I don’t get to watch very many new documentaries on the Royal Family, so this was really nice. Her first Annus Horribilis was in 1992… so the title is a play on that. I learned, that like Queen Victoria, she has written in her diary every day for 70 years. I bet there are a…
I learned some things I never knew about Queen Victoria… . She wrote over 50 million words in her journal. She was also of German heritage (3/4) and spoke fluent German. When her husband and mother died the same year… She was devastated and spent a lot of time in Germany, where her husband Albert…
One of the people interviewed said the chances that Queen Elizabeth would be queen would be similar to Princess Beatrice becoming Queen today, it’s unlikely. She, nor her father for that matter, expected to become the King or Queen…. As we know, it wasn’t until his brother’s abdication that paved the way for Elizabeth to…
Queen Elizabeth has lived a privileged life, but she also has experienced a lot of tragedy. She is the last person living from the family she was born into. It was neat to see Queen Mary, the Queen Mother and (at the time) Princess Elizabeth… all in the same video. At one time there were…