Queen Victoria 1838 · Windsor Castle
Music, singing & time with children
After the ride · 16:00
Estimated by typical tue. 16:00 follows the stated ride. The source does not say that leisure began immediately or continued without interruption.Source timing: After the two-hour ride beginning at two
“after riding she amuses herself for the rest of the afternoon with music and singing, playing, romping with children, if there are any in the Castle”
Verbatim excerpt · Charles C. F. Greville
Line breaks and page markers omitted.
A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, Vol. I
The Greville Memoirs, Second Part · London, 1885
15 December 1838 · pp. 146–148 · paragraph beginning ‘The life which the Queen leads is this’
Passage: 15 December 1838 · p. 147 · after the riding passage
Timing & context
These are alternatives, not a fixed sequence. Time with children depended on children being present; no specific end time is recorded.
Greville describes the Queen’s established Windsor routine after staying at court. This is his eyewitness account, not Victoria’s own journal. Some times vary; morning business and afternoon leisure are placed approximately.
1838 is the year of Greville’s account. His 15 December entry describes an established Windsor routine, not only the events of that day. The routine should not be generalized to Victoria’s entire reign.