"I CANNOT SPEAK OF ALL I HAVE LOST" WITH THE DEATH OF HER BROTHER LEOPOLD LOUISE CAROLINE (1848-1939, Princess, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Duchess of Argyll, Sculptress)

Poignant Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Royle following the untimely death of her brother, Prince Leopold, less than a week earlier, saying that she "must tell you how deeply I have felt for you during all this terrible time. We are, as you must know, most grateful to you for all your attention & devotion to the dear Duke. We know you did all you could for him now & always. It is so curious that he kept asking me the day he left to come with him. I said I cd. not leave Lorne so soon after our return home, he kept saying I cd., & that it wd. make him so happy. I reproach myself now, but what is the use. I cannot speak of all I have lost, you knew a little what we were to each other ...", 4 sides 8vo., on Windsor Castle headed mourning paper, 3rd April

Her husband was John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845-1914) Marquess of Lorne, Governor General of Canada 1878-83 so they had just returned from his posting there.
Arnold Royle was Prince Leopold's personal physician from 1876 until the Prince's death from a cerebral haemorrhage in 1884, The Queen appointed him a Groom of the Privy Chamber in November 1884, some months after Prince Leopold's death.

Item Date:  1884

Stock No:  40575