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 lot of historians who would love to get their hands on that. It was the first time I heard it said that Meghan...
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 and her mother were born.. Of course, it wasn’t technically Germany at that point…. She also disregarded social constraints and lacked a sense...
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 become Queen. I’ve heard it on several documentaries I’ve watched about the queen… that she has always been low key and kept her...
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 three generations of royalty living.. It was also sad and bothered me a great deal to be reminded of the losses that Queen...
