Ebook: Childhood at Court, 1819-1914

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1. 'No scope for my very violent feelings of affection'; 2. 'Mamma d'une nombreuse famille'; 3. 'May it all turn to good!'; 4. 'Away from the happy peaceful home'; 5. 'Dreadfully wild, but I was just as bad'; 6. 'A real atmosphere of love and happiness'; 7. 'I don't see the wings'; 8. 'Innate boisterousness'; 9. 'The securest and happiest lot humankind had ever known'; Genealogical Tables; Reference Notes; Bibliography.;What was childhood like for the princes and princesses in the Victorian and Edwardian period? Here their education, recreation and general upbringing is discussed, from Queen Victoria's isolated and lonely childhood, to the children of King George V and Queen Mary. We see glimpses of Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who enjoyed collecting fossils on the Isle of Wight and terrifying his grandmother with a pet crocodile; Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, who was the first prince to attend public school despite enjoying cricket much more than education; and Prince Louis of Battenberg, who.