A Magnificent Obsession: The Death That Changed the Monarchy

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by Helen Rappaport


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  Notes

  Epigraphs

  1. Prince Albert, letter to Baron Stockmar, 24 January 1854, Martin II: 559–60.

  2. Rev. Norman Macleod, RA VIC/MAIN/R/2/28.

  3. Queen Victoria, letter to King of Prussia, in Gernsheim and Gernsheim, Queen Victoria: p. 140.

  Prologue: Christmas 1860

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