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Meet Nellie Welche, companion to royalty; keeper of secrets…
In 1788, Nellie Welche, at the age of twelve, is proposed as a suitably humble companion to Princess Sophia, one of George III's enormous brood of children. Nellie and Sofy become friends for life. From the first rumblings of revolution in France to the exciting, modern times of gas light and steam trains, Nellie is the sharp-penned narrator of a changing world and the cloistered lives of the princesses. Yet, she proves to be more a hawk-eyed witness than a Humble Companion, as her memoir lifts the lid on the House of Hanover's secrets and lies.