Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine's letter to her mother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Ireland, dated August 16, 1862

Source:

Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland: Biographical Sketch and Letters, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1884

https://archive.org/details/alicegrandduches03alic/page/42/mode/2up

Above: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Ireland with her daughter Princess Alice with a bust of the late Prince Albert, Alice's father, who died on December 14, 1861.

The letter:

AUERBACH, August 16th.

... We do feel for you so deeply and would wish so much to help you, but there is but One who can do that, and you know whom to seek. He will give you strength to live on till the bright day of reunion. ...

German translation (my own):

Auerbach, 16. August.

... Wir empfinden so großes Mitleid mit Dir und würden Dir so gerne helfen, aber es gibt ja nur Einen, der das kann, und Du weißt wohl, wen Du suchen musst. Er wird Dir die Kraft geben, bis zum strahlenden Tag des Wiedersehens weiterzuleben. ...