Queen Victoria, Part 6: Love at Last
Time for a happy ending! When we last left young Queen Victoria, it was 1839 and she’d had to deal with the Flora Hastings scandal,
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Queen Victoria, Part 4: “She Must Be Coerced!”
By the time she was in her mid-teens, Victoria was still tiny in stature (barely five feet), but the endless summer “progresses” she was forced
Queen Victoria, Part 3: The Prisoner of Kensington Palace
Dramatic title, huh? Well, this part of Victoria’s story is pretty dramatic. When we last saw Victoria, she was ensconced in Kensington Palace with her
Queen Victoria, Part 2: Poor Little (not very) Rich Girl
In my last post I told you about the Great Matrimonial Race to beget the next heir to the British throne. So now let’s look
Queen Victoria, Part 1: And the Winner Is…
You’ve heard the expression that “truth is stranger than fiction,” haven’t you? The story of how Queen Victoria came to be born a little over