early20thcenturynerd: Prince Albert Victor, 18841880: “Dear Eddie’s 16th birthday, which
early20thcenturynerd: Prince Albert Victor, 18841880: “Dear Eddie’s 16th birthday, which seems a dream, where I think of the tiny delicate little 7 month’s old baby, not able to be dressed, but wrapped in cotton wool, I saw in Mrs Clark’s arms. May God bless him & make him a good, honest, sensible, kind & humble minded boy & man!”1881: “Eddy’s 17th birthday. May God bless & protect him, & keep him pure & good.”1883: “Eddy’s 19th birthday. God bless & protect him!”1885: “Eddy’s 21st birthday. It seems quite like a dream, & but so short a while ago, that I hurried across from Osborne to Windsor, or rather Frogmore, to find that poor little bit of a thing, wrapped in cotton! May God bless him & may he remain good & unspoilt, as he is.”1886: “Eddy’s birthday. God bless him!”1887: “Eddy’s birthday. God bless the dear boy, & guide him in the right path.”1888: “Eddy’s 23rd birthday. God bless the dear Boy, & guide him aright.”1889: “Dear Eddy’s 25th! birthday. May God bless the dear Boy!”- Queen Victoria’s diary entries for Eddy’s birthday in the 1880s -- source link
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