Buy this book on-line DUCHESS of YORK**, HRH, THE with STONEY**, BENITA: : VICTORIA AND ALBERT: LIFE AT OSBORNE HOUSELONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1991. ISBN 0297831070.
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It is easy to forget that for almost twenty-two years of her enormously long reign Queen Victoria was a wife and a woman deeply in love.Prince Albert was everything to her and increasingly influenced the Queen's every thought and action.Yet popular history paints a portrait of a reclusive widow and strong-willed successful sovereign,held in esteem bordering on reverence by her vast Empire. This seeming paradox stimulated HRH The Duchess of York's interest in Queen Victoria and prompted her to research the extraordinary relationship that developed between the Queen and Prince,and as an expression of it,the home they created on the Isle of Wight.The Royal Archives at Windsor Castle revealed how,together,they built Osborne House to escape the intense pressures and lack of privacy synonymous with their position.
While Prince Albert pursued his plans and improvements for the house and the grounds,the Queen delighted in her freedom,experimenting with landscape painting and seabathing.It was a perfect environment in which to bring up their growing brood of children and to rejoice in each other's company,dining together, dancing,playing whist or arranging albums of pictures.
'Victoria and Albert: Their Life at Osborne House' is an original and compelling tale of royal family life,from the early years together to the tragedy of Prince Albert's premature death,and of the house that can be seen as a monument to their marriage.In the very personal Preface,the Duchess of York reveals the curious coincidences of shared experience that have given her a clear understanding of her subject.With 200 beautiful illustrations this book offers a fresh insight into the private life of this famous couple.
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