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ACCOUNT OF THE QUEEN'S 1845 TOUR OF GERMANY
[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
First hand account in the form of a diary, unsigned, probably by Colonel Wylde
headed Diary of Journey with the Queen - 1845 starting on Saturday 9th August Left Woolwich after the Prorogation of Parliament... embarked at ½ past 5 on board the Yacht & Anson & myself on board the Black Eagle & the Squadron dropped down to Lea Reach below Gravesend for the night... Sailed... for Antwerp... remained on board for the night... Lefth Antwerp by Railway... met by K & Q of the Belgians... who accompanied the Q... met by the Prussian Authorities on the frontier & by the K of P at Aix la Chapelle and after Luncheon & seeing the Cathedral went on to the Chateau of Bruhl. 12th At Bruhl - excursion to Bonn - to inauguration of Beethoven's statue. Princes rooms when at College at night to Cologne & embarked on the Rhine to see Cologne illuminated - fireworks etc... 13. At Bruhl to Cologne to see the Cathedral in the morning - Concert at Bruhl in the evening. 14 - Left Bruhl - embarked at Bonn on board the König steamer with the K of Prussia & Court & went to Stolzenfels - grand illumination..., he carries on with a day by day account 26 - Rosenau - Prince Albert's Birthday - dance of Peasants & Concert at night. 27 - Left Rosenau - Luncheon at Meinengen & arrived at Rheinhardsbrunn to dinner and sleep... Gotha - Q lodged in Palace of the Prince's Maternal Grandmother... 29 - Fete at Gotha - Procession of Peasants morning & state reception in the evening..., he account continues until the end of the trip Sept 8th - Arrived at ½ past 8... & went to Chateau of Eu to breakfast - drive out in Charabang at 2..., 5 sides 4to., no place, 9th August to 8th September
Item Date: 1845
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Almost certainly in the hand of Col. William WYLDE, 1788-1877. He was aide de Camp to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their close friend. He become their secret envoy early on in her reign and he travelled widely with them. From his papers. This account closely follows the published itinerary but with more detail. 1845 August 11 — August 14: Schloss Brühl, Brühl, Rhenish Prussia Visiting Frederick William IV of Prussia at Aachen, Cologne and Bonn August 14 — August 16: Schloss Stolzenfels, Koblenz, Rhenish Prussia August 16 — August 18: Hotel de l'Europe, Mainz, Rhenish Hesse Visiting Crown Prince William of Prussia August 18 — August 19: Schloss Würzburg, Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria Visiting Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria August 19 — August 27: Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Visiting Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha August 27: Elisabethenburg Palace, Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Visiting Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen August 27 — August 28: Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha August 28 — September 3: Schloss Friedrichsthal, Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Visiting Karoline Amalie, Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg September 3: Wartburg, Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Visiting Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach September 3 — September 4: Kurfust Hotel, Fulda, Grand Duchy of Hesse September 4 — September 5: Hotel d'Angleterre, Free City of Frankfurt Receiving Ludwig I of Bavaria September 5 — September 6: Hotel, Deutz, Rhenish Prussia September 6 — September 7: Antwerp, Belgium Visiting Leopold I of Belgium September 8 — September 9: Château d'Eu, Eu, France Visiting Louis Philippe I
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