Victoria: The Girl Who Became Queen

Podcast: Queens, Kings, and Dastardly Things · Daily Mail

Opublikowano: 2026-09-24

Queen Victoria would give her name to an age, but she was never really supposed to be Queen at all. Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams go back to the chaotic royal family of George III and the unexpected death that triggered a desperate race to produce an heir, a contest that eventually produced the baby Alexandrina Victoria. Her childhood at Kensington Palace was anything but happy. Controlled by her mother and the domineering John Conroy, Victoria was rarely allowed to be alone, couldn't even walk downstairs without someone holding her hand and...