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Was Queen Victoria really married twice?

She was the queen known for her unswerving devotion to her husband and whose love for him was so strong that she remained in mourning for him for forty years after his untimely death. However, a new book claimed that Victoria actually formed another lasting romantic relationship and that, most shockingly, Prince Albert wasn’t her only husband. The claim is made in Victoria’s Secret…
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Queen Victoria's relationship with her servant back in the spotlight as author claims they may have married secretly

A new book claims that Queen Victoria may have had a secret child with her Scottish servant, John Brown. The book, Victoria’s Secret by Fern Riddell, looks at the relationship between Victoria and her ghillie who was one of the most important members of her household for twent years. The possibility is also examined in an accompanying Channel 4 programme called Queen Victoria: Secret…
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Royal News

King Charles sends loyal cousin to celebrate anniversary of document that gave away royal power

It’s a document that finally conceded a monarch wasn’t beyond the law and King Charles’s Royal Family has been celebrating it and the powers it enshrined. The Magna Carta of 1225 is considered the charter that finally put the crown under the control of law and as it reached its 800th birthday, a loyal cousin of The King was on hand to mark the moment. The Duke of Gloucester…
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British Royals

How William and Kate kept everyone in the Royal Family happy with the name they chose for Prince George

There were few surprises when the names of the little prince born in July 2013 were announced. For pretty much the whole time that the then Duchess of Cambridge was expecting her first baby, there was huge speculation that if she had a boy, he would be called George. Kate and William didn’t disappoint but it turns out they were keeping just about everyone in the Royal Family happy with their…
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