Queen Victoria’s mother was originally from Germany, so Victoria spoke only German for the first three years of her life. Furthermore, she was raised by the German baroness Louise Lehzen and also ...

Fact: Vicky, the Princess Royal, was very sick from a fever, an event that caused the rift resulting in Lehzen’s departure ... Herbert, to Victoria. Fiction: However, Victoria had a pair ...

She was educated by her governess Baroness Lehzen, who taught her languages ... The Victoria Cross was introduced by Queen Victoria to honour acts of great bravery during the Crimean War.

Fact or Fiction: Victoria had a deep childhood love of Scotland ... She was completely entranced by them and she told Lehzen that she wanted to be attacked by it, which was impossible because ...