Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate Williams

Author:Kate Williams [Williams, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-345-52193-4
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2008-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

In November, Parliament reassembled. The Lord Chancellor declared in the House of Lords: “The manner in13 which her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has hitherto discharged her duty in the education of her illustrious offspring—and I speak upon this subject not from vague report, but from accurate information—gives us the best ground to hope most favourably of her Royal Highness’s future conduct.” The duchess’s campaign to charm Whig grandees, her sedulous courting of the bishops, and most of all, the tour, had won her the great prize. She was appointed sole regent. Conroy had also achieved his ambition: He was the closest adviser to the Regent and, he hoped, the future queen.

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