On the 16th we go to poor, dear Frogmore, and on the 17th we shall visit that dear grave! Last year she was still so well, and so full of life; but it was a very sad birthday, two days after the loss of that dear beloved sister, whom she has joined so soon! Oh! the agony of Wehmuth, the bitterness of the blank, do not get better with time! Beloved Mamma, how hourly she is in my mind!
The King of Prussia will have great pleasure in visiting you at Wiesbaden; he will arrive at Ostend on the 16th....
Good-bye, and God bless you, dearest Uncle. Ever your devoted Niece,
Victoria R.
Footnote 28: Charles XV., who succeeded to the throne in 1859.
Footnote 29: Brother and heir to Charles XV., whom he succeeded, as Oscar II., in 1872; died 1907.
Footnote 30: The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, accompanied by their two children, were on a visit to the Queen.
Viscount Palmerston to Queen Victoria.
SWEDISH POLITICS
Downing Street, 14th August 1861.