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IwishtothankHerMajestyQueenElizabethIIforgraciouslyallowing
accesstodocumentsintheRoyalArchivesatWindsor,andforpermitting
extractsfromthesedocumentstobepublished.
IwishtothankallattheRoyalArchivesfortheirfriendliness,
knowledge,encouragementandpatience,especiallyAllisonDerrett,LVO,
who,withtheotherarchivistsandassistants,JulieCrocker,Kathryn
Johnson,LauraHobbs,ColinParrishandLynneBeech(happyretire-
ment,Lynne!),providedthenumerousdocumentsIneeded,answered
myendlessquestionsandspenthoursintheresearchroomwithme.
IthankAllisonDerrettalsoforheralwaysveryprofessionaladviceand
meticulouscommentsatthedifferentstagesofmyresearchandforher
specialupresents”,suchasthevirtuallyunknownDiaryofMrsLilly,
QueenVictoria’smonthlynurse.IwanttocongratulateandthankOliver
WaltononcemoreforcompilingtheWindsorpartoftheCommonHeritage
volume,whichisessentialforanyoneplanningtoundertakeanyresearch
attheRoyalArchives.Ialsorememberfondlytheconversationsduring
thelunchbreaksintheRoundTowercommonroom,andIamsograteful
forthecoffeeandtea(withmilk!).
AlthoughtheRoyalArchivesprovidebyfarthemostvitalandabundant
sourcesforthisbook,therearemanyotherimportantmanuscriptsources
elsewhere,andIammostgratefultothestaffoftheRoyalSocietyofPhy-
siciansinLondon,especiallyFelixLancashire,whowereallveryhelpful
inprovidingmewiththedocumentsintheirpossessionconnectedwith
QueenVictoria’smedicalstaff,especiallythejournalofDrRobertFerguson.
IalsothanktheRoyalSocietyofPhysiciansinLondonforgrantingme
permissiontopublishextractsfromhisjournalrelatingtoQueenVictoria,
PrinceAlbertandtheirHousehold.
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