Victoria was pregnant with her first child, though the news had not yet been announced to…
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Victoria was pregnant with her first child, though the news had not yet been announced to the public. Had the bullets found their mark, the crown would have passed not to a newborn, but to her uncle—Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland. A man widely loathed for his reactionary politics and scandalous past. Full video — The Night the Crown Almost Lost Everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszDxIKOMMw
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