The race to have the future Queen Victoria born on British soil
The Duke of Kent was convinced that his future child would have a good chance of inheriting the throne, even though the Duchess of Clarence […]
Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld
Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 26 March 1861
Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 26 March 1861 On Sunday I took leave of those dearly beloved remains – a dreadful […]
The relationship between Queen Victoria and her mother
Queen Victoria’s relationship with her mother had always been difficult. This was certainly not helped by Sir John Conroy, the Comptroller of The Duchess of […]
Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 16 March 1861
Queen Victoria to King Leopold I of Belgium – 16 March 1861 On this, the most dreadful day of my life, does your poor broken-hearted child […]
Queen Victoria in her Journal – 15 March 1861
Queen Victoria in her Journal – 15 March 1861 Oh, what agony, what despair was this. I knelt before her, kissed her dear hand and placed […]
The day Princess Victoria learned she would Queen
The future Queen Victoria was just ten years old when she discovered that she would be Queen one day. The date was 11 March 1830 […]