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Shakespeare in the Royal Library: Windsor Castle
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EMPRESS FRIEDRICH, CONSORT OF FRIEDRICH III, EMPEROR OF GERMANY & KING OF PRUSSIA, 1ST DAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA (1840-1901)

The first meeting of Romeo and Juliet

dated 26 August 1861

RCIN 981276

Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Vicky, by now Crown Princess of Prussia, chose to give to her father Prince Albert (for what would be his last birthday) a watercolour showing the first meeting of Romeo and Juliet, possibly a deliberate reference to her parents’ romance.
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