| Content Description | Thanks him for the information regarding the Princess Royal [Victoria]; had gone with Mrs Howard to the railway and given her copies of the Times and Punch, together with a box of dried Portuguese peaches for the young prince (F. William); she is concerned for Prince Alfred, who is ill in Naples, and may not be able to attend the marriage [of Alexandra to the future Edward VII of Great Britain]; has received news from Paget about the departure [of Alexandra] from Copenhagen; Paget advises them not to wear uniforms, following the experience of Mr Milbanke, who was made to feel uncomfortable by the Queen [Victoria] and Prince Albert; Bloomfield met the Queen at Berlin wearing plain clothes; discusses the expenses allowed by the Foreign Office; the Russian concordat with Prussia over Poland gave some territory to Prussia. |