Duke of Albany et al. in Osborne House - December, 1866

from Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860) , page 294:

[A]t five o'clock I received the message that the Queen wished to see me at half-past five...At half-past five I was ushered into a small boudoir, and after a minute the Queen, Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold came in, were also awfully kind and polite, made me play lots of things, and kept me till seven o'clock.
cite as

Charles Halle, and Marie Hallé and Charles E Halle (ed.), Life and letters of Sir Charles Hallé; being an autobiography (1819-1860) (London, 1896), p. 294. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1429018030044 accessed: 26 December, 2024

location of experience: Osborne House

Listeners

Duke of Albany
1853-1884
Princess Helena
1846-1923
Duchess of Argyll
1848-1939
Queen Victoria
Monarch
1819-1901
Princess Beatrice
1857-1944

Experience Information

Date/Time December, 1866
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, indoors

Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:27:10 +0100
Approved on Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:51:09 +0100