The Year of Queen Victoria – King Edward VII
On 9 November 1841, a baby boy was born at Buckingham Palace. The child was the second child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of […]
Articles by Amy Eloise Kelly
Frederica of Hanover – The princess who followed her heart
Princess Frederica of Hanover was born in 1848. Her father was George, Crown Prince of Hanover and her mother was Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenberg. The […]
Clara Ward – The Cash for Class Princess (Part two)
Read part one here. Last time we heard the tale of how the young and beautiful American heiress Clara Ward became a European princess by […]
Clara Ward – The Cash for Class Princess (Part one)
Clara Ward was born on 17 June 1873 in Michigan, USA. Her parents were Catherine Lyon and her husband, Captain Eber Brock Ward. Her father […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – Baroness Lehzen
Johanna Clara Louise Lehzen was born on the 3rd October 1784, and she is most remembered as the governess and companion of Queen Victoria. Louise […]
The Year of Queen Victoria -The Famine Queen
In 1900, Irish activist Maud Gonne referred to Queen Victoria as the ‘Famine Queen’. This nickname stuck as Irish Nationalism, and a quest for independence […]
