Queen Victoria 1838 · Windsor Castle
Dinner with the court
Near 20:00 · start only
“The hour of dinner is nominally half-past seven o’clock”“but she seldom appears till near eight.”
Two separate excerpts · Charles C. F. Greville
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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 · dinner paragraph
Timing & context
Guests gathered after the nominal 19:30 hour, but Victoria usually appeared nearer 20:00 and went directly in to dinner.
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.