On This Day In Royal History . 21 November 1840 . Princess Victoria (later Princess Royal, Queen of Prussia & Empress of Germany) was born . ◼ Princess Victoria was born at Buckingham Palace, London. She was the first child of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha & Queen Victoria. When she was born, the doctor exclaimed sadly: “Oh Madame, it’s a girl!” And the Queen replied: “Never mind, next time it will be a prince!”. . ◼ Victoria was baptised in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on 10 February 1841 (on her parents’ first wedding anniversary) by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley. The Lily font was commissioned especially for the occasion of her christening. . ◼ Her godparents were Queen Adelaide (her great-aunt), the King of the Belgians (her great-uncle), the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (paternal grandfather, for whom the Duke of Wellington stood proxy), the Duke of Sussex (her great-uncle), the Duchess of Gloucester (her great-aunt) & the Duchess of Kent (her grandmother). . ◼ As a daughter of the sovereign, Victoria was born a British princess. On 19 January 1841, she was made Princess Royal, a title sometimes conferred on the eldest daughter of the sovereign. In addition, she was heir presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom, before the birth of her younger brother Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII) on 9 November 1841. To her family, she was known simply as “Vicky”. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #Theyear1840 #d21nov #PrincessVictoria #PrincessRoyal #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #BuckinghamPalace #EmpressofGermany #QueenofPrussia #History #Monarchy #QueenVictoria #PrinceAlbert #BritishMonarchy #Thebritishmonarchy #otd #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay 📷 Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020 (at Buckingham Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH3vbNhDCz7/?igshid=hjc5cumwj7fa
