Regency Snippets - Princess Amelia

Princess Amelia's sufferings shocked the Prince of Wales. He described so accurately the pain caused by the affected knee that it is possible to hazard a diagnosis of acute arthritis. The smallest touch in any part of her sofa conveys on occasions the most dreadful agonies. Apart from the local disease she had little appetite, could eat nothing without vomiting and had a 'most dreadful cough.' Laudanum had been relied on in an attempt to control the pain and cough, and as a tonic she had been given porter to drink which upset her. But soon after the Prince sent his report to the Queen she was electrified.

Pre-Regency Snippet - Royalty Menus & Sandwiches

"The King preferred the old-fashioned early dinner, and a homely menu such as roast mutton, souercrout, brawn, two cowsheels and Ribbon Pudding, the Queen began, about 1806, to take luncheon. Chicken broth, lamb cutlets, two pullets and sandwiches were a typical choice. Mutton sandwiches had appeared in the lord steward's ledgers as early as 1784 and on the 5th January, 1792 the eight-year-old Princess Amelia, after dining off roast beef and plum pudding, ate chicken sandwiches with oysters for supper. In the early years of the 19th century sandwiches became a staple article of diet in the Queen's informal meals, which seem to have varied according to the King's wish. Sometimes she dined with him, sometimes she took luncheon and then a separate 'late' dinner at four, or on special occasions at six o' the clock."

Queen Charlotte by Olwen Hedley