The idea of Queen Victoria keeping a journal every day grew out of something she had to do as a child. This was to write down, in a book, how well she behaved every day for her mother to judge ...

Biographer AN Wilson uncovers the intriguing personal life of Queen Victoria through her journals and letters in this psychological portrait of Britain's longest reigning monarch.

It was clear he was someone special. I wanted to explore more. As I started reading Queen Victoria's journals in Windsor Castle, the story started coming alive to me. By the time I had read 13 ...

The coronation ring was painfully forced on to her wrong finger and Lord Rolle, an elderly peer, fell down the steps while making his homage to the Queen. A confused bishop wrongly told her the ...