticisms
diet
Lady Flora’s illness
Vicky’s birth
Victoria and Albert’s wedding
Victoria, guidance to
Victoria, relationship with
Victoria’s accession
Victoria’s coronation
Victoria’s first pregnancy
Mendelssohn, Felix
menopause
Moral Takes for Young People (Edgeworth)
Mordaunt, Lady Harriet
Mordaunt, Sir Charles
More Leaves From The Journal of a Life in
the Highlands (V.R.)
Mott’s, Foley Street, London
mourning wear
Munich, Adrienne
Nash, John
Newman, John Henry
Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia
Nightingale, Florence
Albert’s wedding clothes
army hospital reform
Balmoral, visit to
character
Crimea, nursing in
illness
images of, fictional
likeableness
Panmure, meetings with
presentation at court
sister’s illness
Victoria as widow
Nightingale, Parthenope
Osborne House, Isle of Wight
bathing machine
Beatrice’s wedding
description
extension
fete
journey to
Maharaja Duleep’s visit
meals
purchase
rebuilding
staff members’ dislike
swimming beach
Swiss Cottage
Victoria’s bedchamber