In 1817 he was called to the ill-fated childbirth of Princess Charlotte at which mother and baby died.

He said: "What a remarkable girl the Princess Charlotte must be."

The Princess Charlotte cannot think of marriage so soon after her mother's death.

And we will say that on no account should the Princess Charlotte .

He was supposed to be thinking of welcoming his bride the Princess Charlotte.

"After all," she went on, 'the Princess Charlotte is only seventeen and that's a year older than you are now.

Their only child Princess Charlotte died giving birth to a stillborn child.

"What did you think of Princess Charlotte's wedding this past May?"

When Princess Charlotte's husband died, in 1849, she became a patron of several charitable organizations and the arts.

Princess Charlotte was thirty years his junior, and the couple had three sons.