The Victoria Letters: The Official Companion to the ITV Victoria Series

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I'm a very curious person, I have a key that fits everywhere, and I have to say that I saw this vault for the first time at the end of last year. A painting by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer depicting the Queen with Brown was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and Victoria published a book, Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, which featured Brown prominently and in which the Queen praised him highly.

In May 1879, she became a great-grandmother (on the birth of Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen) and passed her "poor old 60th birthday". Victoria and Albert attended the opening of a new basin at the French military port of Cherbourg on 5August 1858, in an attempt by NapoleonIII to reassure Britain that his military preparations were directed elsewhere. In Victorian England letters were delivered by the postal service multiple times per day, enabling people to get same day responses for social events, business affairs, and travel plans. When Lady Flora died in July, the post-mortem revealed a large tumour on her liver that had distended her abdomen. She did undertake her official government duties, yet chose to remain secluded in her royal residences— Windsor Castle, Osborne House, and the private estate in Scotland that she and Albert had acquired in 1847, Balmoral Castle.Less than a month later, on 20 June 1837, William IV died at the age of 71, and Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom. Through Victoria's reign, the gradual establishment of a modern constitutional monarchy in Britain continued. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.

However, for your own sake and for theirs, it’s good practice to check over your letter for any obvious mistakes.The Queen hated being pregnant, [63] viewed breast-feeding with disgust, [64] and thought newborn babies were ugly. She was the last monarch of Britain from the House of Hanover; her son EdwardVII belonged to her husband's House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. At Ramsgate in October 1835, Victoria contracted a severe fever, which Conroy initially dismissed as a childish pretence. Beatrice and Henry planned to marry, but Victoria opposed the match at first, wishing to keep Beatrice at home to act as her companion.