I have much, much more on the life and times of the 4th Prince of Leiningen, Ernst Leopold Victor Carl August Joseph Emich and his connection to Queen Victoria, including a scandalous tale of one of Her Majesty's yachts running a private ship down while crossing the Solent -- Both the Queen and Prince Earnest LVCAJE were aboard.
It seems that the amount of time they spent together was relatively well known, and at times would ruffle feathers.
Privilege is such a bitch.

This from Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, by Great Britain Parliment, 1876