Note 137 — APPENDIX.
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“She is a pretty and large baby, and we think will be la Beauté of the family.”—The Queen to King Leopold, 9th May, 1843.
“Our little baby, whom I am really proud of, for she is so very forward for her age, is to be called Alice, an old English name; and the other names are to be Maud (another old English name, and the same as Matilda), and Mary, as she was born on Aunt Gloucester’s birthday.”—The same to the same, 16th May, 1843.
“Our christening went off very brilliantly, and I wish you could have witnessed it. Nothing could be more anständig, and little Alice behaved extremely well.”—The same to the same, 6th June, 1843.