Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess

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The tragic story of the doomed romance between Charlotte, heir to the English throne, and Leopold, uncle of Queen Victoria and first King of the Belgians. A story that Jane Austen famously declined to tell, declaring: “I could no more write a romance than an epic poem.”

Charlotte was the only legitimate royal child of her generation, and her death in childbirth resulted in a public outpouring of grief the like of which was not to be seen again until the death of Diana, over 150 ...

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The tragic story of the doomed romance between Charlotte, heir to the English throne, and Leopold, uncle of Queen Victoria and first King of the Belgians. A story that Jane Austen famously declined to tell, declaring: “I could no more write a romance than an epic poem.”

Charlotte was the only legitimate royal child of her generation, and her death in childbirth resulted in a public outpouring of grief the like of which was not to be seen again until the death of Diana, over 150 years later. Charlotte’s death was followed by an unseemly scramble to produce a substitute heir. Queen Victoria was the product.

James Chambers masterfully demonstrates how the personal and the political inevitably collide in scheming post-Napoleonic Europe, offering a vivid and sympathetic portrait of a couple whose lives are in many ways not their own. From the day she was born, Charlotte won the hearts of her subjects and yet, behind the scenes, she was used, abused, and victimized by rivalries—between her parents; between her father (the Prince Regent, later King George IV) and (Mad) King George III; between her tutors, governesses, and other members of her discordant household; and ultimately between the Whig opposition and the Tory government.

Set in one of the most glamorous eras of British history, against the background of a famously dysfunctional royal family, Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People’s Princess is an accessible, moving, funny, and entertaining royal biography with alluring contemporary resonance.

James Chambers is a professional historian and author of many books on British and colonial history, including The Daily Telegraph History of the British Empire, which sold over 250,000 copies. He has also written extensively for television and made countless BBC TV and radio appearances.

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Granddaughter of King George III and daughter of the dissolute Prince Regent (later George IV), Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales was the only popular member of the British royal family in 1817. Her death in childbed after the birth of a stillborn son plunged the country into unprecedented mourning. Sir Richard Croft, the fashionable accoucheurwhose incompetence as an obstetrician led to the princess's death, killed himself three months later. Prince Leopold, her husband of little more than a year, never fully recovered from the loss. His final utterance at the end of his life 50 years later was her name. Oxford-educated author Chambers (The Devil's Horsemen) has written a fascinating and thoroughly entertaining biography of a little-known (to Americans) royal princess. Her short life provides a compelling glimpse into the Regency world. Recommended for public libraries where biographies of royalty and historical figures-not to mention Jane Austen and Regency romances!-are popular.
—Elizabeth Mellett

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781905847235
  • Publisher: Old Street
  • Publication date: 5/1/2008
  • Pages: 256
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

James Chambers was born in Ireland and educated at Oxford. He has written many books on British history including Palmerston: The People's Darling, The English House and The Telegraph History of the World. He has also worked extensively in TV. A former international fencer, he still commentates on The Olympic Games and World Championships for TV.

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Table of Contents


Prologue: 'Daughter of England'     1
'The Brunswick Bride'     5
Warwick House     17
'The Delicate Investigation'     25
First Love     33
The Radical Princess     43
'Protracted Childhood'     51
'Infamous Insinuations'     57
'Slender Billy'     67
Making the Best of it     79
'The Summer of the Tsars'     87
The Pulteney Hotel     93
The Officer at the Foot of the Stairs     101
'I Have Run Off'     109
State Prisoner     117
'Princess Charlotte Is Made of Ginger-bread'     125
A Crisis at Christmas     133
Waterloo     143
Waiting in Weymouth     149
An Inappropriate Relationship     157
'Bless Me, What a Crowd'     163
'The Perfection of a Lover'     169
'The House that Never Prospered'     177
'A Brunswick Heart'     185
'A Serious Misfortune'     197
Out of Favour     207
The Hottentot     217
Epilogue: King of the Belgians     225
Bibliography, Plates     233
Index     236
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