Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll survived thanks to long periods of separation; the couple reconciled in 1911 and she was devastated by her husband's death in 1914. After the end of the First World War in 1918, at the age of 70, she began to retire from public life, undertaking few public duties outside Kensington Palace, where she died at age 91. Louise was born on 18 March 1848 at Buckingham Palace, London. She was the fourth daughter and sixth child of the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her birth coincided with revolutions which swept across
Buckingham Gate Buckingham Gate Buckingham Gate is a street in Westminster London, England near Buckingham Palace. At the north-west end is a junction with Buckingham Palace Road and Birdcage Walk opposite Buckingham Palace. At the south-east end is a junction with Victoria Street. The Wellington Barracks are to the north-east. The street is designated as part of the B323 road. The nearest London Underground stations are London Victoria station and St. James's Park tube station, both are close to the south-east end of the street. The Buckingham Gate drill halls stood at No. 59, the regimental headquarters of the London Scottish (regiment)