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King Without a Crown
First published September 26, 1977
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July 17, 2021
The book goes into rather a lot of detail that might be digested more readily by a Brit brought up with British history as their background, but it was nevertheless interesting to me.
Albert (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in what is now Germany) was the first cousin of Victoria, Queen of England. (The Queens’ mother and Prince Albert’s father were siblings).
Victoria born 5-24-1819 and Albert born 8-26-1819…(both delivered by the same midwife) Married 2-10-1840.
They appear to have been genuinely in love with each other. Albert had to overcome the obstacle of being of German blood and was not readily accepted in British society, but his personality, incredible hard work and brilliant intellect eventually won British society and most politicians over. His list of accomplishments are too numerous to mention. They had 9 children together. Albert gradually took over more and more of Victoria’s responsibilities, and it seems he was generally acknowledged to be the power behind the throne, and was so good at it that it seems it was accepted without resentment. However he suffered from what some determine to have been Chrohn’s disease, aggravated by the ignorance of his doctors. He was in poor health the last 2 years of his life, thought still managing to accomplish a great deal.
Albert (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in what is now Germany) was the first cousin of Victoria, Queen of England. (The Queens’ mother and Prince Albert’s father were siblings).
Victoria born 5-24-1819 and Albert born 8-26-1819…(both delivered by the same midwife) Married 2-10-1840.
They appear to have been genuinely in love with each other. Albert had to overcome the obstacle of being of German blood and was not readily accepted in British society, but his personality, incredible hard work and brilliant intellect eventually won British society and most politicians over. His list of accomplishments are too numerous to mention. They had 9 children together. Albert gradually took over more and more of Victoria’s responsibilities, and it seems he was generally acknowledged to be the power behind the throne, and was so good at it that it seems it was accepted without resentment. However he suffered from what some determine to have been Chrohn’s disease, aggravated by the ignorance of his doctors. He was in poor health the last 2 years of his life, thought still managing to accomplish a great deal.
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