e now, and send this scrawl by
a messenger, whom Lord Clarendon means to expedite. Ever your most
dutiful and affectionate Daughter,

VICTORIA.

[Footnote 39: George Housman Thomas, artist (1824-1868). The
picture he produced on this occasion was entitled, _Homage of
the Princess Royal at the Coronation of the King of Prussia_.]

[Footnote 40: Charles Alexander, 1818-1901, grandfather of the
present Grand Duke.]

[Footnote 41: Prince John, brother of King Pedro, was making a
tour with his elder brother, Louis, the Duc d'Oporto.]

[Footnote 42: Prince Charles Anthony of Hohenzollern was the
father of the young Queen Stephanie of Portugal, who had died
in 1859.]

[Footnote 43: Prince Charles Frederick, 1823-1891.]

[Footnote 44: Prince Albert, who became King in 1873.]

[Footnote 45: Brother of King Maximilian II.]

[Footnote 46: Son of the Elector Frederick William I.]

[Footnote 47: Brother of the reigning Grand Duke.]

[Footnote 48: Uncle of the King of Holland.]

[Pageheading: THE PRINCESS ROYAL]

_The Earl of Clarendon to Queen Victoria._

KOENIGSBERG, _19th October 1861_.

Lord Clarendon presents his humble duty to your Majesty, and humbly
hopes that your Majesty will not be displeased at his not having
written sooner, but every moment has been occupied by _fetes_ and
ceremonies here, and the visits to Royal Personages, who are in great
numbers, and Lord Clarendon also wished to delay sending off the
messenger until the Coronation was over.

That most interesting and imposing ceremony took place yesterday, and
with the most complete and unalloyed success; everything was conducted
with the most perfect order; the service not too long, the vocal music
enchanting, but _the_ great feature of the ceremony was the manner in
which the Princess Royal did homage to the King. Lord Clarendon is at
a loss for words to describe to your Majesty the exquisite grace and
the intense emotion with which Her Royal Highness gave effect to her
feelings on the occasion. Many an older as well as younger man than
Lord Clarendon, who had not his interest in the Princess Royal, were
quite as unable as himself to repress their emotion at that which was
so touching, because so unaffected and sincere....

If His Majesty had the mind, the judgment, and the foresight of the
Princess Royal, there would be nothing to fear, and the example
and influence of P