A Victorian Christmas at Windsor Castle
Victoria and Albert spent 20 happy Christmases together at Windsor Castle
CLARKSON STANFIELD (1793-1867)
The Royal Yacht Passing St Michael's Mount
1846-47RCIN 400042
Some Christmas gifts reflected royal engagements undertaken during the past year. In September 1846 Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their two eldest children, toured the Channel Islands and Cornish coast on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The Queen was struck by the beauty of the sea that day, and the ‘quantities of Cornish Pilchard Fishermen, in their curious large boats, which kept going round & round'.
I gave my beloved one a small picture by Stanfield, of St. Michael's Mount with our Yacht…
From Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, Christmas 1846
