The letters of Queen Victoria: a selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1831 and 1861: published by authority of His Majesty the King, edited by Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Reginald Baliol Brett Esher, 1907
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Above: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess of Clarence, painted by Anthony Stewart.
Above: Princess Victoria of Kent, future Queen of the United Kingdom, painted by Anthony Stewart.
Above: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess of Clarence, painted by Anthony Stewart.
Above: Princess Victoria of Kent, future Queen of the United Kingdom, painted by Anthony Stewart.
Adelaide wrote this letter to her niece Princess Victoria, future Queen of the United Kingdom, on her third birthday in 1822.
The letter:
24th May 1822.
Uncle William and Aunt Adelaide send their love to dear little Victoria with their best wishes on her birthday, and hope that she will now become a very good Girl, being now three years old. Uncle William and Aunt Adelaide also beg little Victoria to give dear Mamma and to dear Sissi a kiss in their name, and to Aunt Augusta, Aunt Mary and Aunt Sophia too, and also to the big Doll. Uncle William and Aunt Adelaide are very sorry to be absent on that day and not to see their dear, dear little Victoria, as they are sure she will be very good and obedient to dear Mamma on that day, and on many, many others. They also hope that dear little Victoria will not forget them and know them again when Uncle and Aunt return.
To dear little Xandrina Victoria.
Uncle William and Aunt Adelaide send their love to dear little Victoria with their best wishes on her birthday, and hope that she will now become a very good Girl, being now three years old. Uncle William and Aunt Adelaide also beg little Victoria to give dear Mamma and to dear Sissi a kiss in their name, and to Aunt Augusta, Aunt Mary and Aunt Sophia too, and also to the big Doll. Uncle William and Aunt Adelaide are very sorry to be absent on that day and not to see their dear, dear little Victoria, as they are sure she will be very good and obedient to dear Mamma on that day, and on many, many others. They also hope that dear little Victoria will not forget them and know them again when Uncle and Aunt return.
To dear little Xandrina Victoria.
Notes: Sissi = Princess Feodore, Victoria's half-sister.
Aunt Augusta = Augusta, daughter of Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, wife of the Duke of Cambridge.
Aunt Mary = Princess Mary, daughter of King George III.
Aunt Sophia = Princess Sophia, daughter of King George III.
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