Victoria, Princess Royal – An exceptional Princess (Part one)
Victoria, Princess Royal was born on 21 November 1840 at Buckingham Palace to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Queen Victoria later recorded in her journal, […]
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Queen Victoria & Sir John Conroy
John Conroy was born on 21 October 1786 as the son of John Ponsonby Conroy, Esq., and Margaret Wilson in Wales. Both his parents were […]
Maria Alexandrovna of Russia – Mistress in her own Kingdom (Part one)
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna was born on 17 October 1853 as the daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and his first wife, Empress Maria […]
Queen Victoria & Prince Albert – King in all but name (Part two)
Read part one here. It was to be expected that Albert was initially lonely after the wedding, but the expansion of his family was soon […]
Queen Victoria & Prince Albert – King in all but name (Part one)
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 26 August 1819 as the second son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and […]
Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – Finding happiness (Part three)
Read part one here. Read part two here. As her daughter received the news of her accession, Victoria sat outside the door. The new Queen’s […]