And to be honest, I went down a lot of side alleys as I was so interested in a lot of the characters who populated her world – from Tom Thumb to Queen Elizabeth will be setting off on her holidays to Balmoral Cas...Her lust for life, her tenacity, her robust humor, her love of power and constant intervention in the politics of the day (even to the extent of preventing men from being appointed Prime Minister when they had to the right to be), her fierce fight against racism (especially against Muslims), her obvious desiring of her husband (writing admiringly about how he looked in tight pants) and love of handsome men. "Six years. A newly discovered letter from Queen Victoria, revealing her innermost feelings for her Highland servant John Brown, reignited speculation yesterday … Published in London by ‘Home Words’ in 1887, the year of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. I’m not entirely surprised by that though, largely because it is very difficult to find fresh, uncovered, illuminating information about a Queen; not just because she has been the subject of numerous inquiries, but because so much of the material regarding John Brown has been destroyed by the royal family.Because of the scant lack of evidence, as referenced above, as well as a stubborn belief that a widow loyal to the memory of her husband, who was also an upright, respectable queen would not dally with a servant. Strength of character as well as power of frame – the most fearless uprightness, kindness, sense of justice, honesty, independence and unselfishness combined with a tender, warm heart ... made him one of the most remarkable men.

Her servant Mr. John Brown (Sir Billy Connolly), who adores her, through caress and admiration brings her back to life, but that relationship creates scandalous situation and is likely to lead to monarchy crisis. What I found was evidence of a real intimacy, a physical closeness (to whom else would a monarch lift her skirt?) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1429127/Victoria-did-become-Mrs-Brown.htmlCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License"John Brown, faithful servant to Queen Victoria""This stone is erected in affectionate and grateful remembrance of John Brown the devoted and faithful personal attendant and beloved friend of Queen Victoria in whose service he had been for 34 years. After Brown’s death, Victoria …

Prince Albert's untimely death in 1861 was a shock from which Queen Victoria never fully recovered.

Victoria gave him gifts and created two medals for him, the Faithful Servant Medal and the Devoted Service Medal. After 125 years, we take a look at som...How difficult it was to gain access to the Royal Archives in Windsor Castle (it took me more than three years to achieve this), how much written by, to and about Victoria had been destroyed and how endlessly interesting she was, full of contradictions and warring impulses but always honest and decisive.Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince AlbertBecause for centuries, we have failed to reconcile women and power. She was a voluminous letter writer and diary keeper, her circle of acquaintances spanned continents, and the history of this queen is really the history of a century. John Brown became a good friend and supported the Queen. No. Well done good and faithful servant/Thou hast been faithful over a few things,/I will make thee ruler over many things/Enter through into the joy of the Lord. British Heritage Travel is published by Irish Studio, Ireland's largest magazine publishing company.17 famous women throughout English history Yes! I had to keep zooming in and out from the stuff of her heart to the battles of a broadening, conquering empire. Born on December 8, 1826 in Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, John Brown was the second of eleven children of Scottish tenant farmer John Brown and his wife Margaret Leys.

John Brown served Queen Victoria as a ghillie at Balmoral (Scottish outdoor servant) from 1849 – 1861 and a personal attendant from 1861 – 1883. But I think her relationship with Brown provides one of the greatest insights into the simple, adoring, unaffected soul of a lonely monarch.

John Brown (1827 - 1883), servant and confidant of Queen Victoria.And a lot of women will, I think, be startled to see how many of her struggles mirror their own; the mixed difficulties and joys of rearing children, placating a husband whose professional status was lower than yours – and who wrote memos to calm her when she got too emotional! Victoria has been remembered as a sad teenager or a widowed Queen; her years of ruling or her actions as the most powerful woman in the western world have been hidden under grim images of the black-clad monarch.

I wrote a Ph.D. on the way we portray women in politics, and the fact that we see their authority as either secondary (it was all Albert), surprising (didn’t she fade away when Albert died?) British Heritage Travel spoke to the author about her meticulous research and “the world’s most powerful working woman. But we do not really know what form this intimacy took; what was more significant was that she loved him deeply, and when he died she likened the loss of Brown to the loss of Albert.This includes references in her diary, Brown’s diary, doctor’s notes, and letters to the manager of her Scottish estate among other things. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Brown_(servant)&oldid=967645283"Letter from Queen Victoria points to affair with Brown"Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and StrathearnBorn at Crathienaird 8th Decr.

I think that most people have that need and that she was very alone – the peculiar kind of loneliness when you are surrounded by people - and rule millions - but sleep with a plaster cast of a dead husband’s hand… What she said when he died tells you all you need to know about the need of a queen: “Who will call me Victoria now?”Happy Birthday Tower Bridge! She also commissioned a portrait of him.