There, he was cared for by his governess, "Lala" Bill, and befriended local children whom his mother had gathered to be his playmates.
The Prince of Wales left most of Charlotte's care to governesses and servants, but only allowed her limited contact with the Princess of Wales, who eventually left the country.
His character, a Minnesota congressman (like Mr. Windom's forebear), is a widower who hires a Swedish-American governess (Inger Stevens) to care for his sons.
He was cared for by a French governess, but she, pregnant with his father's child, killed herself when he set up home with someone else.
A British-born mother of two, Mrs. Rinaldi was raised in Europe, schooled early in French and cared for by a Spanish governess.
Hastings was persuaded to take the case by his wife who remembered that their children had shared a governess who had also cared for "dear little Elvira".
(That's three literary clichés a manor in the woods, a mysterious illness, a sailing voyage before the novel has even really begun.) They have left their young daughter, Bonnie Green, in the care of a governess (four), Letitia Slighcarp, who also claims to be Sir Willoughby's estranged fourth cousin (five).
Louise and her siblings were under the care of their governess Fraulein von Wolzogen, a friend of their mother's.
As was usual among royalty, Gloucester was placed in the care of a governess, Lady Fitzhardinge, and was suckled by a wet nurse, Mrs. Pack, rather than his mother.
If of gentle birth and no means, without a family to care for, an extra woman naturally sought work as a governess.
Because of the movie, many Americans are aware of some basic biographical facts: Maria Augusta Kutschera left a convent to become the von Trapp family's governess (in fact, she left the convent to care for Maria, the daughter, who was an invalid at the time), and she later married the Baron.
