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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: was their union a marriage of misery?

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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: was their union a marriage of misery?

To the outside world, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were the golden couple, exemplars of traditional family values. Yet, as Jane Ridley reveals, behind the romanticised veneer, Albert's thirst for power was putting the marriage under intense pressure…

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