![]() ![]() HARVEY: And we know that when Victoria was about 10 years old she did indeed have a pony and a dog. Oh, let me stay with you.ĬORNISH: Alice also expresses that she'll miss her stepsister, pony and dog. (Reading) Oh, do not send me away, dear Papa, exclaimed Alice Laselles as she threw her arms around her papa's neck. There's some dramatic flair, and here's a taste. So it seems to have come direct from the school room to us.īLOCK: Harvey says the 3,000-word narrative is about a girl named Alice who's sent away to boarding school by her stepmother. JACKY COLLISS HARVEY: And Victoria herself wrote composition across the red cover of the little notebook that the original is in in her handwriting. Harvey says it was probably a writing exercise for the princess. Jacky Colliss Harvey is with the Trust and organized the publication of the story. ![]() The Royal Collection Trust says the short story was written by the future monarch around 1829. The title, "The Adventures Of Alice Laselles, By Alexandrina Victoria, Aged 10 and 3/4." Britain's longest ruling monarch, Queen Victoria, will soon have her name on a children's book - not as a character, but as the author and illustrator. ![]()
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