Discovering the secret life of Queen Victoria since 2018
1900 had been ‘a horrible year’ filled with ‘nothing but sadness and horrors of one kind & another’ for Queen Victoria. On 30th July, her third child, Prince Alfred, died of throat cancer and October also saw the death of her grandson, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein. The Queens eldest child, Victoria, had also been… Continue reading “I should like to live a little longer”: The death of Queen Victoria
Princess Louise at Windsor castle on 7th March to commemorate her confirmation©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III “A beautiful morning. — Felt very low when I walk, thinking, & praying for our beloved fatherless Child, who was today to take upon herself her Baptismal vows. — At a little before 12 started… Continue reading Queen Victoria’s journal: The confirmation of Princess Louise, 21st January 1865
Queen Victoria, dated 1887 Source: Pinterest "Had a fair night, but was a little wakeful. Got up earlier & had some milk. - Lenchen came & read some papers. - Out before 1, in the garden chair, Lenchen & Beatrice going with me. - Rested a little, had some food, & took a short drive… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 15, 13th January 1901:
Queen Victoria by Carl Rudolph Sohn, dated 1883 ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III "Had a good night, & could take some breakfast better. - There was a dense fog & no ships could cross. Took an hour's drive at ½ p. 2 with Lenchen. It was very foggy, but the air… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 14, 12th January 1901:
Queen Victoria by Heinrich Von Angeli, dated 1875©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2024 "A better night, but felt very tired. - Out in the garden chair after 1, Lenchen Beatrice walking with me. Very fine & like spring. Went as far as Barton & back. Felt so weary that I did… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 13, 11th January 1901:
Portrait miniature of Queen Victoria by Josefine Swoboda, dated 1893©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2024 "Rather a better night, but I slept on late. - Only got out for a short time in the morning, & in the afternoon drove with Lenchen & Beatrice to Newport & back. - Rested when… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 12, 10th January 1901:
Queen Victoria and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, in Coburg in April 1894 ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2024 "A bad night, & got up late. - Did not go out till the afternoon, when I drove with Harriet P. It was fine & mild & all the snow disappearing fast.… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 11, 9th January 1901:
Queen Victoria (right) with Princess Beatrice (left) in May 1886 ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2024 "Had a restless night & woke very often. The ground was white with snow when I got up & it snowed off & on the whole morning. - Got out in a closed carriage for… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 10, 8th January 1901:
Queen Victoria wearing spectacles, dated 1890. Edit: ©️ Queen.Victoria.Roses Photograph: ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2023 "Had a much better night, but still slept on late. - A very cold day with a very high wind. - Took a short drive in a closed carriage, at 2.30. with Ismay S. -… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 9, 7th January 1901:
Queen Victoria’s reign coincided with the advancement of countless technologies, including: photography, the flushing toilet and the lightbulb. But did you know that Queen Victoria was the first European Monarch to use a telephone? That’s right, in January 1878, Alexander Graham Bell travelled across the Solent to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, where… Continue reading Queen Victoria uses the telephone for the first time
Queen Victoria, dated 1890Enhanced by Queen.Victoria.Roses ©️ Royal Collection Trust / HM King Charles III 2023 "An improved night, though I wake often. Lenchen came & read letters to me after I got up. - The accounts of dear Vicky are not at all satisfactory, which make me so sad. - It blew so hard… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 8, 6th January 1901:
Queen Victoria by Joseph Sydney Willis Hodges, dated 1898 ©️ Beamish, The Living Museum of the North, Museum of Freemasonry "Had a bad & much disturbed night. Felt very exhausted. - Beatrice went out with me for a short while late in the morning & in the afternoon I drove with Lenchen & Ismay S.… Continue reading The final journals of Queen Victoria – part 7, 5th January 1901: