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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3076

Autographs
Victoria, Princess Royal
1888 (16 May) autograph letter written in the third person on her personal notepaper and envelope, embossed with "crown/V" mourning notepaper, writing from Germany responding to the receipt of a memento of the death of Doyne Bell, British Secretary to the Privy Purse.

"The Empress of Germany & Queen of Prussia thanks Miss Ethel Bell most warmly for the souvenir of her late Brother in the shape of a portrait of H. von Angeli by himself. The Empress will value the Picture doubly as a remembrance of Mr D.C. Bell, and also the many kind services he has rendered the Empress for so many years! Miss Bell knows perhaps how fully her Brother's qualities and abilities were appreciated by the Empress, who was fully aware how valuable a servant the Queen had in him & and how much he must be missed. Charlottenburg, May 16 1888". Victoria was Empress of Germany for only 99 days (8 March to 15 June 1888) and letters from her writing as Empress are scarce. Photo

Victoria, Princess Royal; Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa (1840 –1901) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and was created Princess Royal in 1841. She was the Mother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
Victoria was Empress and Queen of Prussia for only a few months, during which she had opportunity to influence the policy of the German Empire. Frederick III died in 1888 – just 99 days after his accession – from laryngeal cancer and was succeeded by their son William II, who had much more conservative views than his parents.

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