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6 November 2017 marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the death of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. She was the daughter of the Prince of Wales, later George IV, and at the time of her unexpected and tragic death she was the only legitimate grandchild of the monarch, King George III.
Sep 30, 2017 · The 6th November 2017 marks 200 years since the death of Princess Charlotte of Wales. She was the queen that Britain never had, and easily the most popular member of the Royal Family...
Jul 24, 2009 · Detail from the monument to Princess Charlotte. The monument built in the memory of Princess Charlotte (1796-1817) that presides in the Urswick Chapel in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, was constructed by M.C. Wyatt.
May 2, 2024 · A new image of Princess Charlotte, taken by her mother Catherine, has been released to mark her ninth birthday. The Prince and Princess of Wales shared the photo on social media, just as...
- A Troubled Princess
- A Broken Engagement and A Flight
- Enter Prince Leopold
- 18 Months of Happiness
- Aftermath of Her Death
Princess Charlotte was the child of a broken marriage and from the time she was three, she never lived with either of her parents. Her father gave her erratic and intermittent attention, and she was always closer to her mother, though Caroline’s life was becoming an open scandal that threatened to engulf her daughter. She was an endearing, though w...
When Charlotte was 15, her grandfather descended into his final attack of insanity and her father became Prince Regent. She was now completely in his power. At the end of 1813, just before her 18th birthday, she was pressurised into becoming engaged to the Hereditary Prince of Orange, the heir to the Dutch throne. No sooner had she consented than s...
Charlotte now realised that the only way she could free herself from her father’s tyranny was to find a husband, but one she had chosen for herself. Her choice fell on Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, whom she had met when he came to England in the summer of 1814. He was young and handsome, a gallant soldier, but also a younger son without land or mo...
Charlotte and Leopold went to live at Claremont House, near Esher in Surrey. They lived quietly and happily, doing good works in the neighbourhood, with occasional theatre visits to London. It was under their patronage that the theatre was founded which was later to be known as the Old Vic. Early in 1817 Charlotte became pregnant. On 3 November, ab...
The country went into shocked mourning for its “people’s princess”. The grief was compounded by a succession crisis and Charlotte’s middle-aged uncles entered hasty marriages to ensure the continuance of the dynasty. The result was the birth of the future Queen Victoria to Edward, Duke of Kent, and Leopold’s sister, Victoire of Saxe-Coburg. Leopold...
- Anne Stott
The memorial to Princess Charlotte, the only child of King George IV, will feature in a BBC programme on Regency Art. The three-part series, presented by Dr Lucy Worsley, begins on Monday 29 August on BBC4.
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Description. Photograph of the memorial to Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales who died in childbirth in 1817. The monument consists of five cowled figures in the throes of mourning positioned at the base.
