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The Last Princess

The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter

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The Last Princess

The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter

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Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, later Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the last-born – in 1866 – of Victoria and Albert's children, and she would outlive all of her siblings to die as recently as 1944. Her childhood coincided with her mother's extended period of mourning for her prematurely deceased husband, a circumstance which may have contributed to Victoria's determination to keep her youngest daughter as close to her as possible.

She would eventually marry Prince Henry of Battenberg in 1885, but only after overcoming her mother's opposition to their union. Beatrice remained Queen Victoria's favourite among her five daughters, and became her mother's constant companion and later her literary executor, spending the years that followed Victoria's death in 1901 editing her mother's journals and voluminous correspondence.

Matthew Dennison's elegantly written biography restores Beatrice to her rightful place as a key figure in the history of the Victorian age, and paints a touching and revealing portrait of the life and family of Britain's second-longest-reigning monarch.

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Published 01 Apr 2021
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 416
ISBN 9781789544701
Imprint Apollo
Illustrations 2 x 8pp colour
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Matthew Dennison

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