Princess Helena of the United Kingdom early 1860s, Helena began a flirtation with Prince Albert's German librarian, Carl Ruland. Although the nature of the relationship is largely unknown, Helena's romantic letters to Ruland survive. After the Queen found out in 1863, she dismissed Ruland, who returned to his native Germany. Three years later, on 5 July 1866, Helena married the impoverished Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. The couple remained in Britain, in calling distance of the Queen, who liked to have her daughters nearby. Helena, along with her youngest sister, Princess Beatrice, became the Queen's unofficial secretaries. However, after Queen Victoria's death on 22 January 1901, Helena
Beatrice Brumby brush shed at Mt Cavanagh until it was sold. They then bought and ran the Finke Hotel until 1958 before managing Kenmore Station for two years then moved to Gosse Street in Alice Springs. Brumby was then the cook at the RSL Club in Alice Springs, which was managed by her husband. They also managed Glen Helen Lodge for three years. Allan Brumby died in 1975. After the death of her first husband, Beatrice married Dick Bell from New Zealand in 1978. Dick was 24 years younger than Beatice. They married at the Memorial Club in Alice Springs. Together they