Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1896 — The Queen’s Mistress. [ARTICLE]

The Queen’s Mistress.

It is said that the one woman of whom Victoria stands in respectful awe is Mrs. Slussens, the housekeeper of Balmoral Castle. She has held her position of power for many years, and rules everybody who comes within her domain with a rod of iron, even to the Queen herself. Her Majesty on cue occasion took a fancy to a certain housemaid and requested that the care of her own apartments should be given to the girl. Mrs. Mussens, however, thought differently, and informed her Majesty that such a mark of preference only turn the young woman’s head and utterly spoil her. The Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, listened in silence and meekly acquiesced in her housekeeper’s decision.