The Queen of the Belgians was forbidden from traveling by her husband

Louise d'Orléans was kept in Belgium by her husband King Leopold during the baptism of Vicky on February 10, 1841. The king invoked the health of the children in the middle of the winter season to refuse the queen permission to accompany her husband to London, despite the insistence of Queen Victoria. Louise had to record her sadness in her correspondence with her mother while waiting for a trip to France in the spring.