“Queen Victoria was very kind to her ... “I was trying to show that she sees a little girl who’s a princess and has lost her family, and wants to show how a princess should be treated.

When Arnold Awoonor-Gordon first heard stories from his great-grandmother Emilie of how his great-great-grandmother had been the adopted daughter of Queen Victoria he 'thought they were the ...

They made the perilous journey back to British shores in 1850, where Queen Victoria was delighted by the little girl and kept her on as a protégée, giving her a home, healthcare and education.

Queen Victoria affectionately called her Sally and wrote fondly of her in her diary: "After luncheon Sally Bonita, the little African girl came with Mrs. Phipps, and showed me some of her work.

‘Victoria was a bright little girl; she had a great facility with languages ... Conroy’s inevitable undoing came when Victoria was named Queen, with one of her first acts being to dismiss ...

who added that Victoria would make “little sketches of costumes of people in the areas” where she traveled. Last year, two paintings by the queen depicting vases of flowers were found in an ...