The Prince and Princess of Wales at St. Bartholomews Hospital, [London], 1868. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, ...attended by Colonel Keppel and the Hon. Mrs. Grey, paid a visit to St. Bartholomews Hospital, of which his Royal Highness is president. They were received by Mr. W. Foster White, treasurer of the hospital, Mr. Paget, and the principal surgeons and officers of the institution, and were first conducted over the wards in which the sufferers by the explosion at Clerkenwell are at present confined, numbering between thirty and forty persons. Their Royal Highnesses spent a considerable time in the wards, and visited the whole of the patients, the Princess conversing with many of them and kindly expressing her regard for their care and comfort. The unfortunate sufferers seemed deeply touched by the kindness of the Royal visitors...Upon leaving the hospital their Royal Highnesses expressed their acknowledgments to the treasurer, Mr. Foster White, and the staff of medical gentlemen connected with the hospital. Hundreds of persons congregated around the entrances to the hospital during the e visit, and their Royal Highnesses were heartily cheered on their arrival and departure. From "Illustrated London News", 1868.