Was Queen Victoria crazy?

Finally, in March 1882, a disgruntled Scottish poet named Roderick Maclean shot at Victoria with a pistol while her carriage was leaving the Windsor train station. It was supposedly Maclean's eighth attempt to assassinate the queen; he was also found to be insane, and sentenced to life in an asylum. read more

No, not at all. But after Prince Albert’s death she suffered a breakdown. Victoria loved Albert dearly and she was only 42 when he died. She mourned him (sometimes obsessively so) for the rest of her life. read more

A hipper take on the British costume drama, “The Young Victoria,” concentrates on the queen and her husband, emphasizing the love story, not the politics. A hipper take on the British costume drama, “The Young Victoria,” concentrates on the queen and her husband, emphasizing the love story, not the politics. read more

Victoria enjoyed Albert’s company from the beginning, and with Leopold’s encouragement she proposed to Albert (as she was the queen, he could not propose to her) on October 15, 1839, five days after he arrived at Windsor on a trip to the English court. read more