Discovering the secret life of Queen Victoria since 2018
Recently I asked my instagram followers to send in their questions for biographer Ilana D Miller. After a few weeks of preparation, I am excited to finally be able to share her answers! 1. What got you interested in Queen Victoria’s Hessian granddaughters? Many years ago, I was in a used book store in Santa… Continue reading Q&A with biographer, Ilana D Miller
On this day, 11th July 1866, Princess Irene, daughter of Princess Alice and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, was born at New Palace, Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse Princess Irene in the 1880s “Very, very hot. — Telegrams saying Emperor meant to enforce Armistice & That Gablenz had been sent back from Prussian Headquarters, without the… Continue reading Queen Victoria’s journal- The birth of Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, 11th July 1866