The Year of Queen Victoria – A double wedding at Kew
On 11 July 1818 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, a double wedding took place in the drawing room at Kew Palace. The happy couples […]
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The Year of Queen Victoria – The race to have 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Year of Queen Victoria – 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 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 […]
