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 ...