Unveiling Lady FloraS Tale
In the shadowed corridors of royal intrigue, Lady Flora Hastings, a confidante to Queen Victoria’s mother, became ensnared in a web of scandal and sorrow. In 1839, whispers of an unwed pregnancy set the palace abuzz, compelling an incensed Queen Victoria to demand medical proof. Despite clearances from physicians, Hastings was exiled from court.
This public mortification battered her reputation and health, culminating in her untimely demise at 33 from liver disease, with no child ever having been conceived. The specter of these unjust allegations would haunt the monarch for years to come..