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Prince Albert's Family Papers

Papers relating to Prince Albert’s relationships with various family members

      Deposition of Mrs Blow

      5 - 6 Jun 1842

      Bound manuscript paper | 1 document (10 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/M/67/34

      Mrs Blow's account of a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. She recounts that in November 1841 on the night Count Guizot left England for Paris, she passed the late Marquis of Hertford's. She explains that she saw a carriage and overheard a conversation relating to Queen Victoria's life and the birth of her child. Copy.

      • 1 document (10 pages) (whole object)

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