The Letters of Queen Victoria/Volume 2/Chapter 13/To King of Belgians 13 February 1844
Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians.
My dearest Uncle,—I received your dear, kind but sad letter of the 8th on Sunday, and thank you much for it. God knows, poor dear Uncle, you have suffered enough in your life, but you should think, dearest Uncle, of that blessed assurance of eternity where we shall all meet again never to part; you should think (as we constantly do now) that those whom we have lost are far happier than we are, and love us still, and in a far more perfect way than we can do in this world! When the first moments and days of overwhelming grief are over these reflections are the greatest balm, the greatest consolation to the bleeding heart.
I hope you will kindly let me have a few lines of hope by the Tuesday’s messenger. Ever your truly devoted Niece and Child, Victoria R.
P.S.—O’Connell’s being pronounced guilty is a great triumph.[1]
- ↑ He had been indicted with Charles Gavan Duffy and others for seditious conspiracy.