Victoria’s moving diaries and letters reveal how Albert’s sudden death plunges her into a deep depression, escaping to Balmoral to grieve in private and avoid royal duties. Eating and drinking like a ...
“You seem to be everywhere…and everyone.” So says Victoria Davies (Aliyah Odoffin), the African-born goddaughter of Queen Victoria herself, to Mary Carr. Or “Augusta,” as Victoria knows her. Or “Lady ...
In 1947, at Westminster Abbey, the Marchioness of Milford Haven witnessed her grandson Philip marry Princess Elizabeth, soon ...