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- Title
QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE PALACE MARTYR.
- Authors
Williams, Kate
- Abstract
The article focuses on the early reign of Great Britain's Queen Victoria, especially the incident which became known as the "Flora Hastings affair." Details are given describing how court etiquette forced Victoria, as an unmarried lady, to live with her mother Victoria, Duchess of Kent, and her mother's companion John Conroy. Further information is given describing the friendship between Queen Victoria and Prime Minister William Lamb, Lord Melbourne. The political maneuvers surrounding the illness of Lady-in-waiting Flora Hastings and her conflicts with Queen Victoria are recounted in-depth.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901; SCANDALS; HASTINGS, Flora, Lady, 1806-1839; MELBOURNE, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848; COURTS &; courtiers; LADIES-in-waiting; BRITISH politics &; government, 1837-1901
- Publication
History Today, 2009, Vol 59, Issue 4, p42
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article