Prince Albert is remembered for many things – his interest in science and farming, his patronage of the arts, and the personal triumph that was the Great Exhibition – but what not enough people talk about, outside of already interested circles, is his fantastic eye for jewels.
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“At about ½ p. 12, I sent for Albert, who came to the Closet, where I was alone, & after few minutes I said, I thought he must be aware why I wished him & his brother to come here, & that it would make me too happy if he would consent to what I wanted (that he should marry me). We embraced each other over & over again & he was so kind & so affectionate. To feel I am loved by such an angel as Albert, is too great a happiness to describe, & really I felt it was the happiest & brightest moment in my life, which made up for all I had suffered & endured.”
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On this day in 1858, Victoria, The Princess Royal, eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, married Prince Frederick William of Prussia in the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace.
The couple had first met back in 1851, when Frederick, along with his parents, Prince William of Prussia, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, attended the opening of the Great Exhibition — Victoria had been 10 at the time, and Frederick 19. Victoria and Albert asked their daughter to be Frederick’s guide through the exhibition. Fortunately, Vicky (as she was known) was able to converse in fluent German, because Frederick’s English was very limited. Frederick also impressed her father, Prince Albert, during his visit, and shared many of his liberal ideas.
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Mistress of the Robes 