Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s epic love story: “After his death, she wore black for the rest of her life” | Royalty

RoyaltyWe mainly know her from the static portraits, as there was just one more found† The reserved, the intimidating Queen Victoria. Always shrouded in black, always looking to infinity. But the “grandmother of Europe” had a surprisingly passionate life when her painters looked away, one in which she wrote steamy letters that made her descendants blush. Her romance with husband Prince Albert remains one of the most beautiful love stories in British history. But also one of the most tragic. “Her mourning for him was obsessive.”