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The Adventures of Alice Laselles,
by Alexandrina Victoria, aged 10 and 3/4
A children's story written and illustrated by Queen Victoria, with an
introduction by Jacqueline Wilson
A story written by Queen Victoria at the age of ten is to be published for the
first time by Royal Collection Trust on 8 June 2015. The Adventures of Alice Laselles
by Alexandrina Victoria, Aged 10 and 3/4 gives a fascinating and endearing glimpse into the
vivid imagination of the future monarch. The earliest work by the Queen ever to be
published, it tells the tale of a twelve-year-old girl who is sent away to boarding school
after her father remarries. Princess Victoria originally called her story 'The School', but
then changed the title to 'Alice', in honour of her lead protagonist.
Front cover of Princess Victoria’s notebook
First page of ‘Alice’ by Princess Victoria
Richard Westall,
Queen Victoria
when a girl, 1830
(This painting
shows Princess
Victoria aged 11)
Princess Victoria’s
paper dolls, created
with her governess
Front cover of
The Adventures of
Alice Laselles,
by Alexandrina
Victoria, aged 10
and 3/4, published
8 June by
Royal Collection
Trust.
Princess Victoria’s
inscription from
her notebook,
dedicating her
composition to
‘My dear Mamma’,
taken from The
Adventures of Alice
Laselles
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Illustration from
The Adventures of
Alice Laselles
showing
Alice saying
goodbye to her
father
Illustration from The Adventures of Alice
Laselles of Mrs Duncombe’s school for girls
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