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 […]
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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 […]
Kensington Palace – A grand royal residence
The magnificent Kensington Palace was once a two-story mansion built by Sir George Coppin in 1605. It was purchased by Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of […]
Queen Victoria’s half-sister – Feodora of Leiningen
Queen Victoria may have grown up without much contact with the outside world, but she had some company in the form of her elder half-sister. […]
