...this delightful woman : — " The Queen remembers her dear grandmother perfectly well. She was a most remarkable woman, with a most powerful, energetic,...for nature. The Prince told the Queen that she had earnestly wished that he should marry the Queen, and, as she died when her grandchildren (the Prince...

...maternal grapdmother of Queen Victoria. This Duchess of Coburg is spoken of by the Queen as "a most remarkable woman, with a most powerful, energetic,...tenderness of heart, and extreme love for nature." Her son, King Leopold, of Belgium, also describes her as "in every respect distinguished ; warmhearted,...