John Brown, a Scottish gillie who had previously accompanied Victoria when horse riding at Balmoral before she was widowed, managed to break through societal boundaries and befriend the Queen.

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Victoria’s children, in particular Princess Beatrice, deleted all reference to John Brown in her mother’s memoirs. The exotic title bestowed on Queen Victoria was part of Prime minister Disraeli’s ...

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