The Incredible History of Queen Victoria's Coronet

Oct 29, 2023 | This favourite sapphire coronet tiara of Queen Victoria has a long, rich history. 7 years ago, this exquisite coronet almost disappeared from England forever and nearly caused a national scandal

Si vous souhaitez lire en français sur la reine Victoria et le prince Albert, qu'elle aimait profondément, je peux vous recommander un livre très intéressant de Philippe Chassaigne. J'ai beaucoup appris sur la reine Victoria et le prince Albert grâce à ce livre ; en plus, la lecture a été très agréable. La reine Victoria et le prince Albert étaient tous deux des personnages fascinants. J'ai acheté le livre sur Amazon.fr (Poche – Illustré 10,90 €) – Mark Alexander

What Was Queen Victoria Like Behind Closed Doors? | Victoria's Secrets | Real Royalty

Feb 1, 2023 | Queen Victoria inherited the throne of Great Britain at the tender age of 18 and rules for 63 years, giving her name to an entire era. Victoria was a complex character, her personality a strange mixture of contradictions. This fascinating documentary provides a penetrating insight into the Queen's life as Victoria's Secrets are revealed at last.

The Secrets of Queen Victoria's Life in Her Own Words | A Monarch Unveiled | Timeline

Mar 21, 2019 | Biographer A.N. Wilson uncovers the intriguing personal life of Queen Victoria through her journals and letters in this psychological portrait of Britain's longest reigning monarch. With Queen Victoria's writings read by Anna Chancellor.

Queen Victoria & the Victorian Era | Documentary

Dec 2, 2022

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Hitler's Favourite Royal | World War 2 Documentary | Timeline

Sep 8, 2017 • Prince Charles Edward was Queen Victoria’s favourite grandson. In 1900, the sixteen-year-old Prince was the only viable British contender for the hugely wealthy Dukedom of Saxe Coburg and Gotha in Germany. Ordered to go by Queen Victoria, he took the title and was transformed from a British Prince into a German Duke – Herzog Carl Eduard. The course of his life was altered in ways neither he nor Queen Victoria could have ever imagined.

At the outbreak of the First World War, Prince Charles Edward had no option but to fight for Germany against the country of his birth. When the War ended, he was stripped of his British titles, and an Act of Parliament branded him a Traitor Peer. Disillusioned and depressed, Charles Edward became an enthusiastic supporter of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist Workers’ Party, and unwittingly helped him in his rise to power. Appointing him President of the Anglo German Fellowship, Hitler offered Charles Edward a way to return to Britain with his head held high.

Charles Edward was also President of the German Red Cross, and it was this that would ultimately embroil him in the darkest aspects of the Nazi regime, implicating him in the T4 Euthanasia Programme. At the end of the Second World War, he was arrested by the Americans, held in a series of harsh internment camps and forced to undergo a humiliating trial where, despite his claims he had no knowledge of the crimes of the regime, he was adjudged to have been an important Nazi and was almost bankrupted by heavy fines. He died in poverty and obscurity in Germany in 1954. His sister Princess Alice, who had stayed in England, became one of the most popular members of the Royal Family and a favourite aunt of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the living embodiment of the life her brother could have had, if it had not been for Queen Victoria’s fateful decision fifty years earlier. Documentary first broadcast in 2007.

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Hitler's Favourite Royal | World War 2 Documentary | Timeline

Prince Charles Edward was Queen Victoria’s favourite grandson. In 1900, the sixteen-year-old Prince was the only viable British contender for the hugely wealthy Dukedom of Saxe Coburg and Gotha in Germany. Ordered to go by Queen Victoria, he took the title and was transformed from a British Prince into a German Duke – Herzog Carl Eduard. The course of his life was altered in ways neither he nor Queen Victoria could have ever imagined.

At the outbreak of the First World War, Prince Charles Edward had no option but to fight for Germany against the country of his birth. When the War ended, he was stripped of his British titles, and an Act of Parliament branded him a Traitor Peer. Disillusioned and depressed, Charles Edward became an enthusiastic supporter of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist Workers’ Party, and unwittingly helped him in his rise to power. Appointing him President of the Anglo German Fellowship, Hitler offered Charles Edward a way to return to Britain with his head held high.

Charles Edward was also President of the German Red Cross, and it was this that would ultimately embroil him in the darkest aspects of the Nazi regime, implicating him in the T4 Euthanasia Programme. At the end of the Second World War, he was arrested by the Americans, held in a series of harsh internment camps and forced to undergo a humiliating trial where, despite his claims he had no knowledge of the crimes of the regime, he was adjudged to have been an important Nazi and was almost bankrupted by heavy fines. He died in poverty and obscurity in Germany in 1954. His sister Princess Alice, who had stayed in England, became one of the most popular members of the Royal Family and a favourite aunt of Queen Elizabeth II. She was the living embodiment of the life her brother could have had, if it had not been for Queen Victoria’s fateful decision fifty years earlier. Documentary first broadcast in 2007.

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Queen Victoria's Last Love - Relationship with an Indian Servant - Full Documentary

Terry Ramsey reviews the documentary exploring Queen Victoria's relationship with her Indian servant Abdul Karim.

Queen Victoria's Last Love

Queen Victoria's Children – Episode Two: A Domestic Tyrant

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BBC Queen Victoria's Children – Episode One: The Best Laid Plan

Queen Victoria's Last Love (2012)

The story of Queen Victoria's relationship with her Indian servant Abdul Karim, and how it violated Victorian taboos and stoked royal jealousy, threatening her diamond jubilee celebrations

MAIL ONLINE: Victoria's secret crush: How Queen fell under the spell of Indian servant after death of ghillie companion John Brown: Just imagine. It’s the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, the eyes of the world are on London... and the Prince of Wales threatens to have his mother declared insane. ¶ Unthinkable? Well, that’s what happened to Queen Victoria in 1897 after her Royal Household refused to condone any longer Her Majesty’s shockingly intimate friendship with an Indian servant. ¶ It was a relationship that violated Victorian taboos of race and class, and threatened to destabilise the monarchy and the Empire – yet, although Queen Victoria’s earlier scandalous relationship with her Scottish ghillie [an outdoor servant] John Brown is still common knowledge today, her deep affection for her Muslim servant has been almost forgotten. ¶ A new Channel 4 documentary, Queen Victoria’s Last Love, rediscovers how, as courtiers plotted to depose the royal favourite, the nation’s Jubilee celebrations teetered on the brink of chaos. » | Mary Greene | Friday, April 20, 2012