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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.
29 de mar. de 2020 · Lady Flora Hastings, a mulher que abalou a corte da rainha Vitória. No ano de 1839, um forte boato quase acabou com a popularidade de uma das mais importantes monarcas britânicas ainda nos primeiros anos de seu reinado. Daniela Bazi Publicado em 29/03/2020, às 10h00 - Atualizado em 21/04/2021, às 07h00. Lady Flora Hastings ...
4 de jul. de 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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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. By the time she was 30, Flora was still unmarried and serving as lady of the bedchamber to Victoria of Coburg , duchess of Kent, mother of Princess ...
3 de mai. de 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.
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…
21 de set. de 2023 · A penitent Queen Victoria visited Flora to make an apology and ultimately peace with her maligned enemy. Flora accepted the queen's apology but asked that she be the last of the Hastings to receive such a lack of justice. She was, after all, found guilty without a trial or reason.
