An Audience with Queen Victoria: The Royal Opinion on 30 Famous Victorians Paperback – 1 March 2019 (UK) & 1 June 2019 (US) During her 63-year reign Queen Victoria met everyone from Charlotte Brontë to Buffalo Bill; she had opinions on all those who graced her parlor—and some who didn’t. This book examines the meetings and [read more]
Princess Victoria in her Journal – 18 May 1836 At a quarter to 2 we went down in the Hall, to receive my Uncle Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and my Cousins, Ernest and Albert, his sons. My Uncle was here, now 5 years ago, and is looking extremely well. Ernest is as tall as Ferdinand [read more]
Buckingham Palace, 8 May 1872 I am most thankful to hear you are going on so satisfactorily. I never thought you cared (having 3 of each) whether it was a son or a daughter; indeed I think many Princes a great misfortune – for they are in one another’s and almost everybody’s way. I am [read more]
Queen Victoria began her reign with immense popularity, but that popularity was quickly dented with the Bedchamber Crisis. Lord Melbourne, her Prime Minister from the start, had his leadership undermined and Tory MP Robert Peel looked like the man to replace him as Prime Minister. Victoria had always found Robert Peel unpleasant and cold. Victoria [read more]
While Queen Victoria was the Queen of the United Kingdom, she also held the additional title of (the first) Empress of India. She was proclaimed as Empress on 1 May 1876 and held the title until her death on 22 January 1901. In total, she served as India’s empress for 24 years, eight months, and [read more]
On 1 May 1850, Queen Victoria gave birth to her seventh child and third son, “a very fine boy” – he was named Prince Arthur. He was christened in the chapel of Buckingham Palace on 22 June with much magnificence. His first attempts at pronouncing his own name earned him the nickname “Arta.” His early [read more]
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