
By Gloria Whelan, Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator)
A queen's modesty dilemma leads to a royal invention.
Queen Victoria loves swimming but struggles with maintaining her dignity in front of her subjects. Enter Prince Albert, who devises a clever invention to preserve her modesty. Discover the quirky, true tale of how a royal bathing machine changed history. Will this ingenious solution satisfy the queen's need for privacy and her passion for the water?
Prince Albert comes up with a royally creative solution to Queen Victoria’s modesty concerns in this true story that reveals an overlooked splash of history. Poor Queen Victoria! She loves to swim, but can’t quite figure out how to get to the water without her devoted subjects glimpsing her swimming suit. (Because, of course, such a sight would compromise her regal dignity.) Fortunately for the water-loving monarch, it’s Prince Albert to the rescue with an invention fit for a queen! This quirky tale about the longest reigning monarch in British history is as fun as it is authentic, and the book includes a picture of the actual bathing machine Prince Albert created.
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