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Lady Flora Elizabeth Rawdon-Hastings (11 February 1806 – 5 July 1839) was a British aristocrat and lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. Her death in 1839 was the subject of a court scandal that gave the Queen a negative image.
Jul 4, 2018 · Learn the true story of Lady Flora Hastings, the lady-in-waiting who was accused of being pregnant by Sir John Conroy in 1839. Find out how Victoria reacted, what happened to Flora and how the scandal affected the young queen's popularity.
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Sep 21, 2023 · The Lady Flora Hastings scandal rocked the throne and Victoria was lucky to survive the public backlash; her subjects felt that their queen should have behaved better throughout, disregarded her personal prejudices and received wiser counsel from her Prime Minister William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne.
Oct 9, 2022 · Lady Flora Hastings was one woman Victoria deeply mistrusted when news broke in the early days of the Queen's reign and one that would cause a massive scandal at the...
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Lady Flora Hastings, born in 1806, was the daughter of Francis Rawdon Hastings, a soldier and diplomat who, among many accomplishments, fought at Bunker Hill and was governor-general of Bengal.
The Hastings affair began when Lady Flora Hastings, a maid of honour who was allied and connected to the Tories, was forced by Victoria to undergo a medical examination for suspected pregnancy. The gossip, when it was discovered that the queen had been mistaken, became the more damaging when later…
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May 3, 2020 · Learn how Queen Victoria was falsely accused of being pregnant by her physician and Lady Flora Hastings, her mother's lady-in-waiting, in 1839. Discover how the scandal affected Victoria's reputation and her relationship with her mother and Conroy.
