Source:
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
Above: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Ireland, painted by Thomas Sully.
Above: Leopold, King of the Belgians, lithograph by Leopold Georg Friedrich.
Above: King Wilhelm I of Württemberg, painted by Joseph Karl Stieler.
The letter:
9th August 1837.
MY BELOVED UNCLE, — ... With respect to the Elections, they are, I'm thankful to say, rather favourable, though not quite so much as we could wish. But upon the whole we shall have as good a House as we had, and I hope (as Lord Melbourne does also), a more moderate one than the last one. The Irish Elections are very favourable to us; we have gained six in the English boroughs, and lost, I grieve to say, several in the counties.
The country is very quiet, and I have good reason to believe all will do very well.
The King of Würtemberg is to arrive to-night, under the name of Count Teck, and wishes to be in strict incognito. He comes on purpose to see me; you know he is my second cousin — his mother was sister to Queen Caroline and daughter to my grand-aunt. I shall give the King a large dinner on Friday and a little concert after it. ...
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