![]() Though this meeting was not an official reception, newspapers still documented the occasion: Upon hearing of her travels, the Prince of Wales arranged to meet Harriet Lane Johnston and her family in the fall of 1872. ![]() Years later, Harriet took her family to vacation in Paris, France starting in April 1872. The Johnstons and the Prince of Wales in France The gift included unframed lithographs of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children. I thought Miss Lane a particularly nice person, and very pretty.” ( )īefore the Prince of Wales returned to England, he left a personal gift from the Royal family to Harriet Lane with Lord Lyons, The United Kingdom’s Minister to the United States. The President was looking very well, but has grown much stouter. There was a large dinner at 6:30 at which all the Ministers and their wives, and some others were invited. “The President and his niece Miss Lane received us very kindly on arriving, and I did not fail to give the messages which you desired. While in America, the Prince of Wales wrote to his mother, Queen Victoria, noting: In a more official capacity, they also visited to George Washington’s tomb via transport on a sailing vessel called The Harriet Lane. Jacob Thompson (the Secretary of the Interior’s wife), and herself. Amidst formal dinners and receptions, Harriet had arranged for a game of tenpins with the Prince of Wales, Mrs. Harriet organized a series of appointments for the Prince. He traveled to the White House where he was officially presented to President James Buchanan and First Lady Harriet Lane. ![]() On 3 October 1860 at 4:00 PM, Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales arrived in Washington, D.C. One of her duties as First Lady included hosting the Prince of Wales for the very first Royal visit to America in 1860. She returned to the United States where she would eventually become First Lady during her uncle’s presidency from 1857-1861. The First Lady Hosts the Prince of Walesīy the end of 1855, Harriet’s “beautiful dream” of visiting England had come to an end. While Harriet Lane would not meet Queen Victoria again in person until 1898 (which we will get to in a bit), she continued to be in association with the Royal Family. “Her Majesty was very gracious… as also was the Prince.” ( Harriet Lane to Mary Baker, in Bess Furman, White House Profile: A Social History of the White House, Its Occupants and Its Festivities (New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1951), 163. In a letter to her sister, Mary Baker, she commented on their hospitality: Harriet also seemed to think highly of Queen Victoria and her son, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Buchannon sat next to me, & I found him quite agreeable.” (Place of Writing: (Principal Royal Residence) Buckingham Palace, Version: Princess Beatrice’s copies, Volume: 39 (1 January 1855- 30 June 1855) Volume Page Number: 108.) ![]() Buchannon, & his really lovely niece, Miss Lane, (very ladylike & not at all American)- the Clarendons, Ld Hardinge & his son Arthur, (just returned from the Crimea), the Gladstones & Gen. The Queen recalled her association with Harriet in her journal on 17 February 1855: The two had dined together with several other guests. While Harriet’s first meeting remains unknown, Queen Victoria recorded a meeting with her in February 1885. She socialized with high society over the season, travelled from London to Yorkshire, and was a bridesmaid tp her friend, Miss Jackson, for her wedding in 1855.īut what she may not have realized is that her trip to England would be the beginning of several royal associations over the next forty-nine years of her life. Contrary to his opinions, Harriet thrived and thoroughly enjoyed her stay in England. Harriet remained unmoved by her uncle’s warnings. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & London, 1909, p.66). “I am sorry, truly sorry, that you look upon your trip to England as the ‘future realisation of a beautiful dream.’ Like all other dreams, you will be disappointed in the reality.” (Moore, John B. Buchanan, however, did not share her enthusiasm and attempted to dampen her expectations: ![]() Ever since her uncle’s appointment as Minister of Great Britain under President Pierce in 1853, Harriet wanted to travel to England. Just one month shy of her 24 th birthday, Harriet had persisted long enough for her Uncle Buchanan to give in to her wishes. Harriet Lane arrived in London for the first time in her life in the spring of 1854. ![]()
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