Editing Osborne House (section)

=== National gift ===
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = {{visible anchor|Osborne Estate Act 1902}}
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| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to make provision with respect to the disposition and management of His Majesty's Osborne Estate in the Isle of Wight.
| year                  = 1902
| citation              = [[2 Edw. 7]]. c. 37
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| royal_assent          = 18 December 1902
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| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/2/37/pdfs/ukpga_19020037_en.pdf
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[[File:Osborne Beach, Isle of Wight, Hampshire.jpg|thumb|The private beach at Osborne House, where Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children swam from [[bathing machines]]]]

Queen Victoria died at Osborne on 22 January 1901, with two generations of her family present. Although she adored Osborne, and her will left strict instructions that Osborne was to remain in the family, her children did not share the attachment. [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom|Princess Beatrice]] and [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise]] were granted houses on the estate. [[Edward VII]] presented Osborne to the nation on his Coronation Day in August 1902.<ref name="struthers39">Struthers, p. 39.</ref> The royal apartments on the upper floors of the pavilion wing, including the late Queen's bedroom, were turned into a private museum accessible only to the royal family.