A ƙarshen shekara ta 1898, likitoci sun gano sarauniyar da ke fama da cutar sankarar nono, wanda ya tilasta mata ta zauna a gado na dogon lokaci. Ciwon daji ya bazu zuwa kashin bayanta a ƙarshen shekara ta 1900, kuma yayin da ta damu game da wasiƙun ta na sirri (wanda ta yi bayani dalla-dalla game da damuwar ta game da makomar Jamus a ƙarƙashin ɗanta) da suka faɗa cikin hannun sarki, ta nemi a dawo da wasiƙun zuwa Biritaniya a cikin wani aikin mayafi-da-gergerger da ɗanta na Allah Frederick Ponson, ɗan'uwanta na sirri na Sarki Edward VII, wanda ya kwashe tsawon sa'o'i yana rubuta wasiƙu ko karantawa a laburaren fadarsa. Daga baya an buga wannan littafin a cikin 23 ga Fabrairu, 1901.
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