teatimeatwinterpalace:♕ November 9, 1841 – Birth of King Edward VII The second child of Queen Vict
teatimeatwinterpalace: ♕ November 9, 1841 – Birth of King Edward VII The second child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was born on 9 November 1841. Post-natal depression made it hard for Victoria to bond with her new son, Bertie’s birth had been difficul. The new baby was named Albert Edward : Albert after his father and Edward in memory of Victoria’s father, the Duke of Kent. Victoria referred to the child as ’the Boy’. When he was eighteen months old she wrote ’ I do not think him worthy of being called Albert yet ’. He never was. Instead, everyone called him Bertie. { Bertie, a ife of Edward VII } His life would have been easier,in childhood and beyond, if he had been more like his father. But the rigorous, intellectual regime Prince Albert had designed for him was totally unsuitable : The Prince of Wales was a ‘people’ person who thrived on friendship and society. His father failed to understand the potential in this, so too did his mother, who feared the likeness she sensed between her eldest son and her Hanover uncles. She refused to allow her son access to affairs of State, forcing him to develop a role for himself, which in time he did, with considerable success. { Queen Victoria’s family, Zeepvat } -- source link
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