Ever for the reason that 1870s, rumours have swirled round Queen Victoria and her Highland servant John Brown. Have been the pair in love? May they have married? And may they even have had a secret baby? Historian Fern Riddell investigates these claims in her e-book Victoria’s Secret, and has made some dramatic discoveries that she believes solid the story in a brand new gentle. Chatting with Ellie Cawthorne, she outlines her findings.
Fern Riddell is the creator of Victoria’s Secret: The Personal Ardour of a Queen (Ebury, 2025).
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