The Royal Baby Race

Back in 2005, I briefly wrote for the Unofficial Royalty site. This one is the almost unbelievable tale of how Queen Victoria became heir to the throne. Playboy princes, middle-aged weddings and untimely deaths. How else could the 18-year-old daughter of King George III's FOURTH son have inherited the British empire? But for several twists of fate, we might never have coined the word "Victorian."

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