Queen Victoria

y of those who are destined to govern, the welfare

r people. No trouble was ever spared by her to obtain the best possible advice on

ed her from devoting so much time to these duties as she could have wished. Lady Lyttelton, who had been a lady-in-waiting, was appointed governess to the Roy

ildren should be brought up as simply, and in as domestic a way as possible; that (not interfering with their lessons) t

er herself, and in 1844 the Queen noted with regret that it was not always possi

ncourages His earthly children to have for Him, and not one of fear and trembling; and that the thoughts of death and an after-life should not be represented in an alarming and forbidding view,

n. The Prince's care of his wife "was like that of a mother, nor could there be a kinder, wiser, or more

carpentering and gardening, while the girls were employed in learning cooking and housekeeping. Christmas was always celebrated in splendid fashion by the family, and the royal children were always encouraged to give as presents someth

as to be so educated that he would be in touch with the movements of the age and able to respond sympathetically to the wishes of the nation. The rapid growth of democracy throughout Europe made it absolutely necessary that his education should be of a different kind. The task of governing well was becoming more and more dif

were at that time no fewer than 600,000 children between the ages of three and fifteen absent from school but known to be employed in some way; he pointed out also-and this se

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Louis Napoleon of France. The Emperor Nicholas came to England, as he told the Queen, to see things with his own eyes, and to w

s growing friendship with her old enemy, France, but

this Albert, and with great truth, says is the great advantage of these visits, that I not only see these great people, but know them), I got to know the Emperor and he to know me. . . . He is sincere, I am certain, sincere even in his most despotic acts-from a sense that that is the only way to govern. . . . He feels kindness deeply-and his love for his wife and children, and for all children, is very great. H

ous, and the Queen expressed her wish that it might not prev

gdom was in the happy position of having its independence guaranteed by the Powers,[2] was able to

protect Belgium in 1914, when Germ

e is the first King of France who comes on a visit to the Sovereign of this coun

he received. He assured the Queen that France did not wish to go to war with England,

eresting to recollect, which had been created by Edward the Third after the Batt

an address of congratulation. He declared in his answer that "France has nothing

republic, and King Louis Philippe, his wife and family were forced

eated himself Emperor, and in 1855, after the conclusion of the Cri

y six years ago living in this country an exile, poor and unthought of! . . . I am glad to have known this extraordinary man, whom it is certainly impossible not to like when you live with him, and not even to a considerable extent to admire. I believe him to be

early married life. It was a great source of pleasure to both of them to feel tha

the gayest, and the most excited assemblage was at Cambridge station itself. . . . I think I never saw so many children before in one morning, and I felt so much moved at the spectacle of such a mass of life collected together and animated by one feeling, and that a joyo

Duke of Argyll,

n noticed particularly that "the beauty of the women is very remarkable, and struck us much; such beautif

"Oh! Queen, dear!" screamed a stout old lady, "make one o

ad very recently been in revolt, the loyal

, yet such perfect order maintained; then the numbers of troops, the different bands stationed at certain distances, t

ner and the confidence she has shown in them, but they are pleased with themselves for their own good feelings and behaviour, which they consider have

his was a memorable occasion, for since Mary, Queen of Scots, had

urderers entered who killed Rizzio, and the spot where he fell, where, as the old housekeeper said to me, 'If the lady would stand on that side,' I would see that the boards were discoloured

re introduced into this country by Prince Albert. One of the Queen's great delights at Windsor was to walk round the farms and inspect the cattle, which are still, owing largely to the careful methods of feeding an