Did Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, really love her husband, the 9th Duke of Argyll?

Question

Please say more than a yes or no! I want COMPLETE answers please! Also, this is just for fun.

Answer 1

Yes, she did. Despite opposition from members of the royal family, Louise fell in love with John, Marquess of Lorne, the heir to the Duke of Argyll, and Victoria consented to the marriage, which took place on 21 March 1871. Despite a happy beginning, the two drifted apart, possibly because of her childlessness and the Queen's constraints on their activities. Louise's marriage survived thanks to long periods of separation, but the couple reconciled in 1911, and she was devastated by his death in 1914.

Note: As The Duke of Argyll's health began to deteriorate. He became increasingly senile, and Louise nursed him devotedly from 1911. In these years Louise and her husband were closer than they had been before. In the spring of 1914, Louise stayed at Kensington Palace while her husband remained on the Isle of Wight. He developed bronchial problems followed by double pneumonia. His Duchess was sent for on 28 April 1914, and he died on 2 May. Following his death, Louise had a nervous breakdown and suffered from intense loneliness, writing to a friend shortly afterwards: “My loneliness without the Duke is quite terrible. I wonder what he does now!”

Answer 2

This is an answer that is difficult to give a true response.  Only Princess Louise would be able to give the answer.  History can give us facts, figures and observations, but not the truth from the heart.

Her marriage was rocky with many long separations.  There were rumors of affairs on both sides, but the couple did eventually reconcile.

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, died at Kensington Palace on the morning of 3 December 1939 at the age of 91, wearing the wedding veil she wore 68 years previously.

What she said and did publicly before and after his death is a matter of record, but how she felt privately is unknown.  

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