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Aberdeen, Earl of, 85, 145, 175, 182.

Aberdeen, unveiling of Prince Consort's statue at, 221.

Addresses of the French colonels, 1858, 198.

Adelaide, Princess, of Hohenlohe, asked in marriage by Napoleon III., 168.

Adelaide, Queen, 12, 13, 27, 28.

Albany, Duke of. See Leopold.

Albert, Prince, birth of, 14; childhood of, 25, 65; education of, 65; first visit to England of, 62; character of, 64, 81, 86, 89, 255; projected marriage, 25, 65; tour in Italy, 65; second visit to England, betrothal to the Queen, 66, 70; rumored to be a Roman Catholic, 71; allowance cut down in House of Commons, 74; precedence disallowed in House of Lords, 75, 76; marriage of, 79; favorable impression produced by, 80, 90, 91; difficulties of position of, 80; growing political influence of, 85; Queen's devotion to, 67, 69, 85; political opinions of, 86, 178; religious views of, 87; accomplishments and tastes of, 91, 92; McLeod, Dr., on, 89; Stockmar's influence on, 112, 118; title of Prince Consort conferred on, 115; devotion of, to his children and home, 120, 143; on the strength of Constitutionalism, 153; consults Lord Shaftesbury, 154; and Lord Palmerston, 150, 171, 209; outbreak of unpopularity against, 157, 182, 183; and the Great Exhibition, 173; on betrothal of his eldest daughter, 183; at Cherbourg, 196-7; despatch of, on Trent affair, 208; death of, 201-12; unveiling of statue of, 221.

Alexandra, Princess of Wales, 206, 217, 228, 239.

Alfred, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Coburg, 124, 131, 137, 232, 233.

Alice, Princess, Grand Duchess of Hesse, 119, 123, 130, 201, 212, 215, 216, 220, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235.

Alix, Princess of Hesse Darmstadt, 136.

Anti-Corn Law agitation, 58, 99, 101.

Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught, 127.

Ashley, Lord. See Shaftesbury.

Assassination, attempted, of Prince Alfred in Australia, 232.

Attempts on the Queen's life, 89, 90, 119, 139, 140, 141.

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Balmoral, 135, 136, 137, 138.

Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg, 127, 128.

Bedchamber question, 60, 72.

Belgians, King of the. See Leopold.

Bloomfield, Lady, 91 n., 142; on betrothal of Prince Frederick William and Princess Royal, 187; on Princess Alice, 233.

Bright, the Rt. Hon. John, 29, 101, 177, 207, 222.

Brocket, Greville at, 95 n.

Brougham, Lord, 57, 62.

Brown, Mr. John, 223.

Bunsen, Baron, letter from Stockmar to, 116.

Bunsen, Baroness, 33.


 * Cambridge, marriage of Duke of, 12.
 * Cambridge, Princess Mary of, 169, 234.
 * Cambridge, Prince of Wales at, 210.
 * Canada, insurrection in, 56.
 * Canning, Lady, 97, 127, 135.
 * Canning, Lord, in India, 192, 194.
 * Carlyle, Mr. Thomas, on the Queen, 33, 224-6.
 * Caroline, Queen, 19, 23.
 * Cart. death of, the Prince's valet, 35.
 * Castlereagh, Viscount, 107.
 * Catholic Emancipation, 41.
 * Charlotte, Princess, 12, 16, 17, 107-110.
 * Charlotte, Princess of Prussia, 127.
 * Charlotte, Queen, 107.
 * Chartism, 58-74 n., 126.
 * Cholera, 170.
 * Christmas-trees, 120.
 * Civil War in the United States, Trent affair, 208.