When Edward VII’s mistress heard that he was ill, she rushed to the gate of Buckingham Palace, waving a letter from Edward to gain entrance. The guards finally relented—but when they heard what she did inside, they regretted that decision.
Not many men in the history of the British Royal Family have ever been remembered as positively as Prince Albert, who was married to Queen Victoria and served as her royal consort—but few know his dark history.
When Maria Alexandrovna died of a sudden heart attack at just 67, some considered it a mercy. Her fairy tale life ended up being more like a horror story.
From a childhood spent under her domineering mother’s thumb to her eventual rebellion, the life of Princess Beatrice was more horror story than fairy tale.
