Two questions immediately come to mind.
Could John Brown have escaped his hanging after all?
And, did Victoria like fiery and unstable men?
Posted on 07/12/2025 6:18:35 AM PDT by C19fan
Queen Victoria and John Brown were lovers, according to Channel 4, which says it has uncovered 'extraordinary' new evidence of the monarch's secret affair.
The British monarch of 63 years, from 1837 to 1901, was widely known to have been extremely fond of her Scottish servant.
But revelations about long-held rumours they were more than just fast friends are now set to come out in a new documentary, due for release on July 31.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
BBC produced a miniseries about them in 1997 titled “Mrs Brown”. Judi Dench played Victoria
"A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent."
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I am not up on my Victorian era royals. Somehow I had thought that this tied into Harper’s Ferry.
Could this be an advertising item?? So Vicky MIGHT HAVE messed around...does anyone care. Yes....Channel 4.
Well this changes everything
it happened over 100 years ago
Who cares
That’s what I went to also. I wanted details of THAT story.
“Queen Victoria and John Brown WERE lovers”
Why am I NOT SURPRISED?
Two questions immediately come to mind.
Could John Brown have escaped his hanging after all?
And, did Victoria like fiery and unstable men?
well worth watching as i have several times.
Sounds interesting.
Yeah, my wife and I went to see a movie called “Mr. Brown” in 1997. Don’t think this is breaking news. I think people have known this for a while. Unless they’ve found a dress with a spot on it, I’m not sure what they have that’s new.
She kept Prince Albert in a can.
There's a hung/hanged joke in there somewhere.
How about Lord Melbourne? I wonder if those two were lovers?
Same here. Had to read a bit more. The royals are a bunch of inbred idiots. WWI leaders were all cousins from Queen Victoria’s womb
This isn’t the Epstein files people were expecting ! /s
Skoal brother wasn’t around yet so Prince Albert may be correct.
Who washed the sheets?
I think she was infatuated with Lord Melbourne more as a father figure than a lover. He was almost 60 years old when Victoria was crowned Queen. Movies and miniseries have chaded up Melbourne by having actors like Rufus Sewell and Paul Bettany play him.
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