Date:1870
Description:Many of the letters from Queen Victoria refer to her thoughts about contemporary political issues. In one letter dated July 21st 1870, the Queen comments on the Franco-Prussian War. It is significant to note that the Queen asks Duchess Anne to be discreet in repeating her remarks. She writes: ‘Dear Annie, Might I ask you to be very cautious in speaking of what I may have said about this wicked war?’ The Queen’s letter revels that she considered the war to be ‘wicked & unjust’, and that she felt ‘the greatest anxiety' for her family who she feared would 'suffer cruelly in consequence’. The letter offers a rare private insight into the thoughts of one of the country’s most famous monarchs.
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