“A fine morning — Walked down to the Mausoleum with the Dss of Roxburghe & drove back — Very busy with every sort of thing. — Leopold of B. arrived just before luncheon. Everything had gave off admirably, first, at bucking. ham Palace, where all the Addresses from the city & Volunteers, 13 to 1400 people coming, & at the dinner at the Mansion House, in the evening After luncheon, he took very unwilling Leave. — Dear Alix had a daughter today, both doing very well — At ½ p.3 left for Claremont, with Louise, Beatrice, the Dss of Roxburghe, Florence Seymour, Mlle Narile, Sir T. Biddulph & Col: De Ros, going in the 2nd carriage So vexations to have had to leave poor Leopold behind Reached dear old Claremont at 5. All the rooms so comfortable We all dined together in the well Known old Dining room, — Such a large room, as indeed they all are. I felt as in a dream, the past eroding in upon me in a most wonderful way, but pleasantly, especially the days of my childhood. — The Duchess read to me in my sitting room.“
RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ (W) 26 November 1869 (PRINCESS BEATRICE’S COPIES) retrieved 20 November 2023