![]() ![]() The ways of a man and his wife, alone together, seemed mysterious. Questions drummed persistently in the mind of the 20-year-old: what would life be like after making her vows? She dreaded the thought of having children. She closed her eyes and thought of the preparations humming across the city: cakes being baked, shoes polished, coats fitted, gardens trimmed, carriages cleaned, and large casks of Scottish whisky and carts piled high with food for the wedding feast being rolled along the streets. ![]() ![]() Hadn't she enjoyed the last two years of her life as an independent woman more than any others? That pure freedom was about to slip from her grasp. As Victoria lay in her bed watching rain streak the dirt on her windows at Kensington Palace, trying not to panic, doubts crawled through her mind. Her personal physician examined her and told her she had the measles. She grew pale and thin, she could not eat or sleep, she was feverish, her entire body ached and she had a terrible cold. ![]() As her wedding loomed in the early weeks of 1840, Victoria became increasingly agitated. ![]()
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