To his formidable mother-in-law, Queen Victoria, Prince Henry of Battenberg made a gallant offer in the summer of 1887....
He suggested marking her half-century on the throne by naming his second son, due to be born that autumn, Prince Jubilee....
Almost blind, he remained in seclusion at Windsor, attending in private a service in St George’s Chapel instead. Parliament had voted that there be no public holidays, nor any official funds for celebration....
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