[109] Who would have thought that only six years later the Princess herself was to rejoin her father on the same day?
[110] He said to the Princess: “La bénédiction d’un vieillard fait toujours du bien.”
[111] A private plate, engraved for the Queen by the late Mr. Francis Holl, from a picture by Winterhalter.
[112] Also engraved by the late Mr. Francis Holl for the Queen from a picture given by Her Majesty to the Prince Consort on the 26th of August, 1843.
[113] The King of Bavaria and his brother, first cousins of Prince Louis of Hesse.
[114] The opening of Victoria Park, in the East end of London, on the 2d of April.
[115] To the 79th Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, at Parkhurst, on the 16th of April.
[116] The allusion is to the death of the little Prince Frederick, who was killed on the 29th of the previous month by a fall from a window.
[117] Princess Charles’ brother, Prince Adalbert of Prussia.
[118] The Grand Duchess Marie, who was engaged on the 11th of July to the Duke of Edinburgh.