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Queen Victoria's Youngest Son

The Untold Story of Prince Leopold

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Queen Victoria's Youngest Son

By: Charlotte Zeepvat
Narrated by: Rachael Beresford
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, was the most intelligent of Queen Victoria's four sons. He was the youngest, a strong-willed, likeable character with an immense thirst for life who faced two overwhelming handicaps. One was haemophilia, then barely understood, which might have killed him at any moment, and in any case subjected him to recurring pain and disability. The other was his mother's determination to keep complete control over his life.

Leopold's struggle for independence is a compelling human story, using previously unseen correspondence to explore his illness and treatment, his troubled and often stormy relationship with the Queen, and his place in the royal family. It touches on the wider worlds of Victorian Oxford and of literature, art and politics and the varied friendships he made, with Lewis Carroll, John Ruskin, Oscar Wilde, and Disraeli among others. Set against this background, Leopold's story is a moving account of one man's search against the odds for personal happiness and a meaningful role in the world.

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The story was very well written and very informative. I didn’t know much about this son of Victoria and I enjoyed learning about him. However, I do feel more should’ve been added to the ending. More about his legacy via Cambridge and what was done in his memory there. I would’ve liked more information on his descendants after his death. What happened to his wife other then staying close with Leopolds friends? And for heavens sake-almost half of the story was about his love/hate relationship with his mother and it doesn’t say at all what she said/thought/felt about her sons death nor what she did! The story itself was good, but the end was very abrupt and poorly ended.

It well informs you but agree on abrupt ending

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After most of the story centering around the relationship between Leopoldo and Queen Victoria we never got to hear about Victoria’s reaction to his death.

Good but abrupt ending

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